Petersburg, Virginia · General provision

Article 38, Section 12

Extracted standards

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

Landscaping & trees

From the ordinance

new developments must maintain a minimum canopy coverage dependent on their zoning classification... Ten percent tree canopy for commercial and industrial zoning districts: RB, B-1, B-2, B-3, MXD-1, MXD-2, MXD-3, M-1, and M-2. Ten percent tree canopy for a residential development with 20 or more units per acre. Fifteen percent of tree canopy for a residential development with more than 10 but less than 20 units per acre; and Twenty percent tree canopy for residential development with 10 units or less per acre.
Article 38, Section 12