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Rezoning (Title 11: Chap.2)

Rezonings should be sought when a desired zoning use does not match permitted use as per the City Code. When seeking application for rezoning, conformance to the 2025 Comprehensive Land Use Map should be considered. Ideally, desired rezoning should be supported by the land use map. Those submitting application for PUD are strongly encouraged to meet with the Planning Administrator, Chris Bauer.

Application fee $150.00 plus a list containing the names and mailing address of all owners of property lying within 300 feet of the exterior boundary of the subject property as certified by a licensed and bonded abstracting company or title insurance company.
Due 30 days prior to MAPC meeting.
Rezoning Petition [PDF]
Rezoning Application for Uses Listed [PDF]
- This form is for Treatment Facilities, Multiple Family Facilities, Transitional Living Facilities, Halfway Houses, and any housing or facility that may be used for medical or non-medical detoxification.

Planned Unit Developments (PUD) (Title 11: Chap. 10, Art. A)

The planned unit development is designed to provide for small and large scale developments incorporating a single type or a variety of residential, commercial, industrial and related uses, which are planned and developed as a unit with integrated design and function. Common land and preservation of open space should be an essential and major element of the plan which is related to, and affects the long term value of, the homes and other development. The purpose is to provide greater flexibility in the design of buildings, yards, courts and circulation, than would otherwise be possible through the strict application of the general zoning district regulations. A planned unit development shall be a separate entity with a distinct character in harmony with surrounding development.

Application fees $50.00 plus $2.00 per acre for underlying property zoned R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-4A and R-5 plus a list containing the names and mailing address of all owners of property lying within 300 feet, or a quarter-mile for multifamily, of the exterior boundary of the subject property as certified by a licensed and bonded abstracting company or title insurance company.
Application fees $50.00 plus $5.00 per acre for all other underlying zonings plus a list containing the names and mailing address of all owners of property lying within 300 feet, or a quarter-mile for multifamily, of the exterior boundary of the subject property as certified by a licensed and bonded abstracting company or title insurance company.
Applications are due 30 days prior to MAPC meeting.

Commercial Incentive Overlay (CIO) (Title 11: Chap. 10 Art. E)

CIOs permit more intensive development of all or portions of commercially zoned parcels in order to promote land use patterns, site design, and building forms that are consistent with the city's land use policies. CIO can also be used to minimize hardships resulting from the application of other land use regulations, such as the Airfield Environs Overlay zoning regulations.

Application fees $50.00 plus $5.00 per acre plus a list containing the names and mailing address of all owners of property lying within 300 feet of the exterior boundary of the subject property as certified by a licensed and bonded abstracting company or title insurance company.
Due 30 days prior to MAPC meeting.

Use By Review (Title 11: Chap. 14: 11-14-1)

Use by reviews are necessary when the desired permitted use is listed under "Use By Review" in the City Code for a particular zoning and only allowed after a planning commission approves the use in a a public hearing.

No application fee.
Due14 days prior to MAPC meeting.
Petition for Use by Review [PDF]
Use By Review Checklist [PDF]

I-1 Development Plan (Title 11 Chapter 8 Article A)

I-1 accommodates a limited group of professional administrative, wholesale, retail, service, research and manufacturing uses, which may have unusual requirements for space, light, and air, and the operations of which are quiet and clean.

I-2 Development Plan (Title 11 Chapter 8 Article B)

This industrial district is intended primarily for the activity of light manufacturing, assembling, fabrication, and for warehousing, wholesale, and service uses. A development plan is required if the property abuts an arterial street or is within 300 feet of an arterial street.

I-3 Development Plan (Title 11 Chapter 8 Article C)

This district is intended to provide for heavy industrial uses and is therefore desirable that it be located in an area separate from residential and commercial uses. A development plan is required if the property abuts an arterial street or is within 300 feet of an arterial street.

Site Plan (Title 11: Chap. 11)

Site plans are needed as a precondition to the issuance of a building or occupancy permit when developing or establishing any residential land use consisting of more than one residential structure containing three (3) or more dwelling units, developing or establishing any commercial or public use, establishing or developing any convalescent, rest or nursing home; group home; room or boarding house that will house more than ten (10) residents excluding staff. Exemptions are permitted uses in A agricultural districts and their related accessory uses and structures; one- or two-family subdivisions or an individual three- or four-family dwelling; new occupancies or existing structures in the C-4 central business district zone; planned unit development, mobile home parks, and planned industrial parks; additions or enlargements of existing individual dwellings, unless the total number of units exceeds four (4) within a residential structure; Additions to existing nonresidential buildings or uses when such addition does not exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet or one-third (1/3) of the gross floor area of the existing building or use; any use permitted on a temporary basis for a period not to exceed six (6) months.

Application fee $20.00.
Site Development Plan Application[PDF]
Site Plan Checklist[PDF]

Subdivision Plats (Title 12: Chap. 4 Prelim. Plat) (Title 12: Chap. 5 Final Plat)

Community Development receives preliminary plat applications to be reviewed and presented to MAPC for consideration. MAPC reviews this submittal and makes recommendations, at which point a final plat may proceed to City Council for assessment.

The fees are $50.00 for preliminary plats and $100.00 for final plats
Due 14 days prior toMAPC meeting.
Application for Approval of a Preliminary Plat [PDF]
Approval for a Preliminary Plat Checklist [PDF]
Application for Approval of a Final Plat [PDF]
Approval for a Final Plat Checklist[PDF]

Lot Split (Title 12: Chap. 3)

Lot splits are needed when ten (10) or less acres are being separated within the city limits or 3 miles past the city limits and within a quarter mile of a state or federal highway running through the county.

Application fee $10.00.
Due 7 days prior to MAPC meeting.
Application for Lot Split [PDF]
Lot Split Checklist [PDF]

Zoning Board of Adjustment (Title 11: Chap. 3)

Membership and meeting dates
Application fee $100.00, to be paid to the City Clerk, plus a list containing the names and mailing address of all owners of property lying within 300 feet of the exterior boundary of the subject property as certified by a licensed and bonded abstracting company or title insurance company.
Due 15 days prior to Board of Adjustment meeting.
Petition for Zoning Variance [PDF]

Historic Preservation Commission (Title 11: Chap. 10, Art. B)