Dayton
Zoning districts
9 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
2Commercial
2Residential
3R-1 Residential District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
R-2 Residential District
- Min lot
- 7,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
R-3 Residential District
- Min lot
- 7,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 11
General provisions
102 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Nonconforming uses and structures may be continued, subject to abandonment after two years, repair limits, restoration thresholds, and restrictions on expansion, change, and moving.
The intent of this article is to provide a more flexible and adaptable zoning method... An owner may proffer reasonable conditions... The proffered conditions shall be in writing...
Every use of property shall subject the property and its owners and occupants to the parking regulations of this article.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this chapter, adult businesses are distinct from and mutually exclusive of all other uses defined or referenced in this Code.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this chapter, adult businesses are distinct from and mutually exclusive of all other uses defined or referenced in this Code.
No person shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, or improve any building or structure, if said activities require a building permit under the uniform statewide building code, without first obtaining a zoning permit for each such building or structure.
The procedures of this division are established to integrate properly the uses permitted on review with other land uses located in the district. These uses shall be reviewed by and authorized or rejected by the town council under the procedures in this chapter 30.
an application for a special use permit for an adult business must be approved or denied within 90 days of the filing of a complete application.
For a single-story dwelling located on interior lots, a side yard shall not be less than ten feet in width and the sum of the two side yards shall be not less than 20 feet... No dwelling shall exceed 2½ stories or 35 feet in height... Dwellings and accessory buildings shall cover not more than 40 percent of the lot area.
The zoning administrator is hereby authorized to grant a modification from any provision contained in the town zoning ordinances with respect to physical requirements on a lot or parcel of land, including, but not limited to, size, height, location or features of or related to any building, structure, or improvements, if the zoning administrator finds in writing that the strict application of the ordinance would produce undue hardship, such hardship is not shared generally by other properties in the same zoning district and the same vicinity, and the authorization of the modification will not be of substantial detriment to adjacent property and the character of the zoning district will not be changed by the granting of the modification.
These provisions shall apply to all lands within the jurisdiction of the town and identified as being in the 100-year floodplain.
Flood Plain District overlay: all development requires permit, no encroachments that increase flood elevation, manufactured homes must be elevated, etc.
The Flood Plain District shall include all areas subject to inundation by the base flood, as identified on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the Town of Dayton, Virginia
No new construction or development shall be permitted within the Flood Plain District unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the elevation of the 100-year flood more than one foot at any point.
no mobile home may be placed in the town, except in a mobile home park.
No mobile home may be placed in the town, except in a mobile home park. All mobile home parks shall have a minimum area of at least five acres. ...
All mobile home parks shall have a minimum area of at least five acres. The overall density of any mobile home development shall not exceed seven units per net acre.
The area of any mobile home lot shall not be less than 3,400 square feet. Lot coverage... shall not exceed 35 percent as an average, 40 percent for a given lot; the minimum area of any site devoted to common open space shall be 5,000 square feet.
No detached mobile home accessory structure, except ramadas, shall be erected closer than 20 feet to a mobile home. Mobile home accessory structures, except ramadas, shall not exceed the height of the mobile home.
Minimum pavement widths shall be 24 feet for streets providing access to 40 or more mobile home stands, and 18 feet for streets providing access to less than 40 mobile home stands.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.