City of Arlington

City of Arlington

UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE

ARTICLE 1: General Provisions ARTICLE 2: Zoning Districts ARTICLE 3: Use Regulations

ARTICLE 4: Dimensional Standards

Prepared by:

The CLARION ASSOCIATES Team

PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT August 2012

CONTENTS

ARTICLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS ....................................................................................... 1-1

1.1. Title ............................................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2. Effective Date .............................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.3. Authority ..................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.4. Purpose and Intent ...................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.5. Applicability................................................................................................................................. 1-2

1.5.1. Applied to All Lands............................................................................................................ 1-2 1.5.2. Compliance Required ......................................................................................................... 1-2 1.5.3. Emergency Powers ............................................................................................................. 1-2 1.6. Transitional Provisions................................................................................................................. 1-3 1.6.1. Continuity of Provisions ..................................................................................................... 1-3 1.6.2. Violations Continue ............................................................................................................ 1-3 1.6.3. Legal Nonconformities Under Prior Regulations................................................................ 1-3 1.6.4. Uses, Lots, Structures, and Sites Rendered Nonconforming.............................................. 1-3 1.6.5. Pending Applications.......................................................................................................... 1-3 1.6.6. Preliminary Approvals ........................................................................................................ 1-4 1.6.7. Approved Projects.............................................................................................................. 1-4 1.6.8. Transition to New Zone Districts ........................................................................................ 1-5 1.6.9. Map Interpretations ........................................................................................................... 1-6 1.7. Conflicting Provisions................................................................................................................... 1-6 1.7.1. Minimum Requirements .................................................................................................... 1-6 1.7.2. Conflict with Other Public Laws, Ordinances, Regulations, or Permits.............................. 1-6 1.7.3. Conflict with Private Agreements ...................................................................................... 1-6 1.8. Severability .................................................................................................................................. 1-7

ARTICLE 2: ZONING DISTRICTS ............................................................................................ 2-1

2.1. Districts Established; Zoning Map ................................................................................................ 2-1 2.1.1. Purpose .............................................................................................................................. 2-1 2.1.2. Zoning Districts Established ............................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.3. Zoning District Map ............................................................................................................ 2-2 2.1.4. Zoning District Boundaries ................................................................................................. 2-2 2.1.5. Adjustment and Corrections .............................................................................................. 2-3 2.1.6. Relationship to Overlay Districts ........................................................................................ 2-3 2.1.7. Annexed Territory .............................................................................................................. 2-3

2.2. Residential Districts ..................................................................................................................... 2-4 2.2.1. General Purposes of all Residential Zone Districts............................................................. 2-4 2.2.2. Estate | E ............................................................................................................................ 2-5 2.2.3. Residential Single-Family-4 | RS-4 ..................................................................................... 2-6 2.2.4. Residential Single-Family-6 | RS-6 ..................................................................................... 2-7 2.2.5. Residential Single-Family-8 | RS-8 ..................................................................................... 2-8 2.2.6. Residential Medium Density | RM-12 ................................................................................ 2-9 2.2.7. Residential Multi-Family Higher-Density?22 | RH-22 ...................................................... 2-10

2.3. Mixed-Use Districts.................................................................................................................... 2-11 2.3.1. General Purposes of all Mixed-Use Districts .................................................................... 2-11 2.3.2. Village on the Green at Tierra Verde | VG ....................................................................... 2-11 2.3.3. Corridor Mixed Use | CMU .............................................................................................. 2-14 2.3.4. Regional Mixed-Use | RMU.............................................................................................. 2-15 2.3.5. Downtown Neighborhood Mixed Use | DMU.................................................................. 2-16

2.4. Non-Residential and Other Districts........................................................................................... 2-17 2.4.1. General Purposes of all Non-Residential and Other Districts .......................................... 2-17

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2.4.2. Residential Office | RO..................................................................................................... 2-18 2.4.3. Office Commercial | OC ................................................................................................... 2-18 2.4.4. Neighborhood Commercial | NC...................................................................................... 2-19 2.4.5. Community Commercial | CC........................................................................................... 2-19 2.4.6. Highway Commercial | HC ............................................................................................... 2-20 2.4.7. Downtown Business | DB................................................................................................. 2-20 2.4.8. Business Park | BP ............................................................................................................ 2-21 2.4.9. Light Industrial | LI ........................................................................................................... 2-21 2.4.10. Industrial Manufacturing | IM ......................................................................................... 2-22 2.5. Overlay Districts ........................................................................................................................ 2-23 2.5.1. Entertainment District Overlay | ED ................................................................................ 2-23 2.5.2. Airport Overlay | AP ......................................................................................................... 2-23 2.5.3. Landmark Preservation Overlay | LP................................................................................ 2-23 2.5.4. conservation district Overlay | CD ................................................................................... 2-24 2.5.5. Planned Development Overlay | PD ................................................................................ 2-25 2.5.6. Manufactured Housing (Obsolete)................................................................................... 2-25

ARTICLE 3: USE REGULATIONS ............................................................................................ 3-1

3.1. Tables of Allowed Uses ................................................................................................................ 3-1 3.1.1. Purpose .............................................................................................................................. 3-1 3.1.2. Explanation of Table Abbreviations ................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.3. Table Organization ............................................................................................................. 3-2 3.1.4. Classification of New and Unlisted Uses ............................................................................ 3-2 3.1.5. Table of Allowed Uses ? Residential and Mixed-Use Districts ........................................... 3-4 3.1.6. Table of Allowed Uses ? Non-residential and overlay Districts.......................................... 3-8

3.2. Supplemental Use Standards ..................................................................................................... 3-14 3.2.1. Residential Uses ............................................................................................................... 3-14 3.2.2. Public and Institutional Uses ............................................................................................ 3-14 3.2.3. Commercial Uses.............................................................................................................. 3-14 3.2.4. Industrial Uses.................................................................................................................. 3-29

3.3. Accessory Uses and Structures................................................................................................... 3-39 3.3.1. Purpose ............................................................................................................................ 3-39 3.3.2. Approval Procedure ......................................................................................................... 3-40 3.3.3. Interpretation of Unidentified Accessory Uses and Structures........................................ 3-40 3.3.4. Use Tables for Accessory Uses and Structures................................................................. 3-40 3.3.5. General Standards for All Accessory Uses and Structures ............................................... 3-42 3.3.6. Supplemental Accessory Use Standards .......................................................................... 3-43

3.4. Temporary Uses and Structures ................................................................................................. 3-52 3.4.1. Purpose ............................................................................................................................ 3-52 3.4.2. Approval Procedure ......................................................................................................... 3-52 3.4.3. Use Tables for Temporary Uses ....................................................................................... 3-52 3.4.4. General Standards for All Temporary Uses and Structures.............................................. 3-53 3.4.5. Supplemental Temporary Use Standards......................................................................... 3-54

ARTICLE 4: DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................... 4-1

4.1. Measurements and Exceptions .................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.1. Density ............................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.2. Lot Area .............................................................................................................................. 4-1 4.1.3. Gross Living Area ................................................................................................................ 4-1 4.1.4. Lot Coverage ...................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.5. Minimum Lot Area ............................................................................................................. 4-2 4.1.6. Setbacks ............................................................................................................................. 4-2 4.1.7. Building Height ................................................................................................................... 4-5

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CONTENTS ARTICLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS ....................................................................................... 1-1

1.1. Title ............................................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2. Effective Date .............................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.3. Authority ..................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.4. Purpose and Intent ...................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.5. Applicability................................................................................................................................. 1-2

1.5.1. Applied to All Lands............................................................................................................ 1-2 1.5.2. Compliance Required ......................................................................................................... 1-2 1.5.3. Emergency Powers ............................................................................................................. 1-2 1.6. Transitional Provisions................................................................................................................. 1-3 1.6.1. Continuity of Provisions ..................................................................................................... 1-3 1.6.2. Violations Continue ............................................................................................................ 1-3 1.6.3. Legal Nonconformities Under Prior Regulations................................................................ 1-3 1.6.4. Uses, Lots, Structures, and Sites Rendered Nonconforming.............................................. 1-3 1.6.5. Pending Applications.......................................................................................................... 1-3 1.6.6. Preliminary Approvals ........................................................................................................ 1-4 1.6.7. Approved Projects.............................................................................................................. 1-4 1.6.8. Transition to New Zone Districts ........................................................................................ 1-5 1.6.9. Map Interpretations ........................................................................................................... 1-6 1.7. Conflicting Provisions................................................................................................................... 1-6 1.7.1. Minimum Requirements .................................................................................................... 1-6 1.7.2. Conflict with Other Public Laws, Ordinances, Regulations, or Permits.............................. 1-6 1.7.3. Conflict with Private Agreements ...................................................................................... 1-6 1.8. Severability .................................................................................................................................. 1-7

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