Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Lineville, Alabama

Lineville’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside Lineville city limits

  • Ordinance is posted as the '2018 Zoning Ordinance' with a 2018 zoning map; no adoption date was captured, so none is stated.

  “the provisions of this ordinance shall be administered by the code enforcement officer and enforced by a sworn law law enforcement officer”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Zoning districts inside Lineville city (R-1, R-2, R-3, business and industrial districts, flood hazard district)

  • Zoning map is posted as a separate PDF on the city site.

  “section 7 - r-2: single family residential district (medium density)”

• Minimum dwelling sizeSpecified

  Dwellings in the 1.0-acre district in Section 5 (name not captured), inside Lineville city; R-1 minimum not located

  • Also requires 3:12 minimum roof pitch.

  minimum dwelling unit gross floor area: >= 800 sq ft

  “minimum dwelling unit gross floor area: eight hundred (800) square feet. b. minimum required roof pitch: 3:12”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  R-1 single family residential district (low density), inside Lineville city

  • Unsewered lots also need any additional area the Clay County Health Department deems necessary for on-site sewage disposal.

  minimum lot size, municipal sewer: >= 12500 sq ft · minimum lot size, no municipal sewer: >= 15000 sq ft (plus area required by Clay County Health Department)

  “minimum lot size: twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) square feet for lots served by municipal sewer. lots not served by municipal sewer shall contain at least 15,000 square feet, plus any additional area deemed necessary by the clay county health department for proper siting and installation of on-site sewage disposal facilities.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — The 1.0-acre district in the section preceding R-1 (Section 5; district name not captured, likely the rural/agricultural district), inside Lineville city

    “minimum lot size: 1.0 acre for all lots. lots not served by municipal sewer shall contain at least 1.0 acre, plus any additional area deemed necessary by the clay county health department for proper siting and installation of on-site sewage disposal facilities.”

• SetbacksSpecified

  R-1 single family residential district, inside Lineville city

  • Additional setback may be required under article III, section 7.

  front yard: >= 40 ft (from right-of-way line) · side yard: >= 15 ft · rear yard: >= 45 ft

  “minimum front yard setback: forty (40) feet from the edge of the right-of-way line. an additional setback may be required under the conditions specified in article iii, section 7 of this ordinance. d. minimum side yard setbacks: fifteen (15) feet. e. minimum rear yard setback: forty-five (45) feet.”

• Lot coverageSpecified

  R-1 single family residential district, inside Lineville city

  • Limit is stated as maximum impervious surface area.

  maximum impervious surface: <= 25 percent of lot

  “maximum impervious surface area: twenty-five (25) percent.”

• Building heightSpecified

  R-1 single family residential district, inside Lineville city

  • Structures exempt under article III, section 3.1 are not subject to the limit.

  maximum height: <= 35 ft (or 2.5 stories)

  “maximum structure height: thirty-five (35) feet or two and one half (2.5) stories for all structures that are not exempt from height requirements, as specified in article iii, section 3.1 of this ordinance.”

• Manufactured homesLimited

  Manufactured homes inside Lineville city

  • Excluded from R-1 as single-family dwellings; permitted in mobile home parks and in R-3 subject to article IV, section 3 standards.

  “single-family dwellings, excluding manufactured homes, which shall only be permitted in mobile home parks or in a mobile home overlay zone.”

• Driveway accessLimited

  Single-family residential lots in R-1, inside Lineville city

  • Two curb cuts allowed at 75 ft frontage or more; max width 25 ft or 25% of lot width, whichever is less.

  curb cuts, frontage under 75 ft: <= 1 count

  “access to single-family residential lots shall allow for the placement of one (1) curb cut for lots with less than seventy-five (75) feet of street frontage. lots with seventy-five feet of street frontage or more are permitted a total of two (2) curb cuts. maximum width of curb cuts for singlefamily residential lots shall not exceed twenty-five (25) feet or twenty-five (25) percent of the lot width, whichever is less.”

• Permit processPartial

  Zoning permits inside Lineville city

  • Zoning permit does not replace building permits, septic approval or wetland permits.
  • Application is returned to city hall; enforcement officer phone (256) 396-2632.

  “to apply for a zoning permit, please complete the following application and return the form with all necessary supporting documents to city hall. incomplete applications will not be processed. for additional information, please call the city of lineville enforcement officer at (256)396-2632 during regular business hours.”

Rules another office applies inside Lineville

Lineville does not set these itself; the county, a health district or the state does, and they apply to every address inside its limits.

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  On-site sewage systems inside Lineville city; Clay County Health Department approves

  • Stated in the city zoning ordinance's zoning-permit provision.

  “approval of a zoning permit application by the enforcement officer shall not imply or constitute approval of any other applicable permit requirements including, but not limited to, subdivision plat approval, building permits, septic system approval from the clay county health department, and wetland permits from the u.s. army corps of engineers.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Lineville or Clay County directly.

• Building permit — Building permits inside Lineville city
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption inside Lineville city
• Building code adopted — Building code inside Lineville city
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Lineville city
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificates of occupancy inside Lineville city

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.