Dumfries
Zoning districts
7 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
2Industrial
1Residential
4Residential, Limited District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 1 ft
- Front setback
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 8
Residential, General District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
Residential, Multiple Family District
- Min lot
- 108,900 sq ft (2.5 ac)
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 15 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 6
General provisions
97 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Site plan requirements including specifications, contents, improvements standards, procedures, and bond requirements.
Acre. A measure of land equating to 43,560 square feet.
No variance shall be granted for any proposed use, development, or activity within any floodway district that will cause any increase in the 100-year flood elevation.
Acre. A measure of land equating to 43,560 square feet.
No major recreational equipment shall be used for living, sleeping, or other occupancy when parked or stored on a residential lot, or in any other location not approved for such use.
No major recreational equipment shall be used for living, sleeping, or other occupancy when parked or stored on a residential lot... Mobile homes, or units that were once mobile homes, shall not be used as accessory buildings or uses in any zoning district within the town.
No major recreational equipment shall be used for living, sleeping, or other occupancy when parked or stored on a residential lot, or in any other location not approved for such use. Mobile homes, or units that were once mobile homes, shall not be used as accessory buildings or uses in any zoning district within the town.
No major recreational equipment shall be used for living, sleeping, or other occupancy when parked or stored on a residential lot, or in any other location not approved for such use.
Mobile homes, or units that were once mobile homes, shall not be used as accessory buildings or uses in any zoning district within the town.
Credit may be given for parking spaces required for one use when parking spaces required for another use on the same lot, or on an adjacent lot, can be used because of a difference in normal operating hours.
Each parking space shall be a minimum of nine feet in width and 18 feet in length.
Each parking space shall be a minimum of nine feet in width and 18 feet in length. Off-street parking facilities shall be located on the same lot or within 300 feet.
General regulations for parking, signs, yards, accessory uses, fences, and temporary uses.
The off-street parking facilities required by this article shall be located on the same lot or parcel of land that they are intended to serve; however, when the size or shape of land, or a nonconforming building or structure presently existing on the parcel of land, prevents the establishment of such facilities on the same lot or parcel, they may be permitted on a properly zoned lot or parcel within 300 feet of the premises they are to serve.
The off-street parking facilities required by this article shall be located on the same lot or parcel of land that they are intended to serve; however, when the size or shape of land, or a nonconforming building or structure presently existing on the parcel of land, prevents the establishment of such facilities on the same lot or parcel, they may be permitted on a properly zoned lot or parcel within 300 feet of the premises they are to serve.
Where a parking area for a medical, hospital, commercial, or industrial use adjoins a lot in a residential district or is located closer than 100 feet to a lot in a residential district without an intervening street, a solid wall or fence six feet in height, with its finished side facing the adjacent residential lot, shall be erected on the lot providing the parking.
Where a parking area for a medical, hospital, commercial, or industrial use adjoins a lot in a residential district or is located closer than 100 feet to a lot in a residential district without an intervening street, a solid wall or fence six feet in height, with its finished side facing the adjacent residential lot, shall be erected on the lot providing the parking.
Where a parking area for a medical, hospital, commercial, or industrial use adjoins a lot in a residential district or is located closer than 100 feet to a lot in a residential district without an intervening street, a solid wall or fence six feet in height, with its finished side facing the adjacent residential lot, shall be erected on the lot providing the parking.
No driveway or improved parking surface, in combination with other impervious structures on residential lots, shall cover more than 30 percent of the lot in the R-1 and R-2 districts.
No driveway or improved parking surface, in combination with other impervious structures on residential lots, shall cover more than 30 percent of the lot in the R-1 and R-2 districts.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.