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Important Note: Any applications submitted that are
incomplete (checklist not completed, missing required documentation, etc.) may be subject to the application
being considered deficient and will not be processed until the required documentation has been submitted.
Additionally, a pre-application meeting or sketch plan review will be required for all cases to be considered
for the agenda for the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting. All applicants will need to follow the
subdivision regulations for application and sketch plan review and submittal.
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Zoning Applications
Zoning Pre-Application Meeting
This is required as a prerequisite to Rezoning and Commission Site Plan Approval applications. Once you apply someone will reach out to schedule a meeting between you and our staff.
Zoning Verification
This application is for anyone needing specific zoning information about a property. In the description, you will need to be clear about the exact information you need.
Zoning Site Plan Approval
This application is for the construction, reconstruction, repair, demolition, conversion, structural alteration, relocation, removal, or enlargement of any building or structure in zoned areas of the county to verify that the structure will comply with the Baldwin County Zoning Ordinance. This approval will be required before you can obtain a building permit.
The subtype will be dependent on the project:
• New Single-Family Dwelling – For the construction of home.
• New Manufactured (Mobile) Home – For the placement of manufactured or mobile home.
• Repairs/Alterations – For the changes and repairs of an existing structure.
• New Accessory Dwelling or Structure – For the construction or placement of a second dwelling or ANY other new structure to the property (pools, garages, pole barns, pre-built sheds, etc.).
• Demolition – For the destruction of an existing structure.
• Dune Walkover – For the construction of dune walkovers in District 25. No approvals will be given between May 1st and November 1st.
• Cell Tower – ONLY for alterations of an existing tower. If it is a new proposed tower, it will need Commission Site Plan Approval.
• Additions – For addition to an existing structure.
Commercial/Commission Site Plan Approval
Commission Site Plan - For commercial projects that MAY be permitted under the property’s zoning designation with Planning Commission approval or development which meets one or more of the following criteria:
Major Projects involving new construction when the total combined gross floor area of the new construction equals or exceeds 5,000 square feet (when numerous expansions below this threshold have occurred on a site within the previous five years, the Planning Director may include the gross floor area of those recent, previous expansions when determining the applicability of this threshold
All changes of use on non-residential properties, unless proposed use would be permitted with administrative approval. All changes of use on non-residential properties unless proposed use would be permitted with administrative approval.
This application is for commercial projects in zoned areas of the county to verify that it will comply with the Baldwin County Zoning Ordinance. This approval will be required before you can obtain a building permit.
The subtype will be dependent on the project:
- Commercial Site Plan – For uses that are permitted by right under the property’s zoning designation and do NOT meet any of the criteria that require Commission Site Plan Approval.
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Commission Site Plan - For commercial projects that MAY be permitted under the property’s zoning designation with Planning Commission approval or development which meets one or more of the following criteria:
All multiple unit developments
Major Projects involving new construction when the total combined gross floor area of the new construction equals or exceeds 5,000 square feet (when numerous expansions below this threshold have occurred on a site within the previous five years, the Planning Director may include the gross floor area of those recent, previous expansions when determining the applicability of this threshold
Major Projects within 200 feet of property that is either zoned or used as residential. If 18.9.2(c) is the only criteria necessitating a Commission Site Plan approval, the Planning Director may require a Commercial Site Plan approval in lieu of a Commission Site Plan approval if either
- 1) the Applicant agrees to accept a condition on approval limiting the operating hours of the business to between 8 AM to 5 PM on all days of the week,
- 2) the project involves a change from one use to a new permitted use anno increases in the cubic footage of structures
Major Projects where more than 30% of the lot (excluding the building) is impervious
Major Projects proposing to increase the gross floor area by thirty percent (30%)or more on a site with existing structures totaling, when considered in combination, 5000 square feet or more of existing gross floor area
All changes of use on non-residential properties, unless proposed use would be permitted with administrative approval. All changes of use on non-residential properties unless proposed use would be permitted with administrative approval.
Rezoning
This application is for requests to change the zoning of a property.
Planned Residential Development (PRD)
This application is for a proposed development (in a ZONED area) that will be under unified control and are planned and developed as a whole in a single development operation or programmed series of development stages.* With this application, proposed subdivision can be designed with specific variations in off-street parking and loading requirements, sign requirements, landscaping requirements and area and dimensional requirements, including lot sizes, lot widths, setbacks and building height, which may be approved by the County Commission, upon recommendation by the Planning Commission.
*NOTE: Where a planned development involves the subdivision of land, a subdivision plat shall be approved in accordance with the procedures established in the Baldwin County Subdivision Regulations.
Zoning Variance
This application is for requests for a Variance from the requirements of Baldwin County Zoning Ordinance.
Sign Permits
This application is for the Site Plan Approval of signs in zoned areas of the county. Billboards are not allowed in Zoned areas of Baldwin County
Subdivision Applications
Exemption Verification
This application is for the few exceptions where a division of land that complies with the minimum lot size provisions is exempt from the rest of the Subdivision Regulations*. The potential exemptions are:
• A family division of land in which the current property owner deeds each resulting parcel to an immediate family member (parent, sibling, spouse, child).
• Public acquisition by gift or purchase of strips or parcels of land for the widening or opening of streets or for other public uses.
• “One-time” split of a single parcel into two resultant parcels, if, and only if, the parcel existed and has not been divided since February 1, 1984.
• The relocation of a common property line between two parcels where no new parcels are created.
• The division of a single parcel into two resultant parcels if each resulting parcel is equal to or greater than thirty-five (35) acres in size.
*NOTE: An exemption shall not apply to a proposed subdivision or resubdivision that will result in a “Major Change” to a recorded Final Plat or Final Site Plan.
Sketch Plan
This application is required for all subdivisions that are proposed to include BOTH:
1. Six or more lots
2. New infrastructure (roads or drainage facilities)
This will be the first application to complete unless the development is eligible for an Exemption Verification or Concurrent Review
Preliminary Plat
This application is to be applied for after receiving a Sketch Plan Approval. (Unless you are proposing a subdivision under unified control OR clustered lots and/or reduced setbacks smaller than those normally required for a standard subdivision. Then you would need to apply for a Planned Unit Development.)
Concurrent Review
This application is for the Preliminary and Final Plat Approval of non-exempt subdivisions that are 5 lots or less IF both below conditions are met:
1. Development does not require the installation or construction of new streets.
2. Each lot fronts a private road or public right-of-way which provides access for existing utilities to connect with each proposed lot without requiring the construction of additional infrastructure or utilities to connect with the boundaries of each proposed lot.
Final Plat
This application is to be applied for after receiving a Preliminary Plat Approval.
Planned Unit Development (PUD)
This application is for proposed subdivisions that will be under unified control and are planned and developed as a whole in a single development operation or programmed series of development stages. With this application, a proposed subdivision can be designed with clustered lots and/or reduced setbacks smaller than those normally required for a standard subdivision.
Subdivision Variance
This application is for requests for a Variance from the requirements of the Subdivision Regulations.
Revised Final Plat/Site Plan
This application is for minor changes to an approved Final Plat or Site Plan.
Construction Permit Applications
Construction Plan Review (CPR Permit) (formerly Subdivision Construction Permit)
Apply for this permit after receiving approval for a subdivision or PUD site plan that requires installation of new roads and/or drainage improvements.
Driveway Turnout Permits
- Apply for a permit to install any driveway and/or drainage improvements within the Baldwin County Right-of-Way.
- https://baldwincountyal.gov/departments/highway/residential-driveway-permits
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