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.
The SU District should be used to implement the areas shown in the Comprehensive Plan as Residential Neighborhood 4 (4.0 dwelling units per acre or less) and Residential Neighborhood 8 (8.0 dwelling units per acre or less).
The base pattern provides for single-family uses on 7,500 square foot lots ... Option 2 provides for 4,500 square foot lots. All requiring connection to public water and wastewater systems.
The TR District should be used to implement the areas shown in the Comprehensive Plan as Residential Neighborhood 8 (8.0 dwelling units per acre or less) and Residential Neighborhood 12 (12.0 dwelling units per acre or less).
The Transition Residential (TR) District provides for single-family attached dwellings and low-rise apartment buildings. ...
Areas zoned UR require connection to the public water and wastewater systems and should be located near major transportation corridors.
Areas zoned UR require connection to the public water and wastewater systems. ...
The Alternative Residential (AR) District provides for a variety of different types and arrangements of housing that may be constructed or manufactured on- or off-site
The Alternative Residential (AR) District provides for a variety of different types and arrangements of housing...
The Neighborhood Business (NB) District provides for small-scale and neighborhood serving commercial, office, retail and service uses.
Buildings that are within 200 feet of a single-family or townhouse use, or property zoned Agricultural and reflected as residential on the Land Use Plan Map, shall be restricted to 5,000 sf., except for child day care center, where the maximum size shall be restricted to 12,000 sf.
The Neighborhood Business (NB) District provides for small-scale and neighborhood serving commercial, office, retail and service uses.
Maximum height shall increase to 150' for a hotel, office, or hospital.
The Corridor Commercial (CC) District provides for a variety of commercial, office, retail, and service uses...
Setbacks may be reduced to zero feet where adjacent property is zoned MU, UR, or CC.
The MU District provides for a compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented development pattern that combines residential, commercial, office, and civic uses in a planned center.
Single-family development is allowed in this district subject to the SU standards... Townhouse development is allowed in this district subject to the UR standards... Maximum height may increase to 150' for a hotel, office, or hospital.
Within 200 feet of a developed residential neighborhood, the height shall not exceed 60'.
The EC District provides for a freestanding employment use or a larger-scale business park.
Maximum height may increase to 150' for a hotel, office, or hospital. Within 200 feet of a developed residential neighborhood, the height shall not exceed 60'.
Within 200 feet of a developed residential neighborhood, the height shall not exceed 60'.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.