Auburn, AL Zoning

Hybrid-pd-zoning. 18 districts · 3 overlays · 1 applicable state preemptions.

Overview

Code type
hybrid-pd
Naming convention

Districts

mu 5spec 4res_sf 3com 2cbd 1res_mf 1ag 1ind 1
CodeNameCategory Min lotHeight CoverageFAR Du/acParking Setbacks F/S/R
UCUrban Core Districtcbd / /
UNEUrban Neighborhood East Districtmu / /
UNWUrban Neighborhood West Districtmu / /
UNSUrban Neighborhood South Districtmu / /
NCNeighborhood Conservation Districtres_sf / /
DDHDevelopment District Housingres_sf / /
MDRDMedium Density Residential Districtres_mf / /
NRDNeighborhood Redevelopment Districtmu / /
RDDRedevelopment Districtmu / /
LLRDLarge Lot Residential Districtres_sf / /
RRural Districtag / /
LDDLimited Development Districtspec / /
CDDComprehensive Development Districtspec / /
CRDCorridor Redevelopment Districtcom / /
SCCDSouth College Corridor Districtcom / /
IIndustrial Districtind / /
PDDPlanned Development Districtspec / /
HDHolding Districtspec / /

Confidence: confirmed partial under review not found

Overlays

CEOD
College Edge Overlay District
SPEC
Section 509

College Edge Overlay zone boundary

COD
Conservation Overlay District
ENV
Section 507

Lake Ogletree Subwatershed area boundary

AP
Airport Overlay District
AP
Section 508

Airport vicinity airspace zones

State preemptions

AL-11-52-75.1applies
Qualifying condition
City has multi-family districts (Urban Neighborhood, Medium Density Residential) where group homes are implicitly permitted.
Non-applicable laws (1)
al-acamp-coastal-permittingdoes not apply
Qualifying condition
City of Auburn is in Lee County, not Mobile or Baldwin County.

Adopted building codes

Statewide

2021
2021
2020
2021
IECC (Residential)
2015
IECC (Commercial)
2015

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Sources & references

Research status

Publication gates

primary url presentpassedhttps://static.auburnalabama.org/media/apps/www/planning/development-services/zoning-ordinance/2023-October-ZO.pdf
no aggregator citedpassedscan clean
confidence tags full formpassedall districts structured under V2 schema
overlays have parameters trigger confidencepassedCEOD, COD, and AP overlays verified with trigger + ordinance
preempt section city specificpassedAlabama preemptions evaluated

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