Chesterfield County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
4 districts, grouped by category.
General provisions
502 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
In the approximated floodplain district, all development and uses shall be the same as permitted in the floodway district.
In the approximated floodplain district, all development and uses shall be the same as permitted in the floodway district.
The following shall be prohibited within the Upper Swift Creek Watershed 100-year floodplains when the contributing drainage area exceeds 100 acres in size: clear cutting; removal of tree stumps; clearing of vegetation; filling; grading; placement of fences or other appurtenant structures.
The following shall be prohibited within the Upper Swift Creek Watershed 100-year floodplains when the contributing drainage area exceeds 100 acres in size: clear cutting; removal of tree stumps; clearing of vegetation; filling; grading; placement of fences or other appurtenant structures.
Accessory structures are not to exceed 600 square feet.
A group of not more than four persons not related by blood, marriage, adoption or guardianship living together as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit in a dwelling or dwelling unit.
Steep Slope means a slope with a grade of 15 percent or greater.
Substantial Improvement means any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the improvement.
Building design shall identify the building entrance and break up the mass of any building façade through any of the following options: painted patterns, change in materials, exterior wall offsets, fenestration, and other architectural features as approved by the Planning Director.
Building design shall identify the building entrance and break up the mass of any building façade through any of the following options: painted patterns, change in materials, exterior wall offsets, fenestration, and other architectural features as approved by the Planning Director.
Building design shall identify the building entrance and break up the mass of any building façade through any of the following options: painted patterns, change in materials, exterior wall offsets, fenestration, and other architectural features as approved by the Planning Director.
Mechanical equipment (ground-level or rooftop), junction boxes, and accessory boxes, visible from adjacent property or roads, shall either be integrated into the architectural treatment of the building or their view minimized by landscaping.
Mechanical equipment, junction boxes, and accessory boxes, visible from adjacent property, excluding adjacent EG or WD, or roads that accommodate through traffic, shall either be integrated into the architectural treatment of the building or their view minimized by landscaping.
Mechanical equipment, junction boxes, and accessory boxes, visible from adjacent property, excluding adjacent EG or WD, or roads that accommodate through traffic, shall either be integrated into the architectural treatment of the building or their view minimized by landscaping.
For any property within this Overlay District which contains multi-family uses, or townhomes or similar attached unit styles including duplex dwellings, and is adjacent to any parcel external to this Overlay District which is occupied by a single-family residential dwelling, a 50-foot buffer shall be required.
For any property within this Overlay District which contains multi-family uses, or townhomes or similar attached unit styles including duplex dwellings, and is adjacent to any parcel external to this Overlay District which is occupied by a single-family residential dwelling, a 50-foot buffer shall be required.
The SR District should be used to implement the areas shown in the Comprehensive Plan as Residential Agricultural (maximum 0.5 dwelling units per acre) and Residential Neighborhood 1 (maximum of 1.0 dwelling unit per acre)
The base pattern provides for large lot residences on two-acre (87,120 sf.) lots.
The SC District should be used to implement the areas shown in the Comprehensive Plan as Residential Neighborhood 2 (2.0 dwelling units per acre or less)
The base pattern provides for large lot residences on third-acre (14,500 sf.) lots. ... served by public water and wastewater.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.