ORDINANCE 7.4
Sponsor: Office of City Planning, Planning Commission, Ordinance Committee

Public Hearing Date: 07/14/25
First reading: 05/19/25
Referred to: Ordinance Committee
Second reading: 07/14/25
Action: adopted
Date: 07/14/25
Published: 07/23/25
Effective: 08/12/25

It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington as follows:

That Appendix A-Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby amends Article 14, PlanBTV Downtown Code, Sec. 14.6.7, Parking and Circulation, subsection (f), Parking Lots and Parking Areas, thereof to read as follows:

Article 14: PlanBTV Downtown Code

Sec. 14.6.7 Parking and Circulation

a) – e) As Written

f) Parking Lots and Parking Areas

i. All parked vehicles, vehicle headlights, and interior lighting shall be screened from view from the street and adjacent properties any lot in a residential district or Civic Spaces by a Building or a landscaped area as follows:

a. A minimum 10-foot wide landscaped area, or a 36-inch high wall within a minimum 5-foot wide landscaped area, with a continuous row of trees and/or shrubs must be provided between the street and the parking lotwithin the First or Second Lot Layer, or at the perimeter of the parking in the case of the adjacency to a Civic Space or a residential district.

b. – c. As Written.

ii. All Parking Lots and Parking Areas shall be setback a minimum of 5-feet from any side or rear property line that abuts any lot in a residential district or Civic Space.

iii. As Written.

g) – j) As Written.

* Material stricken out deleted.

** Material underlined added.

Ordinances 2025/ZA-25-06 PlanBTV Downtown Code Parking Setbacks

CDO Sec. 14.6.7(f)

07/16/25