Birmingham's Title 14 Zoning and Land Development Ordinance establishes residential, commercial, industrial, and mixed-use districts plus form-based overlay zones for downtown, Avondale, and Lakeview entertainment districts.
Title 14 of the General Code of Birmingham governs zoning, subdivisions, and land development citywide. It defines base districts (R-1 through R-7 residential, B-1 through B-5 commercial, M-1 and M-2 industrial) and overlay districts including the Downtown Mixed-Use overlay and historic-preservation overlays for Five Points South and Highland Park. Birmingham Zoning Adjustment Board hears variance requests, while Planning Commission handles rezonings and major site plans. Subdivision requirements live in Title 16. Major amendments require City Council ordinance after Planning Commission recommendation, and case-specific notice to neighbors within a defined radius.
Stop-work orders, civil penalties, mandatory restoration of nonconforming work, and inability to obtain certificates of occupancy.
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Birmingham City Code section 11-8-23(16) prohibits creating excessive noise within 500 feet of any school, church, court or institution of learning in use, o...
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Birmingham City Code section 11-8-23(7) bars using drums, horns, loudspeakers, amplifiers or public-address systems for commercial advertising when the sound...
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Birmingham City Code section 11-8-23 bars sounding a vehicle horn or signal device for more than 30 seconds except as a danger warning, requires effective mu...
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Birmingham's noise ordinance expressly exempts noise from the operation of the Birmingham International Airport (City Code sec. 11-8-25(3)). In-flight aircra...
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Birmingham City Code section 11-8-23(8) makes amplified sound, stereos, TVs and musical instruments a nuisance when plainly audible 50 feet from a building o...
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Birmingham requires off-street handicapped parking spaces under its 2024 Off-Street Parking ordinance, provided in accordance with the adopted International ...
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