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File #: 25-0390    Version: 1 Name: Zoning Ordinance Amendments
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 7/18/2025 In control: Community Development Deptartment
On agenda: 9/2/2025 Final action: 9/2/2025
Title: An Ordinance Adopting Zoning Ordinance Amendments
Attachments: 1. Recommendation Documents.pdf
Related files: 25-0391
Title
An Ordinance Adopting Zoning Ordinance Amendments

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BE IT ORDAINED that the Foley City Council as follows:

WHEREAS, the City of Foley, Alabama, adopted Ordinance No. 387-87 on June 15, 1987, ordaining a new Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map for the City of Foley which has subsequently been amended, and
WHEREAS, the City of Foley Planning Commission has recommended changes within the current Zoning Ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Foley deems it necessary, for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the City to amend said Ordinance, and
WHEREAS, all requirements to the laws of the State of Alabama, with regard to the preparation of the report of the Foley Planning Commission and subsequent action of the City Council have been met,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FOLEY, ALABAMA while in regular session accepted the following changes:
2.1 DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THIS ORDINANCE
Accessory Structure: A structure that:
A. Is subordinate to and serves the principal building or principal use;
B. Is subordinate in area, extent, or purpose to the principal use served;
C. Contributes to the comfort, convenience, or necessity of occupants of the principal building or principal use served;
D. Is located on the same zoning lot as the principal building or principal use served, with the single exception of such accessory off-street parking facilities as are permitted to locate elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the building or use served; and
E. Shall not include kitchen or sleeping facilities.

Agriculture: The science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products. This does not include small gardens for personal use (see Garden).
Assembly, Places of: Land or buildings arranged for public assembly or for religious purposes such as community centers, chur...

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