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.
Within any business or industrial district, unless located within the Entrance Corridor Overlay District between Porterfield Highway and Cummings Street (digital signs prohibited), one freestanding or wall-mounted sign per lot may be replaced with a digital or manual changeable message sign subject to the following requirements:
Within any business or industrial district, unless located within the Entrance Corridor Overlay District between Porterfield Highway and Cummings Street (digital signs prohibited), one freestanding or wall-mounted sign per lot may be replaced with a digital or manual changeable message sign...
Table 8.4.6(A) Maximum Sign Dimensions: AFOS District
Table 8.4.6(C) Maximum Sign Dimensions: B-1, B-2, B-3, M-1, OI, and PTD Districts
Table 8.4.6(C) Maximum Sign Dimensions: B-1, B-2, B-3, M-1, OI, and PTD Districts
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).
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).
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).
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. Nonconforming signs shall not be enlarged... Every sign shall be kept in good condition and repair.
A nonconforming sign that is destroyed or damaged by any casualty to an extent not exceeding 50% of its sign area may be restored within two years after such destruction or damage but shall not be enlarged in any manner.
When any sign becomes insecure, in danger of falling or is otherwise deemed unsafe by the Administrator, or if any sign shall be unlawfully installed, erected, or maintained in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the owner thereof or the person or firm using same shall, upon written notice by the Administrator forthwith in the case of immediate danger, and in any case within not more than 10 days, make such sign conform to the provisions of this chapter, or shall remove it.
No person may engage in any land-disturbing activity until a permit has been issued by the Town in accordance with the provisions of this division and the Regulation.
Land-disturbing activities that meet one of the criteria below are regulated... No person may engage in any land-disturbing activity until a permit has been issued by the Town in accordance with the provisions of this division and the Regulation.
Minimize the discharge of pollutants from equipment and vehicle washing... Minimize the exposure of building materials... Minimize the discharge of pollutants from spills and leaks...
Land-disturbing activity of less than 10,000 square feet on individual lots in a residential development shall not be considered exempt from the provisions of the VESMA if the total land-disturbing activity in the development is equal to or greater than 10,000 square feet.
Stormwater runoff from a development shall be released at a post-development peak flow rate for the two-year, twenty-four-hour storm event that is less than the pre-development peak flow rate...
Stormwater runoff from a development shall be released at a post-development peak flow rate for the two-year, twenty-four-hour storm event that is less than the pre-development peak flow rate...
Stormwater runoff from a development shall be released at a post-development peak flow rate for the two-year, twenty-four-hour storm event that is less than the pre-development peak flow rate from the two-year, twenty-four-hour storm event and released at a post-development peak flow rate for the ten-year, twenty-four-hour storm event that is less than the pre-development peak flow rate for the ten-year, twenty-four-hour storm event.
Provide for an inspection during or immediately following initial installation of erosion and sediment controls, at least once in every two-week period, within 48 hours following any runoff producing storm event, and at the completion of the project prior to the release of any performance bonds
Ensure that each stormwater management facility is inspected by the Town or its designee, not to include the owner, except as provided in Subsections (d) and (e) of this section, at least once every five years
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.
- Chapter 122.2K charsRead →
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