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If the property or properties listed above have more than one owner, please check this box. In the case
of multiple owners, reverse side must be completed. Each additional owner will need to complete
and sign the reverse side of this application. We can only accept applications with original signatures.
SECTIONS A. THROUGH G. MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR A COMPLETE APPLICATION.
CITY OF GULFPORT
Urban Development - Planning Division
1410 24th Avenue
Gulfport, MS 39501
(228) 868-5710
APPLICATION FOR
GENERAL SUBDIVISION PLAN
FOR ZERO LOT LINE
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST:
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OWNERSHIP AND CERTIFICATION:
I hereby certify that I have read and understand this application and that all information and attachments are true
and correct. I also certify that I agree to comply with all applicable city codes, ordinances and state laws.
Finally, I certify that I am the owner of the property involved in this request or have authorization to act as the
owner’s agent for the herein described request.
OWNER
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Printed Name Of Owner
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Mailing Address
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City State Zip code
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Home Phone Work/Cell Phone
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Email
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Signature Of Owner
AGENT
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Printed Name Of Agent
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Mailing Address
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City State Zip code
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Home Phone Work/Cell Phone
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Email
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Signature Of Agent
For Staff Use Only
Case File #:___________________
Date Received:________________
Receipt #:____________________
Received By:__________________
Zoning: ______________________
Ward: ________Flood:__________
Size:_________________________
Property Information
TAX PARCEL #
(If necessary, use separate sheet of paper)
Address of Property Involved:_______________________________________________________________
Lot(s)______________, Block(s)_______________, Subdivision___________________________________
General Location:_________________________________________________________________________
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This page must be completed if the property or properties involved have more than one owner. All
persons listed as owners to the property or properties listed on page one must complete and sign this part
of the application.
I hereby certify that I have read and understand this application and that all information and attachments
are true and correct. I also certify that I agree to comply with all applicable city codes, ordinances and
state laws. Finally, I certify that I am the owner of the property involved in this request or authorized to
act as the owner’s agent for herein described request.
NAME OF OWNER (PRINT)
ADDRESS (STREET, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
PHONE # (H) (W)
TAX PARCEL NUMBER(S) OWNED
SIGNATURE:
NAME OF OWNER (PRINT)
ADDRESS (STREET, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
PHONE # (H) (W)
TAX PARCEL NUMBER(S) OWNED
SIGNATURE:
NAME OF OWNER (PRINT)
ADDRESS (STREET, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
PHONE # (H) (W)
TAX PARCEL NUMBER(S) OWNED
SIGNATURE:
(Use additional forms as needed)
IN CASES OF MULTIPLE APPLICANTS, PLEASE IDENTIFY THE PERSON WHO WILL BE ACTING AS YOUR SPOKES
PERSON/AGENT FOR YOU:
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
1. Please be advised that failure to submit a complete
application, with all supporting documents, could delay your
hearing date. The Planning Commission will not consider a
request until all information is submitted and accurate.
2. Please be advised that the application deadline dates
posted are designed to allow the staff time to review the
application and receive required comments from
coordinating agencies. The application is not considered
complete until all required information from the applicant is
available for review by the staff and coordinating agencies.
3. Please see Page 6 to determine the deadline dates for
filing your application.
Miscellaneous data. Present tract designation
according to the records of the county chancery
clerk; the title or name under which the proposed
subdivision is to b recorded, with name and
address of the owner and the subdivider; notations
giving scale, (true) north arrow, datum,
benchmarks, date, (sic) engineer or land surveyor.
Streets. The name, right-of-way width and
location of streets and other public ways on and
adjacent to the track; the type, width and elevation
of surfacing; any legally established centerline of
elevations; walks, curbs, gutters, culverts and
similar features; the name, right-of-way width and
location of proposed streets, with their
approximate grades and gradients, and similar
data for alleys, if any.
Lots and blocks. Lot lines, lot numbers and block
letters, tabulation stating gross and net acreage of
the subdivision, acreage of existing and proposed
public areas within the tract, number of residential
lots, typical lot size and lineal feet of proposed
streets.
For Zero Lot Line:
Minimum lot area shall be:
Each dwelling unit, 2,800 sq. ft.
Minimum lot width:
Twenty eight (28) feet
Corner lots shall be determined based on the
minimum requirement as set forth in Sec IV (D)
(3) and (6) as set forth below:
(3) Corner building site: In any district, a
corner building site having to its rear a building
site facing toward the intersection or side street
shall have provide on the intersecting or side street
side of the corner building site a side yard having
a width equal at least to the depth of the front yard
required for a structure on the building site to the
rear of the corner building site; provided,
however, that this regulation shall not be applied
to reduce the buildable width of the corner
building site to less than thirty (30) feet.
(6) Major street right-of-way: Front yard depth,
and in the case of a corner building site side yard
width shall be measured from the future street
right-of-way of a major street established on the
Plan for Circulation (Major Street Plan), a part of
the Master Plan for the City of Gulfport.
(See Page 4)
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
A. Page one of this application, completed and signed.
B. Proof of ownership (Copy of deed or affidavit)
C. If applicable, notarized proof of authority to act as
agent for owner (board resolution, etc.)
D. The City of Gulfport Planning Division Staff will notify,
by letter, property owners adjacent to the requested
action identified in this application using the Land Roll
database from the County Tax Office. If you would like
to have additional persons or property owners notified,
please provide a list of additional persons to be
notified.
E. Specification requirements.
The general plan will be submitted in six black line
copies in a sheet size no larger than 18 by 24 inches and
one copy no larger than 11 by 17 inches. Where
necessary, the plan may be on several sheets
accompanied by an index sheet showing the entire
subdivision. Two electronic versions of the general plan
shall also be provided with the application in the form of
an AutoCad .DWG file or .DXF 16-bit file.
The general plan shall contain the following information:
Location map. A diagram showing the location of
the proposed subdivision.
Survey data. The boundary line of the subdivision
with length and bearing of lines; section and
corporation lines; contours at intervals of one (1)
foot, based on a datum plan approved by the city
engineer; where contours will not provide adequate
information for drainage determinations, spot
elevations in sufficient number to show drainage
conditions shall be given.
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Nonresidential sites. Sites to be reserved or dedicated
for parks, recreation areas, schools or other public
uses; sites, if any for multi-family dwellings, shopping
centers, churches, industry or other non-public uses
exclusive of single-family dwellings.
Utilities. The location, size and invert elevation of
sanitary and storm sewers; the location an size of
water mains; the location of gas lines, fire hydrants,
approximate locations of utility poles and streetlights;
if water mains are not on or adjacent to the tract, the
direction and distance to, and the size of, the nearest
ones, showing invert elevation of sewers; the location
of proposed utilities, if not shown elsewhere.
Easements. The location, width and purpose of
existing and proposed easements.
Building setback lines for zero lot line. Minimum
building setback lines.
Minimum front yard setback:
The same as required for each zoning district except
where the development contains units located on
both sides of a street constructed by developer to the
city’s specifications. In this case, the minimum
front yard setback shall be ten (10) feet.
Minimum side yard setback:
Zero lot line developments there shall be no
minimum side yard required on one side and
fourteen (14) feet on the opposite side. However, for
corner lots the minimum side yard requirements
established by the district regulations.
Minimum rear yard setback: See Section III. Yards
required for zero lot line houses. Shall comply with
the yard requirements established by the district
regulations.
Maximum height: The maximum height measured
from the foundation to the lower floor of the lower
floor of the uppermost habitable level shall not exceed
twenty (20) feet in R-1, R-2 and R-O districts. In all
other zoning districts the maximum height is
established in Section III, District Regulations.
Maximum lot coverage. A zero lot line dwelling
including accessory structures shall not occupy more
than seventy (75) percent of the lot area.
Adjoining land. The approximate direction and
gradient of the ground slope, including any levees or
embankments; the character and location of buildings,
railroads, power lines, towers and other nearby
residential land uses or adverse influences; and names
of recorded subdivision plats of adjoining platted land
by record name, date and number and the names of
record owners of adjoining unsubdivided land.
Other existing conditions. The locations of
watercourses, marshes, wooded areas, insolated
preservable trees one (1) foot or more in
diameter, buildings or structures and other
significant features on the tract.
Proposed public improvements. Highway or
other major public improvements planned by
public authorities for future construction on or
near the tract.
Flood zone designations. The location of all
flood zone designations as shown on the latest
Flood Insurance Rate Map.
Street names. Street names must be provided on
the General Plan and shall be coordinated with
the City’s E-911 representative. Street names
shall conform to E-911 policies.
Parking spaces. Minimum off-street parking
spaces shall be as required in section IV, except
where a zero lot line is less than eighteen (18)
feet in width the required parking spaces may be
designed so as to allow vehicles to be parked in a
vertical line and each space shall be at least eight
(8) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long.
Zero lot line dwellings shall be constructed
against the lot line on one side of a lot and no
windows, doors or other openings shall be
permitted on this side. Where adjacent zero lot
line dwellings are not constructed against a
common lot line, the building for a perpetual
wall maintenance easement of five (5) in width
along the adjacent lot and parallel with such
wall.
Modifications Requested: Identify any variations from
the subdivision regulations and state what is preventing
you from meeting the standards or requirements of the
regulations.
F. Attendant items: The general subdivision plan shall
be accompanied by the following items:
Protective covenants. A draft of the protective
covenants whereby the subdivider proposed to
regulate land use in the subdivision and
otherwise protect the proposed development.
Engineering plans. Profiles showing existing
ground surface and proposed street grades,
including extensions for a reasonable distance
beyond the limits of the proposed subdivision;
typical cross sections of the proposed grading,
roadway and sidewalk; and preliminary plan of
sanitary and storm water sewers with grades and
sizes indicated. All elevations shall be based on
a datum plan that is mean gulf level.
(See Page 5)
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Cash or check payable to the City of Gulfport in the
amount of $175.00 plus $5.00 for each lot.
Subsurface conditions report. A report on the
location and results of tests made to ascertain
subsurface soil and groundwater conditions;
depth groundwater, unless tests pits are dry at a depth
of five (5) feet; location and results of soil percolation
tests if individual sewerage disposal systems are
proposed.
G. Cash or check made payable to the City of Gulfport
in the amount of $175.00 plus $5.00 per lot.
STORM WATER REQUIREMENTS
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality requires the issuance of Storm Water
Permits in accordance with the provisions of the Mississippi Water Pollution Control Law
(Section 49-17-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972).
There are currently two types of permits: 1) Small Construction Activities that Disturb
One (1) Acre to Less than Five (5) Acres; and 2) Large Construction General Permit five
(5) acres or more).
If you are not familiar with these requirements, our office has available the referenced
permit packages. Our office does not issue the permit. We do require that any individual ,
partnership, company, corporation, etc., that is requesting the issuance of a building permit,
tree permit, or any type of action from our Planning Commission or Zoning Board of Appeal
and Adjustment, which has been identified and applies to the Mississippi Water Pollution
Control Law, be provided with and acknowledge receipt of the Small Construction General
Permit Packet or Large Construction General Permit Packet, before final action can be taken
by this Department.
If you need additional information on these permits, please contact Mississippi Department
of Environment Quality (MDEQ) at (601) 961-5171 or www.deq.state.ms.us.
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