Petersburg City Zoning Code#
ARTICLE 1 - TITLE#
ARTICLE 2 - PURPOSE#
ARTICLE 3 - DEFINITIONS#
ARTICLE 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, DISTRICTS AND DISTRICT MAPS#
ARTICLE 4A - "A" AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS#
ARTICLE 5 - "R-1A" SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT REGULATIONS#
ARTICLE 6 - "R-1" SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT REGULATIONS#
ARTICLE 7 - "R-2" SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT REGULATIONS#
ARTICLE 7A - "RMH" RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOMES DISTRICT REGULATIONS#
ARTICLE 8 - "R-3" TWO-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT REGULATIONS#
ARTICLE 9 - "R-4" MULTIPLE DWELLING DISTRICT REGULATIONS#
ARTICLE 10 - "R-5" MULTIPLE DWELLING DISTRICT REGULATIONS#
ARTICLE 11 - "R-6" HIGH RISE DISTRICT REGULATIONS#
Section 1. - [Purpose.]#
The regulations set forth in this article or set forth elsewhere in this ordinance when referred to in this article, are the regulations governing the use of buildings or premises in the "R-6" High Rise District.
Section 2. - Use regulations.#
A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
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Any use permitted in the "RB" Office Apartment Districts set out in article 13 of this ordinance;
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Incidental uses in multiple dwellings and office buildings for the convenience of the occupants thereof, including restaurants, beauty parlors, and barbershops; provided, that there is no advertising sign, no show window, or no entrance to such place of business, except from the inside of the building;
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Not more than two (2) individual signs or nameplates having a total area of five (5) square feet or less shall be permitted on any one building. Such signs shall be attached flat against the building wall or on an awning or canopy affixed to the front of the building, but there shall be no illuminated sign nor any display or other form of advertisement.
Section 3. - Height, area and bulk regulations.#
(1) Height.#
No building shall exceed one hundred fifty (150) feet in height.
(2) Front yard.#
There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than fifteen (15) feet; provided, that no building or part thereof shall penetrate an inclined plane rising from the street line and extending over the lot at an inclination of one foot horizontal for each four (4) feet vertical.
(3) Side yard.#
(a) Buildings used exclusively for nonresidential purposes, with a height of three (3) stories or less, are not required to provide side yards;
(b) Buildings used, wholly or in part, for residential purposes, with a height of three (3) stories or less, shall have a side yard as required in the "R-5" Multiple Dwelling District;
(c) Buildings more than three (3) stories in height shall have a side yard on each side of the building of ten (10) feet for the first three (3) stories. All parts of the building above the third story shall be set back a minimum of one foot for each story above the third; except, that no setback shall be required above the third story along the side street of a corner lot.
(4) Rear yard.#
Except as provided in article 23 of this ordinance, there shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty (20) feet.
(5) Unobstructed open space.#
Buildings more than three (3) stories in height shall cover not more than fifty (50) percent of the area.
(6) Floor area.#
(a) The maximum permitted floor area, as hereinafter defined, shall not exceed seven (7) times the lot area upon which the building is constructed.
(b) The floor area of a building, or buildings, is the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of all buildings on the lot measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls. In calculating floor area, the following need not be included:
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Uncovered steps;
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Attic space providing structural head room of less than seven (7) feet, six (6) inches;
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Terraces, breezeways, porte cocheres and open porches;
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Enclosed automobile parking space provided for the use of occupants of the building, in basements, or lower stories of the building;
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Basement or ground floor areas used for storage or the housing of mechanical equipment;
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Areas of penthouse for the housing of elevator machinery, cooling tanks or similar equipment.
Section 4. - Reference to additional regulations.#
The regulations contained in this article are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other articles of this ordinance, especially the following: Article 19, Off-street parking regulations; Article 20, Off-street loading regulations; Article 23, Supplementary use regulations; Article 25, Supplementary height, area and bulk regulations.