Unified Development Code

The City of Fredville adopted its Unified Development Code (UDC) in November 1990. The UDC gathers the city's development rules into one comprehensive document. It is the main guide for building and land development in Fredville, and it sets out the procedures, standards and regulations that apply to zoning and land use applications.

Each article of the code is posted below as a PDF, along with a list of the sections it contains.

The Planning Department keeps the UDC current. Because the online copy may not yet reflect the newest amendments, please confirm any information with planning staff before you submit an application.

To ask a question, share a comment or point out an error or inconsistency, email [email protected]. If you need help right away, call (555) 010-8724.

Complete UDC

The entire code is available as one large PDF (about 38 MB).

Table of Contents

A separate PDF table of contents (183 KB) lists every article and section.

Article 1: General Provisions and Procedures

Full article: PDF, 420 KB. Sections:

1. Short title
2. Legal authority
3. Where the code applies
4. Purpose
5. When the code takes effect and what it covers
6. How existing regulations still apply
7. Link to the Comprehensive Plan and the Thoroughfare Plan
8. Required compliance with the code
9. Severability
10. How time periods are counted
11. General procedures

Article 2: Authority

Full article: PDF, 140 KB. Sections:

1. The governing body (City Council)
2. Order in which applications are reviewed
3. Boards, commissions and agencies: appointments, terms and procedures
4. Planning and Zoning Commission
5. Zoning Board of Adjustments and Appeals
6. Planning Department
7. Chief Building Official
8. Boards for the municipal airport

Article 3: Zoning Districts

Full article: PDF, 167 KB. Sections:

1. Establishment of zoning districts
2. Purpose and intent of residential districts
3. Purpose and intent of nonresidential districts
4. Special districts
5. List of approved Specific Use Permits
6. List of approved Planned Developments
7. Official zoning map
8. Interpreting district boundaries
9. Zoning assigned to newly annexed land

Article 4: Permissible Uses

Shows which land uses are allowed in each zoning district. Full article: PDF, 2 MB.

Article 5: Specific Uses

Full article: PDF, 162 KB. Sections:

1. Purpose
2. Authority
3. Compliance
4. Ending a Specific Use Permit
5. Specific Use Permits for alcoholic beverage sales

Article 6: Density and Dimensional Requirements

Covers lot size, setbacks, building height and density standards for each district. Full article: PDF, 634 KB.

Article 7: Special Districts

Full article: PDF, 394 KB. Sections:

1. Planned Development (PD) District
2. Airport height and hazard overlay districts
3. Hospital District
4. Southern Interstate Overlay District
5. Kestrel Line Corridor Overlay District
6. Standards for the limited light industrial district
7. Central Business District
8. Eastern State Highway Overlay District
9. Lakecrest Parkway Overlay District
10. Northern Interstate Corridor Overlay District
11. Overlay district for the western state highway corridor

Article 8: Landscape and Screening Standards

Full article: PDF, 3 MB. Sections:

1. Purpose
2. Definitions
3. Applicability
4. Irrigation program for landscaping
5. Enhanced landscaping
6. Landscaping in residential developments
7. What to submit
8. Public improvement districts
9. Screening
10. Fencing
11. Exceptions to fencing rules
12. Required gap next to residential fences
13. Maintaining fences
14. Gated entries
15. Exhibits and recommended plant varieties

Article 9: Sign Standards

Full article: PDF, 2 MB. Sections:

1. Purpose
2. Objective
3. Definitions
4. Prohibited signs
5. Signs allowed without a permit
6. Signs for multi-tenant properties
7. On-premise signs
8. Digital billboards
9. Portable signs for nonprofit organizations
10. Where signs may be placed
11. Sign operator registration
12. When a permit is required
13. Information each sign must display
14. Permits are conditional and may be withdrawn
15. Handling of recovered signs
16. Sign ordinance variances
17. Enforcement
18. Jurisdiction

The article closes with summary tables of sign types and their development standards.

Article 10: Parking and Loading Standards

Full article: PDF, 584 KB. Sections:

1. Purpose
2. Applicability
3. General provisions
4. Minimum paving standards on private property
5. Minimum paving standards in the public right-of-way
6. On-site parking for homes
7. Off-street parking requirements
8. Accessory parking for nonresidential uses
9. Off-street loading areas
10. Accessible parking spaces
11. Shared parking
12. Paid parking lots
13. Waivers and exceptions
14. Maintenance
15. Lighting and glare standards
16. Definitions

Article 11: Performance Standards

Full article: PDF, 485 KB. Sections:

1. Purpose
2. Applicability
3. Noise
4. Smoke and particulates
5. Odors
6. Fire and explosion hazards
7. Toxic and noxious substances
8. Vibration
9. Outdoor storage
10. Glare
11. Air and water stations at gas stations
12. Rules for selling and serving alcohol for on-site consumption
13. Baby changing stations in full-service restaurants
14. Tattoo and body piercing studios
15. Definitions

Article 12: Subdivision and Utilities

Sets the rules for platting, subdivision design and utility service. Full article: PDF, 858 KB.

Article 13: Building Permits and Construction

Full article: PDF, 234 KB. Sections:

1. Required permits
2. Construction management

Article 14: Drainage

Full article: PDF, 202 KB. Sections:

1. Purpose
2. Applicability
3. Procedures
4. Policies
5. Design standards
6. Easements, off-site drainage and construction

Article 15: Floodplain Management

Full article: PDF, 283 KB. Sections:

1. Legal authorization
2. Findings of fact
3. Purpose
4. Land covered by these rules
5. How special flood hazard areas are established
6. Floodways
7. Compliance
8. Relationship to other, stricter restrictions
9. Interpretation
10. Warning and liability disclaimer
11. Disclosing floodplain status
12. Appointment of the floodplain administrator
13. The administrator's duties and responsibilities
14. Floodplain permit process
15. Reducing flood hazards
16. Standards for habitable buildings
17. Subdivision standards
18. Street, drainage and utility standards
19. Levees and flood relief channels
20. Variances
21. Definitions
22. Development certification for the Sorrel River corridor
23. Severability
24. Penalties for violations
25. Adoption certificate

Article 16: Site Plan Approval

Full article: PDF, 306 KB. Sections:

1. Purpose
2. Applicability
3. Who approves site plans
4. Site plan approval criteria
5. First submittal of a site plan
6. Site plan submittal requirements
7. What a site plan must show
8. Administrative site plans
9. Criteria for approving administrative site plans
10. What to submit for an administrative site plan
11. Changing an approved site plan
12. Street names and addresses in multifamily site plans

Article 17: Concept Plans

Full article: PDF, 2 MB. Sections:

1. Description and purpose
2. Applicability
3. Amendments and appeals
4. Submittal criteria
5. Review criteria
6. Coordination with preliminary and final plats
7. Expiration

Article 18: Reserved

Held for future use. Full article: PDF, 74 KB.

Article 19: Nonconforming Development

Full article: PDF, 623 KB. Sections:

1. Restrictions are cumulative
2. Exceptions to nonconforming status
3. Nonconforming uses and structures
4. Nonconforming land, buildings and structures
5. When a nonconforming use is damaged or destroyed
6. Converting a nonconforming use to a conforming one
7. Abandoning a nonconforming use
8. Amortization of nonconforming uses
9. Switching from one nonconforming use to another
10. Necessary repairs

Article 20: Reserved

Held for future use. Full article: PDF, 74 KB.

Article 21: Enforcement

Full article: PDF, 180 KB. Sections:

1. Compliance is mandatory
2. Notice before suspension or revocation
3. Suspending or revoking a permit
4. Suspending or revoking permits tied to a variance or special exception
5. Suspending or revoking site plans, Specific Use Permits or subdivision construction and engineering approvals
6. Suspending or revoking a certificate of occupancy
7. Failure to meet conditions of a certificate of occupancy, Specific Use Permit or variance
8. Cease and desist orders
9. Appeals of suspensions, revocations and cease and desist orders
10. Criminal penalties
11. Civil remedies

Article 22: Fee Schedule

Lists the fees for zoning, platting, permits and other development applications. Full article: PDF, 621 KB.

Article 23: Master Transportation Plan

Full article: PDF, 4 MB. Sections:

1. General
2. Goals of the plan
3. Existing conditions
4. Condition of roadways
5. How roads are classified
6. Intersection design
7. Design criteria
8. Design standards
9. Typical roadway cross sections
10. Access management
11. Guidelines for traffic impact analyses (TIA)
12. On-street bicycle plan
13. Encroachments into public right-of-way areas

Article 24: Wireless Telecommunications Facilities

Full article: PDF, 227 KB. Sections:

1. Purpose and intent
2. Definitions
3. General provisions
4. Standards for telecommunication towers
5. Where towers may be located
6. Standards for mounting antennas
7. Appeals
8. Violations treated as a nuisance

Table 1 summarizes the requirements for wireless facilities and includes general notes for applicants.

Article 25: Gated Communities, Private Streets

Full article: PDF, 186 KB. Sections:

1. Definitions
2. Requirements for private subdivisions, private streets and gated communities

Article 26: Manufactured, Mobile and Modular Homes and RVs

Full article: PDF, 343 KB. Sections:

1. Purpose
2. Definitions
3. State and federal rules
4. Manufactured and mobile homes
5. RV and travel trailer parks
6. Modular and industrialized housing
7. Noncompliance
8. Additions
9. Manufactured homes on agriculturally zoned land

Article 27: Reserved

Held for future use. Full article: PDF, 74 KB.

Article 28: Reserved

Held for future use. Full article: PDF, 74 KB.

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