Municipality · Virginia

Dendron

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
12
Districts
401
Extracted rules
1,355
Standards
5
Chapters read

Zoning districts

12 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

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

Appendix A

P = Permitted; S = Requires a Special Use Permit; C = Requires a Conditional Use Permit.

Appendix B1 standards

Accessory Buildings: No more than height of Single Family Residence / No more than height of the principle structure

Article II, Sec. 2-10212 standards

Definitions of terms including garage, RPA buffer, family, signs, etc.

Article III, Sec. 3-1516(A)12 standards

Within any floodway area, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated... that the proposed encroachment will not result in any increase in flood levels.

Article III, Sec. 3-1516(A)2 and Sec. 3-15206 standards

Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard... unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect... will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot.

Article III, Sec. 3-1516(A)3 and Sec. 3-15203 standards

The approximated floodplain district shall be that floodplain area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided... base flood elevations and floodway information from federal, state, and other acceptable sources shall be used.

Article III, Sec. 3-1516(A)43 standards

All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the FIRM... If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor... shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.

Article III, Sec. 3-1516(A)51 standards

Buildings and structures within this zone shall have the lowest floor elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus one foot of freeboard, and must comply with the provisions in Article III, Section 3-1516(A)2 and Article IV, Sections 3-1519 and 3-1520.

Article III, Sec. 3-1516(A)66 standards

All new construction and substantial improvements in Zones V and VE shall be elevated on pilings or columns so that the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member of the lowest floor is elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches if parallel... or at least one foot above the base flood level if perpendicular.

Article III, Sec. 3-1516(A)71 standards

In this area no emergency service, medical service, or government storage shall be allowed except by special exception using the variance process.

Article III, Sec. 3-1517, 3-1518, 3-1519, 3-1520, 3-1521, 3-1522, 3-152315 standards

The floodplain districts described above shall be overlays to the existing underlying districts... more restrictive provisions shall apply.

Article III, Sec. 3-202

The following uses are permitted by right... The following uses are allowed only by special exception... The following uses are allowed only by conditional use permit...

Article V, introductory5 standards

The following includes those areas that shall, at a minimum, be preserved as undeveloped open space, to the extent consistent with the reasonable use of land...

Article V, introductory1 standards

Existing trees eight inches or more in diameter measured at breast height (four and one-half feet from ground level) shall be given high priority in determining the location of open space, structures, underground utilities, walks, and paved areas.

General Height and Setback Provisions6 standards

All structures: 75 feet. The height limit for principal structures may be increased to 70 feet or up to five stories... On primary highway: 75 feet. On secondary highway or other street: 50 feet. Minimum rear yard setback: 25 feet.

General Provisions (from text before Sec. 3-1101)4 standards

All structures: 75 feet. The height limit shall be 35 feet in height. The height limit for principal structures may be increased to 70 feet or up to five stories...

General provisions4 standards

No exterior storage... No commercial warehousing... Any part of the lot not used for buildings... Provision shall be made for proper storm water drainage...

Glossary A1 standards

Accessory structures not to exceed 600 square feet.

Sec. 1-2032 standards

All zoning permits issued shall be valid for a period of six months, unless the structure, use or activity for which the permit was issued has commenced.

Sec. 1-203, 1-208, 1-5053 standards

Zoning permits valid for six months; administrator may grant variances from setback and yard requirements; conditional use permits must be exercised within two years.

Source documents

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