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What am I zoned?Unsure what your property is zoned, or unsure what your zoning classification means; we are here to help. If you are unsure of your property's zoning classification, please visit the GIS website; and open the Zoning -Richmond layer on the left margin of the screen. If you do not have a GIS user account it is free and easy to sign up, just follow the instructions listed on the site.
Now that you have your zoning classification, please review the documents below for specifications: Basic Zoning District Designations and Limited Explanations Advisory Plan CommissionThe Richmond Advisory Plan Commission advises the Richmond Common Council on land use issues as guided by the Richmond Comprehensive Plan. The Commission meets on the fourth Thursday of the month except for November and December. Applications for zoning issues must be filed with the Planning Office by the last working day of the month. It is strongly advised that applications be reviewed by the City Planner prior to submission. If an application is determined to be incomplete, it will be held by the office until the applicant has submitted all required information. Once an application is determined to be complete, an ordinance will be prepared for first reading before Common Council. The Council will, in most cases, refer the ordinance to the Plan Commission for their review and recommendation. Once the Commission has determined a recommendation, the ordinance will be brought back to Council for second and third reading. A filing fee of $100 is charged for each application. Applicants or their agents must be present at the Plan Commission meeting and at Common Council meeting to present their case. RezoningRezoning PetitionRezonings are evaluated on issues such as how the rezoning would impact the Comprehensive Plan and the extent to which the area has changed from its current zoning classification.
Special UseZoning Districts have certain uses that would not normally be allowed but can be approved if the site can meet the following standards: 154.48.03 STANDARDS
The following standards shall be used as guidelines by the Commission in acting upon Special Use applications:
That the establishment, maintenance, or operation of the special use will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, morals, convenience, or general welfare.
That the special use will not be injurious to the use and enjoyment of other property in the immediate vicinity for the purposes already permitted, nor substantially diminish and impair property values within the neighborhood.
That the establishment of the special use will not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of the surrounding property for uses permitted in the district.
That adequate utilities, access roads, drainage, buffering, and other necessary facilities will be provided.
That adequate measures will be taken to provide ingress and egress so designed as to minimize traffic congestion in the public streets.
That the special use shall, in all other respects, conform to the applicable regulations of the district in which it is located, except as such regulations may, in each instance, be modified by the terms of this Section. In case of conflict with other regulations and requirements of this ordinance, the higher or most restrictive requirements shall govern.
Planned Unit Development (PUD)PUD It is the intent of a Planned Unit Development (PUD) “to provide land use and design regulations through the use of individual performance criteria so that small-to-large scale neighborhoods, or portions thereof, may be developed with a combination or variety of residential and non-residential uses, which are planned and developed as a unit.” Ord. No.28-2000 It is also the intent to provide limited areas wherein review and approval of a development plan is required by the Plan Commission to ensure that all proposed development will be compatible with surrounding property and that there will be adequate infrastructure to serve the development.
It should be noted that it is not the intent to solely utilize PUD zoning as a way to circumvent and/or avoid current rezoning process and/or requirements and standards found elsewhere in this code.
When land is to be divided into more than three lots in a three year period of time, the property owner must file for Subdivision approval. Below are petitions for Primary and Secondary Plat Approval.
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