Abingdon
Zoning districts
22 districts, grouped by category.
Other
4Industrial
3Historic
5Residential
8Low-Density Residential
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 12
Medium-Density Residential
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
High-Density Residential
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
Mixed Residential
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 2 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 8
Mixed High-Density Residential
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 12
General provisions
318 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Any agriculture operation event may be held only if the agricultural operation to which it is subordinate has a minimum of five acres of land in active agricultural production on-site...
Any agriculture operation event may be held only if the agricultural operation to which it is subordinate has a minimum of five acres of land in active to agricultural production on-site...
No portion of the use, excluding required screening and landscape buffers, shall be located within 100 feet of a residential district or structure containing a dwelling unit.
No portion of the use, excluding required screening and landscape buffers, shall be located within 100 feet of a residential district or structure containing a dwelling unit.
No vehicle or equipment displays shall be located within a required yard, fire lane, travel way, sidewalk, or landscaped area.
No vehicle or equipment displays shall be located within a required yard, fire lane, travel way, sidewalk, or landscaped area.
A bed-and-breakfast is allowed as a special use only as accessory to a single-family detached dwelling and must be occupied by the owner/operator during operation.
A bed-and-breakfast is allowed as a special use only as accessory to a single-family detached dwelling and must be occupied by the owner/operator during operation.
Spillover light shall not exceed 0.5 foot candles at adjoining streets, commercial use, and mixed use and shall not exceed 0.1 foot candles at adjoining residential properties.
Spillover light shall not exceed 0.5 foot candles at adjoining streets, commercial use, and mixed use and shall not exceed 0.1 foot candles at adjoining residential properties. All exterior lights shall be 3,000 Kelvin or less. Pole-mounted lighting max 30 ft industrial, 20 ft other.
Any pole-mounted exterior lighting shall not exceed a height of 30 feet in height in industrial districts and 20 feet in height in all other districts. All exterior lights shall be 3,000 Kelvin light color temperature or less.
New developments shall preserve existing or plant at least two trees between the front property line and the minimum front yard setback line.
New developments shall preserve existing or plant at least two trees between the front property line and the minimum front yard setback line. For corner lots there shall be a minimum of two trees per street frontage.
New developments or redevelopments shall preserve existing or plant at least one tree per 40 linear feet of street frontage between the front property line and the minimum front yard setback line.
New developments or redevelopments shall preserve existing or plant at least one tree per 40 linear feet of street frontage between the front property line and the minimum front yard setback line.
A landscape buffer of at least 10 feet in width shall be landscaped with the following materials for each 40 feet of linear street frontage: At least one deciduous tree, with branching no closer than five feet to the ground; At least three ornamental trees; At least three shrubs; and Other ground cover reasonably dispersed throughout the buffer.
In the above conditions, a continuous six-foot-high buffer with a minimum width of 20 feet shall be required.
In the above conditions, a continuous six-foot-high buffer with a minimum width of 20 feet shall be required.
All vehicle parking areas shall include landscaping as required in this section to provide shade, screen views, and mitigate stormwater runoff.
All vehicle parking areas shall include landscaping as required in this section... Where a parking lot abuts a public right-of-way or property line, a landscaping strip of at least 10 feet in width...
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.
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