Zoning Ordinance

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ZONING ORDINANCE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Section 1.1	Ordinance and Authority	3
	Section 1.2	Effective Date	3
	Section 1.3	Purpose	3
	Section 1.4	Relationship to the Foxfield Comprehensive Plan	4
	Section 1.5	Jurisdiction	4
	Section 1.6	Application of this Zoning Ordinance	4
	Section 1.7	Overlapping Regulations	5
	Section 1.8	Violations	5
	Section 1.9	Enforcement	6
	Section 1.10	Penalties	7
	Section 1.11	Severability	7
	Section 1.12	Repeal & Effective Date	7
	Section 1.13	Correction of Obvious Errors	8
	Section 1.14	Amendment	8
	Section 1.15	Definitions	8
	Section 1.16	Vested Property Rights	8
	Section 1.17	Expiration of Land Use Approvals	9
	Section 1.18	Permit Revocation	10
ARTICLE 2 ZONING DISTRICTS
	Section 2.1	Districts Established	11
	Section 2.2	Zoning Map	12
	Section 2.3	Minimum Sizes for New Districts	13
	Section 2.4	Listing of Permitted Uses	13
	Section 2.5	Large Lot Rural Residential District (RR)	14
	Section 2.6	Village Commercial District (VC)	18
	Section 2.7	Planned Development District (PD)	21
	Section 2.8	Submittal and Processing Requirements for the Official Development Plan	28
	Section 2.9	Amendments to an Official Development Plan	36
	Section 2.10	Obsolete Official Development Plan	37
	Section 2.11	Submittal and Processing Requirements for the Final Development Plan (Step 4)	37

ARTICLE 3 GENERAL REGULATIONS & DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
	Section 3.1	Application of General Regulations and Development Standards	45
	Section 3.2	Access, Approaches, Driveways, Mailboxes and Right-of-Way Permits	46
	Section 3.3	Visibility at Intersections- Application of Sight Triangle	53
	Section 3.4	Off-Street Parking Standards	54
	Section 3.5	Stacking Space Standards for Drive-throughs, Parking Attendants or Paid Parking Collection Devices	60
	Section 3.6	Parking Lot Design Standards	61
	Section 3.7	Fences, Berms and Sound Walls in Residential Areas	65
	Section 3.8	Screening, Fences, and Walls in Non-Residential Areas	71
	Section 3.9	Lighting Standards	72
	Section 3.10	Landscape Standards for Non-residential Uses and Planned Developments	74
	Section 3.11	Sign Standards	75
	Section 3.12	Noise Control	91
	Section 3.13	Temporary & Seasonal Uses	94
	Section 3.14	Site Development Standards for Non-Residential Uses and Planned Developments	97
ARTICLE 4 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
	Section 4.1	Home Occupations	104
	Section 4.2	Animal Raising & Keeping	105
	Section 4.3	Commercial Mobile Radio Service Facilities (CMRS)	106
	Section 4.4	Cemeteries Prohibited	111
	Section 4.5	Grading, Erosion and Sediment Control Requirements (reserved)	111

ARTICLE 5 ADMINISTRATION & PROCEDURES
	Section 5.1	Administrations	112
	Section 5.2	Certificates of Occupancy	114
	Section 5.3	Plot Plans	114
	Section 5.4	Site Development Plans	115
	Section 5.5	Special Review Use	118
	Section 5.6	Changes and Amendments	121
	Section 5.7	Variances	124
	Section 5.8	Nonconforming Uses, Structures, and Lots	127
	Section 5.9	Public Notice Requirements	129
	Section 5.10	Fees	132
ARTICLE 6 DEFINITIONS
	Section 6.1	Interpretation	133
	Section 6.2	Definitions	133
APPENDIX A DEVELOPMENT STIPULATIONS CHART			152
APPENDIX B CERTIFICATIONS & SIGNATURE BLOCKS			153
APPENDIX C FEE SCHEDULE			155
APPENDIX D REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT			156