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Council adopts recodified zoning ordinance (Ordinance 2025-03) consolidating land-use rules
Summary
Council gave final approval to Ordinance 2025-03, a recodification of chapter 15 (zoning), consolidating zoning, land-use and development specifications into a single, updated code and adding clarifications such as front-yard fence height limits.
Seaford City Council on May 13 adopted a recodification of the municipal zoning code, Ordinance 2025-03, consolidating zoning regulations and land-use/development specifications into a single, reformatted chapter.
City planner Mike Bailey (on the record as presenting the item) said the recodification updates the text to the current format used in the municipal code book and incorporates recent changes made over the past several years, with only modest substantive changes. Bailey described several specific updates: adding some uses by right in the M-1 (light industrial) district; clarifying exemptions and a list of prohibited uses in the manufacturing section; and standardizing fence rules, including a limit of 3.5 feet for fences in front-yard setbacks to preserve intersection sight lines.
Bailey said the recodification will make the zoning rules easier to read and maintain and will provide developers and residents with a single reference document combining zoning and land-use specifications. After the second reading, Councilman Alan Quillen moved to adopt the amendments and Councilman Orlando Holland seconded; the ordinance passed unanimously by voice vote.
The change is procedural but will affect how developers, builders and residents reference zoning and development requirements, and staff said the city will distribute the consolidated code as the official guide for future permit and planning questions.
