Zoning Districts

This, like the Zoning terminology page, was prepared and circulated by City Council Member Sabra Briere.

Zoning

The City is divided into several zoning districts. A given zoning district consists of many properties, scattered through the City. Each zoning district has its own name, or code. Zoning districts came into being well after older parts of the City had been built. As a result, some parts of the City have been platted, built, then zoned and rezoned several times. The zoning for those parts of the City bears no resemblance to the actual buildings on the ground or the way the buildings have historically been used or are being used. I’ve created my own table of codes and their meanings, which I gladly share. All things are subject to change. I won’t go into the details of each zoning classification, only broad strokes.

Code	Meaning	Comments
C1	Local Business	Not downtown, not necessarily ‘local’. See Area, Height and Placement
C1A	Campus Business	Mostly on State and South U, being replaced by D1
C1A/R	Campus Business/ Residential	Zoned for mixed use near campus, being replaced by D1
C1B	Community Convenience Center	Dry cleaners, other businesses that can be located near residential neighborhoods as ‘convenient’. See Area, Height and Placement
C2A	Central Business	This is being one of those zones being replaced by D1
C2A/R	Commercial / Residential	This is probably being replaced by D2
C2B	Business Service	This is probably being replaced by either D2 or D1, depending on location.
C2B/R	Business service / residential	This is being replaced by D2
C3	Fringe commercial	See Area, Height and Placement
D1 D2	Downtown	1 = high density, 150 to 180 feet maximum height 2 = moderate density, 6 story maximum height Other restrictions may apply; final votes in September?
M1 M1A	Light industrial or Limited light industrial	See Area, Height and Placement.
O	Office	See Area, Height and Placement
PUD	Planned Unit Development	Originally intended to allow greater flexibility to both the City and the developer, recently this option has become more of a problem than a benefit. This may be being phased out.
RE	Research	See Area, Height and Placement
R1C	Residential	1 = Single family, small lots (but not the smallest). See Area, Height and Placement.
R2A / R2B	Residential	Two Family Dwelling / Two Family Dwelling and Student. The A and B signify lot size. While zoned for two families, often mixed with single family, owner occupied housing.
R3	Residential	3 = Townhouse. See Area, Height and Placement
R4B / R4C	Residential	Multiple Family Dwelling. The B and C signify lot size (B is a bigger lot than C). R4C allows up to 6 unrelated adults to live as a single dwelling unit; R4B does not.
R5	Residential	5 = Motel-Hotel. See Area, Height and Placement
R6	Residential	6 = Mobile Home Park. See Area, Height and Placement