Municipality · Virginia

Abingdon

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
22
Districts
343
Extracted rules
1,308
Standards
12
Chapters read

Zoning districts

22 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

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

Section 8-5-15(a)1 standards

may demand in writing a formal hearing by the Town Council causing such grievance, provided a petition requesting such hearing is filed with the Community Development Department within 30 days after notice of such action is given by the Administrator.

Section 8-5-15(e)1 standards

Final decisions of the Town Council under this division shall be subject to review by the Circuit Court of Washington County, Virginia provided an appeal is filed within 30 days from the date of any written decision

Section 8-5-17(e)1 standards

any person who willfully or negligently violates any provision of this division, any order of the Administrator, any condition of a permit, or any order of a court shall, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by confinement in jail for not more than 12 months or a fine of not less than $2,500 nor more than $32,500, or both.

Section 8-5-18(b)1 standards

Any permittee, owner or development failing, neglecting, or refusing to provide a complete Notice of Termination within 30 days from final inspection may be subject to applicable fees

Section 8-5-19(a)1 standards

Within 60 days of the completion of the requirements of the permit conditions, such bond, cash escrow, letter of credit or other legal arrangement, or the unexpended or unobligated portion thereof, shall be refunded to the applicant or terminated.

Section 8-5-20(a)1 standards

Any proposed development adjoining a public street may be required to install curb and gutter along the entire portion of the street adjoining the proposed development if existing curb and gutter exists on the same street within 2,000 feet measured from the subject property(s).

Section 8-5-20(a)1 standards

Any proposed development adjoining a public street may be required to install curb and gutter along the entire portion of the street adjoining the proposed development if existing curb and gutter exists on the same street within 2,000 feet measured from the subject property(s).

Section 8-5-31 standards

Pursuant to § 62.1-44.15:27 of the Code of Virginia, Town of Abingdon hereby establishes a Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program for land-disturbing activities and adopts the Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Regulation that specify standards and specifications for VESMPs promulgated by the State Water Control Board for the purposes set out in Section 8-5-1 of this division.

Section 8-5-42 standards

Land-disturbing activity that disturbs 10,000 square feet or more, is less than one acre, not in an area of a locality designated as a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area, and not part of a common plan of development or sale, is subject to criteria defined in Article 2 (9VAC25-875-540 et seq.) of Part V of the Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Regulation (Regulation).

Section 8-5-43 standards

Land-disturbing activities that meet one of the criteria below are regulated as follows: (1) Land-disturbing activity that disturbs 10,000 square feet or more, is less than one acre, not in an area of a locality designated as a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area, and not part of a common plan of development or sale, is subject to criteria defined in Article 2 (9VAC25-875-540 et seq.) of Part V of the Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Regulation (Regulation).

Section 8-5-51 standards

A person shall not conduct any land-disturbing activity in the Town until: (1) An application that includes a permit registration statement, if required, a soil erosion control and stormwater management plan or an executed agreement in lieu of a plan, if required, has been submitted to the Town; (2) The name of the individual who will be assisting the owner in carrying out the activity and holds a Responsible Land Disturber certificate pursuant to § 62.1-44.15:30 of the Code of Virginia is submitted to the Town.

Section 8-5-8(d)1 standards

additional control measures must be identified and implemented by the operator so that discharges are consistent with the assumptions and requirements of the wasteload allocation.

Section 8-5-8(e)9 standards

Control stormwater volume and velocity within the site to minimize soil erosion; Control stormwater discharges... Minimize the amount of soil exposed... Minimize the disturbance of steep slopes; Minimize sediment discharges...

Sections 10-4-3, 10-4-4, 10-4-53 standards

an additional 10% of the total estimated cost of construction... Up to 90% of the original amount of the performance guarantee may be released... allow an extension of time for the completion of facilities, not to exceed one year

Sections 10-6-2, 10-6-3, 10-7-1, 10-7-26 standards

scale of not more than 100 feet to the inch on sheets not larger than 18 inches by 34 inches... Boundary survey with an error of closure within the limit of one in 10,000... contour intervals of two feet... scale of one inch equals 100 feet or less

Sections 4-2-6, 4-2-7, 4-2-811 standards

For any corner lot, the side yard adjacent to a street shall be at least 15 feet... The height limitations of this chapter shall not apply to... Public or semipublic buildings... may be erected to a height not exceeding 60 feet... The maximum height of a structure may be increased by one foot for each foot the structure is set back from the required front yard...

Sections 8-2-4, 8-2-5, 8-2-6, 8-2-713 standards

New developments shall preserve existing or plant at least two trees between the front property line and the minimum front yard setback line. ... A continuous six-foot-high buffer with a minimum width of 20 feet shall be required. ... The minimum landscape parking islands shall be 10% of the parking area.

Sections 8-3-7, 8-3-1310 standards

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. ... 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.

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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