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.
Car washes shall be located and designed so that vehicular circulation does not conflict with traffic movements in adjacent streets, service drives, and/or parking areas.
Outdoor storage as an accessory use shall be subject to the use requirements of this article.
Outdoor storage as an accessory use shall be subject to the use requirements of this article.
Maximum building height is 25 feet. The maximum ground floor gross area for an individual principal structure in a cottage housing development shall not exceed 1,000 square feet. The maximum total square footage shall not exceed 1,500 square feet. The minimum total square footage shall not be less than 800 square feet.
Maximum building height is 25 feet. The maximum ground floor gross area for an individual principal structure in a cottage housing development shall not exceed 1,000 square feet.
A minimum of six stacking spaces shall be located behind the order speaker and four stacking spaces shall be located between the order speaker and the pickup window.
Access to public streets or other public ways shall be provided from at least two points at all times.
The manufactured home shall comply with the Virginia Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Law. The manufactured home dwelling shall be placed on a permanent foundation.
The manufactured home shall comply with the Virginia Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Law.
Multifamily buildings must be set apart by a minimum distance 25 feet. Except if the walls facing one another do not have windows, then the minimum distance is 15 feet.
Multifamily buildings must be set apart by a minimum distance 25 feet. Except if the walls facing one another do not have windows, then the minimum distance is 15 feet.
No more than eight adjoined townhouse units may be constructed in a single row.
No more than eight adjoined townhouse units may be constructed in a single row.
Outdoor storage as an accessory use, where permitted, shall not exceed 30% of the total site area and shall be subject to the use requirements of this article.
No equipment displays shall be located within a required yard.
The structure shall be no more than 300 gross square feet and shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Industrialized Building Safety Law and the Uniform Statewide Building Code.
The structure shall be no more than 300 gross square feet and shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Industrialized Building Safety Law and the Uniform Statewide Building Code.
An accessory dwelling unit is allowed only as accessory to a single-family detached dwelling. Only one accessory dwelling is permitted per parcel unless approved by a special use permit.
An accessory dwelling unit is allowed only as accessory to a single-family detached dwelling.
Buildings shall be set back at least 40 feet from the street right-of-way line and at least 10 feet from any other property line.
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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