Chesapeake, Virginia · General provision

§ 7-511, § 7-512

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaSide 8 ftMAX HEIGHT75 ft / 6 storiesMAX FAR2.5MIN OPEN SPACE20%
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Extracted standards

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

Landscaping & trees

  • Minimum tree canopy20 pct

    A minimum twenty (20) percent tree canopy coverage shall be provided within the development.

Other

  • Perimeter buffering B-2 standards

    Perimeter buffering using B-2 general business district standards under section 19-610 shall be required.

  • Usable recreation percentage50 pct

    At least fifty (50) percent of the required open space must be configured for usable recreation.

Signage

From the ordinance

Max height 75 ft or 6 floors. FAR 2.5 for mixed use. Min open space 20%. Tree canopy 20%.
§ 7-511, § 7-512

Parking requirements

"Per sections 19-410 and 19-411; may be reduced with parking management plan."