ORDINANCE NO. 2019-01 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING NO. 13-1976 BEING THE “COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF OCEAN SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI”, TO ADOPT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE The above Ordinance having been first reduced to writing, the vote was follows: Alderman Gill Aye Alderman Authement Aye Alderman Bellman Aye Alderman Papania Aye Alderman Blackman Aye Alderman Impey Aye Alderman Cox Aye BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN of the City of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on this the 26th day of March, 2019. M A Y O R C I T Y C L E R K Table of Contents Chapter 1. Administration ____________________________________________________ 1 1.1 TITLE ______________________________________________________________________ 1 1.2 AUTHORITY _________________________________________________________________ 1 1.3 APPLICABILITY ______________________________________________________________ 1 1.4 ENACTMENT, REPEAL OF EXISTING ZONING, SUBDIVISION, OTHER REGULATIONS ________ 1 1.5 CONSISTENCY WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ______________________________________ 2 1.6 COORDINATION WITH OTHER REGULATIONS ______________________________________ 2 1.7 CONCURRENT PROCESSING ____________________________________________________ 3 1.8 EXEMPTIONS ________________________________________________________________ 3 1.9 INTERPRETATION ____________________________________________________________ 4 1.10 PURPOSE AND INTENT ________________________________________________________ 6 1.11 SEVERABILITY _______________________________________________________________ 8 1.12 EFFECTIVE DATE _____________________________________________________________ 8 1.13 PLANNING DIRECTOR - RESPONSIBILITIES _________________________________________ 8 1.14 PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR - RESPONSIBILITIES _____________________________________ 9 1.15 BUILDING OFFICIAL - RESPONSIBILITIES __________________________________________ 9 1.16 CITY ARBORIST - RESPONSIBILITIES _____________________________________________ 10 1.17 DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE _________________________________________________ 10 1.18 TREE PROTECTION COMMITTEE _______________________________________________ 11 1.19 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION _________________________________________ 12 1.20 PLANNING COMMISSION _____________________________________________________ 13 1.21 ZONING AND ADJUSTMENT BOARD ____________________________________________ 14 1.22 BOARD OF ALDERMEN _______________________________________________________ 15 1.23 COMPLIANCE ______________________________________________________________ 16 1.24 ENFORCEMENT _____________________________________________________________ 17 Chapter 2. Process _________________________________________________________ 27 2.1 PURPOSE AND INTENT _______________________________________________________ 27 2.2 GENERALLY ________________________________________________________________ 27 2.3 APPOINTMENTS, MEMBERS __________________________________________________ 27 2.4 NOTICE PROVISIONS_________________________________________________________ 28 2.5 PUBLIC HEARINGS___________________________________________________________ 30 2.6 PUBLIC RECORD ____________________________________________________________ 32 2.7 APPEALS __________________________________________________________________ 32 2.8 PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE _______________________________________________ 33 2.9 COMPLETENESS REVIEW _____________________________________________________ 33 2.10 RIGHT OF ENTRY ____________________________________________________________ 34 2.11 NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICIPATION ______________________________________________ 34 2.12 REVOCATION OF A DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL ___________________________________ 35 2.13 STUDIES, REPORTS AND ASSESSMENTS _________________________________________ 36 2.14 PLANS AND PLAN AMENDMENTS ______________________________________________ 40 2.15 UDC AMENDMENTS _________________________________________________________ 42 2.16 VARIANCE _________________________________________________________________ 46 2.17 ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS ___________________________________________________ 48 2.18 CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS __________________________________________________ 51 2.19 SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS, GENERALLY _______________________________________ 55 2.20 SKETCH PLAT _______________________________________________________________ 59 2.21 PRELIMINARY PLAT _________________________________________________________ 61 2.22 FINAL PLAT ________________________________________________________________ 68 2.23 PLAT AMENDMENT _________________________________________________________ 74 2.24 CONCEPT PLAN _____________________________________________________________ 76 2.25 PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ____________________________________________ 78 2.26 FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN ___________________________________________________ 81 2.27 SITE PLANS ________________________________________________________________ 85 2.28 TREE PRESERVATION PLAN ___________________________________________________ 88 2.29 LANDMARK OR HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION _________________________________ 89 2.30 LOT SPLITS _________________________________________________________________ 99 2.31 ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT ORDERS ______________________________________ 100 2.32 MINOR VARIANCE (EXCEPTION) ______________________________________________ 103 2.33 CONSTRUCTION PLANS _____________________________________________________ 104 2.34 NON-RESIDENTIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY DESIGN REVIEW __________________________ 110 2.35 LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT for Stormwater Management ________________________ 116 2.36 FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT __________________________________________ 118 2.37 SIGN PERMIT ______________________________________________________________ 121 2.38 DRIVEWAY/ACCESS PERMIT _________________________________________________ 122 2.39 BUILDING PERMIT _________________________________________________________ 123 2.40 CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY _________________________________________________ 124 2.41 TEMPORARY USE PERMIT ___________________________________________________ 125 2.42 HOME OCCUPATION / HOME INDUSTRY PERMIT _________________________________ 126 2.43 LOT CONSOLIDATION _______________________________________________________ 126 2.44 VACATION OF STREET, EASEMENTS OR PLATS ___________________________________ 126 2.45 HISTORICALLY PLATTED NON-CONFORMING LOTS _______________________________ 128 Chapter 3. Zoning Districts, Building Types and Uses _____________________________ 131 3.1 PURPOSE AND FINDINGS ____________________________________________________ 131 3.2 OVERVIEW AND APPLICABILITY _______________________________________________ 132 3.3 ZONING DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED _____________________________________________ 133 3.4 OFFICIAL ZONING MAP______________________________________________________ 138 3.5 NEWLY ANNEXED TERRITORY ________________________________________________ 139 3.6 LOTS AND BLOCKS _________________________________________________________ 139 3.7 Zoning Districts ____________________________________________________________ 145 3.8 LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS ______________________________________ 162 3.9 OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS – _______________________________________________ 173 3.10 Historical preservation districts, sites and landmarks _____________________________ 189 3.11 DENSITY BONUS ___________________________________________________________ 191 Chapter 4. Development & Design Standards ____________________________________ 198 4.1 GENERALLY _______________________________________________________________ 198 4.2 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ___________________________________________ 198 4.3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE _____________________________________________ 199 4.4 SITE DESIGN ______________________________________________________________ 202 4.5 ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS ________________________________________________ 202 4.6 STREETSCAPE STANDARDS ___________________________________________________ 205 4.7 PARKING STANDARDS ______________________________________________________ 208 4.8 FENCES AND SCREENING WALLS ______________________________________________ 215 4.9 LIGHTING ________________________________________________________________ 216 4.10 LANDSCAPING BUFFERING AND SCREENING ____________________________________ 218 4.11 Tree Protection and Preservation _____________________________________________ 223 4.12 STREET TREES _____________________________________________________________ 225 4.13 APPROVED VEGETATION ____________________________________________________ 229 4.14 FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION _______________________________________________ 234 4.15 WETLANDS PROTECTION ____________________________________________________ 246 4.16 PROTECTED HABITATS ______________________________________________________ 248 4.17 PARK AND OPEN SPACE STANDARDS __________________________________________ 248 4.18 REQUIRED PARKS/OPEN SPACe set-asides ______________________________________ 249 Chapter 5. Infrastructure Standards __________________________________________ 258 5.1 INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS _______________________________________________ 258 5.2 STREETS AND ALLEYS _______________________________________________________ 258 5.3 Access Management _______________________________________________________ 264 5.4 OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ____________________________________________________ 267 5.5 SIDEWALKS _______________________________________________________________ 267 5.6 SCHOOL BUS LOADING AREAS ________________________________________________ 269 5.7 WATER DISTRIBUTION