Warren County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
3 districts, grouped by category.
General provisions
184 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Any new construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure (including manufactured homes) shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated no lower than 2 1/2 feet (30" above BFE) above the base flood elevation. Any new construction or development must meet a linear setback of 50 feet from the edge of the regulatory floodway.
Any new construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure (including manufactured homes) shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated no lower than 2 1/2 feet (30" above BFE) above the base flood elevation.
Any new construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure (including manufactured homes) shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated no lower than 2 1/2 feet above the base flood elevation (30" above BFE). Any new construction or development must meet a linear setback of 50 feet from the edge of the regulatory floodway.
New construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as AE on the Flood Rate Insurance Map and located and setback 50 feet outside of the regulatory floodway.
Encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements and other developments shall be prohibited, with the exception of accessory structures used solely for storage of recreation equipment and property maintenance equipment as referenced in § 180-16K(3)(c).
Encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements and other developments shall be prohibited, with the exception of accessory structures used solely for storage of recreation equipment and property maintenance equipment as referenced in § 180-16K(3)(c).
A home occupation is a use conducted entirely within a dwelling unit clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by its occupants. Home occupations shall be confined to the principal structure, wherein not more than 25% of the floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation.
A home occupation is a use conducted entirely within a dwelling unit clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by its occupants. Home occupations shall be confined to the principal structure, wherein not more than 25% of the floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation.
A landscape screen consists of a totally landscaped easement at least 10 feet in depth. "Totally landscaped" means a minimum landscaping density of three plants per 10 linear feet. These plants shall be at least four feet in height at planting and intended to reach a minimum height of six feet at maturity. There shall be at least three species of plants, with the majority being evergreens and at least 1/3 being deciduous.
It is the intent of the regulations of this section to encourage proper design of a site in order to protect adjacent existing and proposed uses within the site. Certain types of uses must be buffered from other types in order to ensure a desirable environment.
Except during periods of alteration, construction or repairs performed under authorization of a building permit, the accumulation of scrap materials of any nature in an exterior location other than in closed-lid containers, approved junkyards, automobile graveyards or sanitary landfills for periods in excess of 15 days is prohibited.
Minimum lot area shall be two acres, except for lots in family subdivisions, which may be a minimum of 1.5 acres and in cluster housing developments, which may be a minimum of one acre.
Minimum lot area shall be two acres. The average development density shall be no more than one single-family dwelling/Class A manufactured dwelling per five acres.
Minimum lot area shall be two acres. The average development density shall be no more than one single-family dwelling/Class A manufactured dwelling per five acres. Minimum lot width shall be 200 feet. Front: 50 feet. Rear: 35 feet for a principal structure; 10 feet for an accessory structure. Side: 15 feet for a principal structure; 10 feet for an accessory structure.
Minimum lot area shall be 21,780 square feet (0.5 acre). Minimum lot width shall be 75 feet.
Minimum lot area shall be 21,780 square feet (0.5 acre). Minimum lot width shall be 75 feet. Front: 25 feet. Rear: 15 feet for a principal structure; 10 feet for an accessory structure. Side: 15 feet for a principal structure; 10 feet for an accessory structure.
Minimum district area shall be 50 acres. Minimum lot area shall be 0.25 acre. Minimum lot width shall be 75 feet. Utility requirements: Central water and sewer.
Minimum lot area shall be 0.25 acre. Minimum lot width shall be 75 feet. Front: 20 feet. Rear: 20 feet for a principal structure; five feet for an accessory structure. Side: 15 feet for a principal structure; five feet for an accessory structure. Utility requirements: central water and sewer.
Minimum lot area shall be 21,780 square feet (0.5 acre). Minimum lot width shall be 100 feet. Maximum length/width ratio shall be four to one (4:1).
Minimum lot area shall be 21,780 square feet (0.5 acre). Minimum lot width shall be 100 feet. Front: 50 feet. Rear: 15 feet for a principal structure; 10 feet for an accessory structure. Side: 15 feet for a principal structure; 10 feet for an accessory structure.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.