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 required landscaping shall be installed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
Any required landscaping shall be installed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy... Existing healthy trees and shrubs shall be credited... All plantings shall be maintained in perpetuity...
Trees which are to be preserved on site shall be protected before, during, and after the development process utilizing accepted practices.
Trees which are to be preserved on site shall be protected before, during, and after the development process... Trees and groups of trees which are to be preserved shall be enclosed by a temporary fence or barrier... five feet outside of their dripline...
No fence or wall between a street and a front building line shall be more than four feet in height; a fence or wall in any residential zoning district shall not exceed seven feet in height above the existing grade without approval of a special use permit.
No fence or wall between a street and a front building line shall be more than four feet in height; a fence or wall in any residential zoning district shall not exceed seven feet in height above the existing grade without approval of a special use permit; a fence or wall in any business zoning district shall not exceed eight feet in height above the existing grade without approval of a special use permit.
No fence or wall between a street and a front building line shall be more than four feet in height; A fence or wall in any residential zoning district shall not exceed seven feet in height... business zoning district shall not exceed eight feet...
Old and Historic District: chain-link fencing is prohibited.
For the purpose of the regulations of this division, a loading space is a space within the main building or on the same lot providing for the standing, loading, or unloading of trucks, and having a minimum area of 480 square feet, a minimum width of 12 feet, a minimum depth of 40 feet, and a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet.
a loading space is a space within the main building or on the same lot providing for the standing, loading, or unloading of trucks, and having a minimum area of 480 square feet, a minimum width of 12 feet, a minimum depth of 40 feet, and a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet.
Off-street parking areas shall be marked off into parking spaces with a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum length of 18 feet.
Off-street parking areas shall be marked off into parking spaces with a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum length of 18 feet... All aisles within parking areas shall have a minimum width of 24 feet when the parking spaces are at a 90° angle...
Window signs are permitted only on the first floor of a building unless the business advertised is only on the floor where the window sign is displayed.
Signs within the Old and Historic District shall be subject to the Town of Abingdon Design Review Guidelines for the Old and Historic District, as amended, and require a certificate of appropriateness by the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB).
Memorial plaques and building cornerstones not exceeding six square feet in area. ... temporary signs not exceeding four square feet for single-family detached properties or 18 square feet for all other residential, nonresidential, or mixed-use properties.
Prohibited signs. (1) Any sign affixed to, hung, placed, or painted on any other sign, fence, cliff, rock, tree, natural feature, public utility pole or structure supporting wire, cable, or pipe, or radio, television, or similar tower...
The minimum setback from any right-of-way, unless otherwise specified, is half the height of the sign. Illumination shall be no greater than 10,000 nits or footcandles from sunrise to sunset or 700 nits or footcandles from sunset to sunrise...
The minimum setback from any right-of-way, unless otherwise specified, is half the height of the sign.
Any sign displayed in the Town of Abingdon, shall comply with all provisions of this article; all applicable provisions of the Uniform Statewide Building Code; all state and federal regulations pertaining to the display of signage; sign area calculations.
Within any business or industrial district, unless located within the Entrance Corridor Overlay District between Porterfield Highway and Cummings Street (digital signs prohibited)
Source documents
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