Zoning Resolution

Jefferson County Zoning Resolution header

Zoning provides for the orderly growth of communities through the designation of areas for each type of development such as residential, agricultural, commercial and industrial. All four types of activity are essential to the economy of an area, and yet it is not desirable for the enterprises which produce odors, noise, dust or smoke to be located in the midst of a heavily populated residential district. Zoning allows ample area for all activities while maintaining property values through the designation of specific areas for each. The Zoning Resolution was originally adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on May 6, 1946.

Zoning Resolution Adopted July 17, 2018

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Individual Sections of the Zoning Resolution

  1. Cover, Table of Contents, Introduction (PDF)
  2. Definitions (PDF)
  3. Section 01 Administrative Provisions (PDF)
  4. Section 02 General Provisions and Regulations (PDF)
  5. Section 03 Enforcement and Administrative Exceptions (PDF)
  6. Section 04 Board of Adjustment (PDF)
  7. Section 05 Accessory Uses (PDF)
  8. Section 06 Nonconforming Buildings Structures and other Uses (PDF)
  9. Section 07 Telecommunication Uses (PDF)
  10. Section 08 Alternative Energy Resources (PDF)
  11. Section 09 Home Occupations (PDF)
  12. Section 10 Special Events (PDF)
  13. Section 11 Signs (PDF)
  14. Section 12 Lighting (PDF)
  15. Section 13 Architecture (PDF)
  16. Section 14 Off Street Parking and Loading (PDF)
  17. Section 15 Landscaping (PDF)
  18. Section 16 Land Disturbance (PDF)
  19. Section 17 Permanent Stormwater Quality Structure Maintenance (PDF)
  1. Section 18 P-D Planned Development (PDF)
  2. Section 19 CD Corridor District (PDF)
  3. Section 20 MU Mixed Use District (PDF)
  4. Section 21 R Residential District (PDF)
  5. Section 22 M-H Mobile Home Park District (PDF)
  6. Section 23 MR Mountain Residential District (PDF)
  7. Section 24 SR Suburban Residential District (PDF)
  8. Section 25 Agricultural District (PDF)
  9. Section 26 C Commercial District (PDF)
  10. Section 27 I Industrial District (PDF)
  11. Section 28 C-O Conservation Zone District (PDF)
  12. Section 29 M-C Mineral Conservation District (PDF)
  13. Section 30 F-P Floodplain Overlay District (PDF)
  14. Section 31 G-H Geologic Hazard Overlay District (PDF)
  15. Section 32 W-H Wildfire Hazard Overlay District (PDF)
  16. Section 33 D-B Dipping Bedrock Overlay District (PDF)
  17. Section 34 M-G Mountain Groundwater Overlay District (PDF)
  18. Section 35 Drilling and Production of Oil and Gas (PDF)
  19. Section 36 County Gravel Mining Crushing and Stockpiling (PDF)