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Zoning Regulations

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SECTION 1 - PURPOSE

SECTION 2 - ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION OF ZONING REGULATIONS
2.1 Zoning Districts
2.2 Combined Districts

SECTION 3 - INTERPRETATION OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
3.1 Zoning District Boundaries
3.2 Boundary Locations
3.3 Uncertainty of Boundaries

SECTION 4 - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
4.1 Districts
4.1.1 RA Residential Agriculture District
4.1.2 RS, RM, and RT Residential Districts
4.1.3 RS Single-Family Residential Districts
4.1.4 RM Multifamily Residential Districts
4.1.5 RT Mobile Homes Residential District
4.1.6 RE Residential Estate District
4.2 Permitted Uses in Residential Districts
TABLE 4.2 - TABLE OF PERMITTED USES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
TABLE 4.3 - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT BULK REGULATIONS ?

SECTION 5 - COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
5.1 Districts
5.1.1 O Office
5.1.2 C-2 Neighborhood Shopping District.
5.1.3 C-3 Major Shopping District
5.1.4 C-4 Central Commercial District
5.1.5 C-5 General Commercial Districts
5.1.6 C-6 Commercial Amusement District
5.1.7 C-7 Highway Commercial District
TABLE 5.2 - COMMERCIAL DISTRICT BULK REGULATIONS

SECTION 6 - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
6.1 Districts
6.1.1 M-1 Limited Industrial District (Light)
6.1.2 M-2 General Industrial District (Medium)
6.1.3 M-3 Intensive Industrial District (Heavy)
6.1.4 IP Industrial Park District
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BARTLESVILLE INDUSTRIAL PARK LANDSCAPE PLAN
6.2 Permitted Uses in Office, Commercial and Industrial Districts
TABLE 6.2 - PERMITTED USES IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
TABLE 6.3 - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT BULK REGULATIONS

SECTION 7 - SPECIAL CONDITIONS
7.1 General
7.2 Home Occupations
7.3 Child Care and Adult Care Facilities
7.4 General Development Standards
7.4.1 Off-Street Loading Requirements
7.4.2 Off-Street Parking Requirements
7.4.3 Site Requirements
7.4.3.1 Street Trees
7.4.3.2 Drainage and On-Site Detention
7.4.3.3 Sidewalks
7.4.3.4 Lighting
7.4.3.5 Outdoor Storage and/or Display of Materials or Goods
7.4.3.6 Visual Screening of Dumpsters
7.4.3.7 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
7.4.3.8 Residential Protection Standards
7.4.3.9 Tree Preservation and Protection
7.5 Mobile Homes/Manufactured Homes, Recreation Vehicles, Recreational & Other Equipment & Commercial Vehicles
7.5.1 Parking of a Mobile Home
7.5.2 Storage of Large Recreational Vehicles, Recreational Equipment and Certain Other Equipment
7.5.3 Mobile Home Park Regulations
7.5.4 Recreational Vehicle Parks
7.5.5 Commercial Vehicles and Trucks
7.6 Planned Unit Development
7.6.1 General Provisions
7.6.2 Uses Permitted in Planned Unit Developments
7.6.3 Site Design Standard
7.6.4 Phased Development
7.6.5 Administration of Planned Unit Development
7.6.6 Appeals
7.7 Miscellaneous Uses
7.7.2 GeneralUses
7.7.1(1) Airport, aircraft landing strip, or heliport
7.7.1(2) Animal hospital, pound, or shelter; commercial kennel; livestock sales or feeding; riding academy; public stable; veterinarian's office with animals on premises
7.7.1(3) Animal hospital, small animal treatment
7.7.1(4) Automobile laundry7.7.1(5) Automobile, go-cart, miniature auto, racing or driving tracks
7.7.1(6) Cemetery, columbarium, crematory, or mausoleum
7.7.1(7) Church or other place of worship
7.7.1(8) Club or lodge
7.7.1(9) College or university
7.7.1(10) College dormitory, fraternity or sorority house
7.7.1(11) Dance hall, commercial
7.7.1(12) Earth moving and excavation; depositing of construction materials on the ground
7.7.1(13) Golf driving range, commercial
7.7.1(14) Golf course or country club
7.7.1(15) Institution for human care and similar establishments
7.7.1(16) Junk yard, including salvage and auto wrecking
7.7.1(17) Mining, including extraction of clay, gravel, or sand; quarrying of rock or stone; earth moving and excavation; depositing of construction material, clay, earth, gravel, minerals, rock, sand, or stone, on the ground
7.7.1(18) Monastery, convent, or similar institution of religious training
7.7.1(19) Newspaper distribution station
7.7.1(20) Place of public assembly, major
7.7.1(21) Place of public assembly, minor
7.7.1(22) Swimming pool
7.7.1(23) Nursery, Garden Center
7.7.1(24) Bed and Breakfast
7.7.1(25) Public Land Uses Not Included Elsewhere
7.7.1(26) Shelter/Rescue Mission, Temporary Housing for Homeless, Indigent
7.7.1(27) Group Homes for Handicapped
7.7.1(28) Group Home for Children
7.7.1(29) Low-Impact Manufacturing and Processing Uses
7.7.2 Temporary Uses
7.7.2(1) Carnival, circus, or similar temporary amusement enterprise
7.7.2(2) Christmas tree/wreath sales ,pumpkins or other seasonal materials, temporary
7.7.2(3) Construction facilities, accessory
7.7.2(4) Off-street parking and loading; temporary, incidental, or for a special event
7.7.2(5) Tract office, temporary
7.7.2(6) Outdoor bazaars, cookouts, special fund raising sales and/or similar activities
7.7.2(7) Evangelical/religious revivals and assemblies
7.7.2(8) Temporary recreational or entertainment related events or activities
7.7.2(9) Sidewalk sales, temporary
7.7.2(10) Block and neighborhood parties
7.7.2(11) Portable On-Demand Storage Unit
7.7.2(12) Temporary Buildings
7.7.3 Sexually Oriented Businesses
7.8 Wireless Communications Towers
7.9 Town House Dwelling Units in Residential Multifamily Districts
7.10 Highway 75 Overlay District
7.11 Signs and Sign Structures, Including Billboards

SECTION 8 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
8.1 Nonconforming Uses
8.2 Reserved
8.3 Accessory Buildings
8.4 Reduction of Required Area or Space
8.5 Unsafe Buildings
8.6 Extension of Zoning Jurisdiction

SECTION 9 - EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
9.1 Existing Lots of Record
9.2 Front Yard Exceptions and Modifications
9.3 Administrative Adjustment
9.4 Reserved
9.5 Projections into Required Yards
9.5.1 Certain architectural features
9.5.2 Uncovered patios
9.5.3 Fences, walls and hedges
9.5.4 Open carports
9.6 Planting in Parkways
9.7 Obstructions Around Fire Hydrants

SECTION 10 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE, REQUIRED PERMITS AND FEES
10.1 Building Permit
10.2 Certificate of Occupancy
10.3 Platting Requirement
10.4 Board of Adjustment
10.5 Special Zoning Permit
SECTION 11 - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

SECTION 12 - AMENDMENTS, VALIDITY, ENACTMENT
12.1 Amendments
12.1.1 General
12.1.2 Zoning Text Amendments
12.1.3 Zoning Map Amendments
12.1.4 Public Notice and Citizen Participation Activities Required
12.1.5 Planning Commission Action on Zoning Map Amendments
12.1.6 Governing Body Action on Zoning Amendments
12.1.7 Protests Against Map Amendments
12.1.8 Effect of Denial of Application
12.1.9 Automatic Review of Commercially Zoned Land
12.2 Validity
12.3 Enactment
SECTION 13 - DEFINITIONS

ILLUSTRATED DEFINITIONS

APPENDIX A - FEE SCHEDULE

APPENDIX B - LIST OF ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS

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