Cape Charles, Virginia · General provision

Article VII, Sec. 32-210 et seq.

Dimensional standards

Extracted standards

3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • Certificate of appropriateness required

    No building or structure, including signs, shall be erected, reconstructed, restored, or substantially altered in exterior appearance and no contributing buildings or structures shall be razed or demolished within a historic district unless approved by the historic district review board and a certificate of appropriateness issued.

  • Maintenance and repair required

    All buildings and structures in the historic district shall be preserved against decay and deterioration and maintained free from structural defects...

  • The historic district review board shall render a decision upon any request or application for a certificate of appropriateness within 90 days after the filing of an application accepted as complete.

From the ordinance

The Cape Charles Historic District encompasses nearly all of the town of Cape Charles as it was originally laid out in 1883-1884 as well as the Sea Cottage addition...
Article VII, Sec. 32-210 et seq.