Abingdon

The purpose of the Historic District Entrance Corridor (EC) Overlay District... is to protect and enhance the architectural and scenic character of significant access routes to the Town's historic areas...

The boundaries of the OH District shall in general be drawn to include: Areas containing historic landmarks as established by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources...

Accessory structures shall not exceed 15 feet in height; set back at least 3 feet from all lot lines; located in rear yard only.

Uses permitted in the EC Overlay District shall be those uses permitted in the underlying zoning district, subject to the additional standards and requirements of this division.

No development shall occur within the Planned Technology District (PTD) without the prior approval of a site plan by the Planning Commission.

The following uses shall be permitted in the PUD District: ...

No structure shall be erected, altered, or maintained, and no tree shall be allowed to grow, in any zone created by this division to a height in excess of the applicable height limit herein established for such zone.

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 light color temperature or less. 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.

A combination of solid masonry wall or opaque fence at least six feet in height and landscaping consisting of six deciduous trees per 100 linear feet of buffer; or...

A combination of solid masonry wall or opaque fence at least six feet in height and landscaping consisting of six deciduous trees per 100 linear feet of buffer; or Landscaping consisting of...

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.

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. ... Parking lot landscape buffers: a landscaping strip of at least 10 feet in width ... minimum of one deciduous shade tree for each 40 feet of contiguous property line ... minimum landscape parking islands shall be 10% of the parking area ... minimum of one tree for each five spaces of required parking ... planting islands shall have a minimum width of eight feet ... All required landscaping materials shall conform to the following minimum size or height standards: Deciduous shade trees: Two inches caliper.

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 with the aisle; 18 feet when the parking spaces are at 60° angle with the aisle; and 12 feet for parallel parking. ... 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.

On a property under construction or renovation, for sale, or for rent 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.

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...

Subdivision design and improvement standards for the Town of Abingdon, Virginia.

The depth of any lot shall not exceed four times its width. Blocks shall not exceed 1,200 feet in length. Culs-de-sac shall not exceed 1,000 feet in length.

MODULAR HOME OR STRUCTURE: ... This is an allowed form of construction in all districts.

PORTABLE STORAGE CONTAINER: ... cannot be utilized for retail activity, as permanent storage on residential or commercial property.

CAR WASH: ... Car washes are a separate use and not treated as an accessory to gasoline stations, automobile service, or other similar uses.