Municipality · Virginia

Bluefield

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
14
Districts
123
Extracted rules
510
Standards
9
Chapters read

Zoning districts

14 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

109 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

Article IV, Sec. 74-231 to 74-2356 standards

It is the purpose of the provisions of this article to provide a more flexible and adaptable zoning method to cope with situations found in such zones through conditional zoning...

Article IX, Sec. 74-1151 to 74-117322 standards

The purpose of this article is to regulate the size, location, height, and construction of all signs placed for public observance and to protect property values.

Article IX, Sec. 74-1151 to 74-117336 standards

General sign standards for the town.

Article VI, Sec. 74-741(c) and Sec. 74-7488 standards

This article shall apply to all lands within the jurisdiction of the town and identified as being in the 100-year floodplain by the Federal Insurance Administration or being floodprone as stipulated in this article.

Article VIII, Division 2, Sec. 74-10922 standards

In all residential districts, there shall be provided, either in a private garage or on the lot, space for the parking of two automobiles for each dwelling unit...

Article VIII, Division 2, Sec. 74-10959 standards

The parking spaces required by this chapter shall be provided on the same lot as the use or where the exclusive use of such is provided on another lot not more than 500 feet radially from the subject lot within the same or less restrictive zoning district.

Article VIII, Division 3, Sec. 74-11212 standards

Loading spaces shall be provided on the same lot for every building in a commercial, business and shopping center district.

Sec. 74-1001 to 74-10099 standards

Home occupations shall be permitted in districts R-1A, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and B-1, provided the home occupation is clearly and obviously subordinate to the main use or dwelling unit for residential purposes.

Sec. 74-1011 standards

Land may be used or occupied and buildings structurally altered or erected may be used or changed in use only after a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the county building inspector's office.

Sec. 74-1011 standards

Land may be used or occupied and buildings structurally altered or erected may be used or changed in use only after a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the county building inspector's office.

Sec. 74-1031 to 74-104010 standards

A bed and breakfast inn may be established in areas zoned R-1 and R-2, provided that a special use permit is obtained from the town council, upon recommendation from the planning commission, and subject to the provisions of this division.

Sec. 74-10555 standards

No adult oriented business shall be permitted within 1,000 feet of any other adult oriented business in any zoning district. No adult oriented business use shall be permitted within 1,500 feet of any residential district, church, playground, playfield, public library, or day care facility. ... Adult oriented business shall only be permitted in the B-2, SC-OP, and SC-1.

Sec. 74-1055, 74-9525 standards

Adult oriented business shall only be permitted in the B-2, SC-OP, and SC-1 districts. The guidelines as described in the Municipal and Development Guidance Manual are applicable for big-box retail uses larger than 60,000 square feet in size and all developments within the SC-1 and SC-OP districts.

Sec. 74-1056 to 74-10649 standards

Mobile food establishments shall only be permitted to operate in nonresidential zoning districts. With the written approval of the town manager and zoning administrator, a mobile food establishment may be permitted to operate in a residential zoning district so long as such operation is connected to a public activity or private event.

Sec. 74-10572 standards

Mobile food establishments shall only be permitted to operate in nonresidential zoning districts. With the written approval of the town manager and zoning administrator, a mobile food establishment may be permitted to operate in a residential zoning district so long as such operation is connected to a public activity or private event.

Sec. 74-10696 standards

Such short-term rentals in compliance with this division shall be a permitted use in any zoning district that permits single-family dwellings... There shall be a working, two-pound minimum, ABC rated fire extinguisher...

Sec. 74-1069 to 74-107012 standards

The following regulations shall apply to all short-term rentals of single-family dwellings, mobile homes or portions of owner occupied single-family dwellings for any period less than 30 days. Such short-term rentals in compliance with this division shall be a permitted use in any zoning district that permits single-family dwellings, or mobile homes where applicable.

Sec. 74-109211 standards

In all residential districts, there shall be provided... space for the parking of two automobiles for each dwelling unit...

Sec. 74-11532 standards

Except as provided in this article, no sign shall be erected, used, altered, or reconstructed within the corporate limits of the town until a zoning permit has been issued by the zoning administrator. All signs are considered accessory uses and accessory structures. Unless specifically exempted or permitted, all signs shall be located on the same lot with the principal use to which they pertain.

Sec. 74-11533 standards

no sign shall be erected, used, altered, or reconstructed within the corporate limits of the town until a zoning permit has been issued by the zoning administrator. All signs are considered accessory uses and accessory structures.

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.