Unified Development Ordinance
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On July 15, 2025, the County Commisioners adopted a new Unified Development Ordinance, which became effective on July 25, 2025.
Complete document, as amended
| Part 1 |
Article I. Enactment
- Section 1 - General Provisions
- Section 2 - Zoning Map
- Section 3 - Amendments
- Section 4 - Boards and Commissions
- Section 5 - Nonconformities
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Pages 1-14
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| Part 2 |
Article II. Districts
- Section 1 - General Provisions
- Section 2 - Agricultural (AZD)
- Section 3 - Resource Conservation District (RCD)
- Section 4 - Rural Character (RC)
- Section 5 - Critical Area Residential (CAR)
- Section 6 - Community Residential (CR)
- Section 7 - Village (V)
- Section 8 - Intense Village (IV)
- Section 9 - Commercial (C)
- Section 10 - Commercial Critical Area (CCA)
- Section 11 - Marine (M)
- Section 12 - Employment Center (EC)
- Section 13 - Employment Center Critical Area (ECCA)
- Section 14 - Mixed-Use Development (MXD)
- Section 15 - Mixed-Use Development Critical Area (MXDCA)
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Pages 15-102
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| Part 3 |
Article III. Uses
- Section 1 - General Provisions (Including Uses Not Listed)
- Section 2 - Land Uses and Accessory Uses and Structures
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Pages 103-158
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| Part 4 |
Article IV. Processes
- Section 1 - General Provisions
- Section 2 - Subdivisions (Including Subdivision Standards)
- Section 3 - Site Plans (Including General Design Standards)
- Section 4 - Special Exception Process
- Section 5 - Variances
- Section 6 - Waivers
- Section 7 - Permits, Fees, and Code Enforcement
- Section 8 - Historic Preservation Documentation
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Pages 159-230
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| Part 5 |
Article V. Zoning Regulations
- Section 1 - General Provisions
- Section 2 - Parking and Loading
- Section 3 - Signs
- Section 3.6 - Sign Matrix
- Section 4 - Standards for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Systems
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Pages 231-256
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| Part 6 |
Article VI - Environmental Regulations
- Section 1 - General Provisions
- Section 2 - Critical Area Program
- Section 3 - Forest Conservation Act
- Section 4 - Erosion and Sediment Control
- Section 5 - Stormwater Management
- Section 6 - Floodplain Management
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Pages 257-358
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| Part 7 |
Article VII. Definitions
- Section 1 - General Provisions
- Section 2 - Definitions
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Pages 359-397
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