Richmond
Zoning districts
7 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
5Industrial
1Other
1General provisions
193 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Manufactured homes must be located, developed, and operated in compliance with the following standards, where allowed by the 200 Series, Base Zoning Districts
Commercial Cannabis activities, including but not limited to cultivation, manufacturing, testing, distribution, and retail are subject to the standards and procedures of the Municipal Code, State Law, and the regulations set forth in these Zoning Regulations.
Any new commercial cannabis retail and non-storefront retail facilities are only allowed to locate in a CR, Regional Commercial Zoning District with a conditional use permit
unless, following a public hearing, the Planning Commission makes all of the following findings to authorize a retail facility to locate on a site in the CG General Commercial Zoning District
The following standards are applicable to all commercial cannabis businesses.
No more than six cannabis plants may be cultivated at any one time at a single private residence
Minimum distance from another Nontraditional Financial Institution: 1,000 feet.
Products offered for sale are limited to nursery stock and related materials incidental to the planting, care, and maintenance of plants, including fertilizer, pesticides,
Outdoor dining and seating must be conducted as an accessory use to an eating or eating and drinking establishment located on the same lot or an adjacent lot.
The permanent outdoor display of merchandise, except for automobile/vehicle sales and leasing, which is subject to Section 15.04.610.080 Automobile/Vehicle Sales and Leasing, requires administrative use permit approval and must comply with the following standards:
Outdoor vending activities shall be allowed only in Mixed-Use, Commercial and Industrial zoning districts with an administrative use permit as identified in the land use tables for the applicable zoning district.
Pawn shops and secondhand dealers are only permitted in CM-3, Commercial Mixed-Use, Commercial Emphasis; CM-4, Commercial Mixed-Use, Gateway/Node; and CM-5, Commercial Mixed-Use, Activity Center zoning districts.
Hours of operation are limited to 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., seven days a week unless otherwise specified.
Recycling collection facilities must not exceed a building site footprint of 350 square feet.
Minimum distance from any other residential facility: 300 feet.
An administrative use permit is required if a new school will be located in an existing building, and any new space added to the building will not exceed 20 percent of existing floor area, excluding space if portable classrooms.
Minimum site size: 15,000 square feet. Minimum primary street frontage: 120 feet.
If an SRO contains a common kitchen that serves all residents, the maximum allowable number of individual units shall be 20 percent above the maximum number otherwise allowed by the base density applicable to residential development in the zoning district where the SRO is located.
One storage container shall be allowed on a lot in conjunction with an active construction project for which a building permit has been issued.
Temporary car washes shall not occur on a site more than four times per calendar year and may not operate for a continuous period of more than 12 hours.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.