102 Calton Rd, Birmingham, AL 35213

Residential Infill District

The residential infill district is an overlay district that is designed to promote the highest and best use of residential real estate by permitting the cost-effective development or redevelopment of residential property in limited areas within the city, under carefully controlled conditions, and in ways that will serve the purpose of the zoning ordinance without compromising the unique character of the residential districts within the city. More particularly, the creation of a residential infill zoning classification serves the following purposes: To permit additional, high-quality residential land use and development options for transitional zones between existing commercial and/or business uses and residential districts, the effect of which would be to maintain the residential character of existing residential districts while simultaneously discouraging objectionable nonresidential encroachment into such districts; To permit and promote the coordination and integration of compatible uses, architectural styles, and functional considerations between designated village districts within the city and surrounding residential neighborhoods; To encourage desirable development or redevelopment within the village districts by enhancing pedestrian access to and patronage of shops, stores, restaurants, and service establishments within such districts; To maintain or enhance the fair market value of residential property within the city; To serve the foregoing objectives, the purposes of the zoning ordinance, and the purposes of the city's master plan by permitting the full and effective use of land through modification of, flexible application of, or exemption from otherwise applicable zoning requirements, but with imposition of site-specific requirements and restrictions that are designed and intended to ensure appropriate use and development of the property.