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Irondale council adopts zoning changes on steep driveways and unit-size averaging
Summary
The Irondale City Council approved Ordinance 2025-14 to allow the fire marshal to sign off on internal roads steeper than 10% and to change the minimum dwelling-unit-size rule to an average measure, giving developers more flexibility on constrained sites.
The Irondale City Council on Oct. 21, 2025, approved Ordinance 2025-14 amending Appendix A of the municipal zoning code to change how steep internal roads are handled and how minimum dwelling-unit floor area is measured.
The ordinance removes a flat 10% maximum-gradient limit for internal drives and instead requires that any internal road or drive exceeding 10% be approved by the fire marshal; it also changes the existing minimum-unit-size requirement to an average-floor-area standard (discussed in the meeting as targeting a 900-square-foot average). Council members said the changes are intended to give…
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