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.
Within the Medium-Density Residential with Nodal Mixed-Use District, the following shall apply: ...
Within the Commercial/High-Density Residential/Mixed-Use District, the following shall apply: ...
These zones are established as overlay zones, superimposed over the base zoning districts, and do not affect the permitted uses and activities in the base zones except as outlined in this section.
These zones are established as overlay zones, superimposed over the base zoning districts, and do not affect the permitted uses and activities in the base zones except as outlined in this section.
These zones are established as overlay zones, superimposed over the base zoning districts, and do not affect the permitted uses and activities in the base zones except as outlined in this section.
To carry out the provisions of this section, the following zones are established and include all of the area and airspace of the County lying equal to and above the approach surfaces, transitional surfaces, horizontal surfaces, and conical surfaces of the Chesterfield County Airport.
Resource protection areas shall consist of: a. Tidal wetlands. b. Nontidal wetlands connected by surface flow... d. A vegetated RPA buffer area a minimum of 100 feet in width...
All land in the County not designated as RPA is designated as RMA.
This Section applies to all areas within Resource Protection Areas (RPA) and Resource Management Areas (RMA)... The entire County is designated as an RMA.
The requirements of this Section apply to all privately and publicly owned lands within the County that are identified as special flood hazard areas according to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) provided to the County by FEMA or identified as floodplains by the Director of Environmental Engineering.
The requirements of this Section apply to all privately and publicly owned lands within the County that are identified as special flood hazard areas according to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) provided to the County by FEMA or identified as floodplains by the Director of Environmental Engineering.
In the RC, SR, SC, SU, TR, UR, NB, and MU Districts, a shipping container, manufactured home, trailer, vehicle body, or similar container shall not be used for a dwelling, garage, storage building, boathouse, or other accessory use
In the RC, SR, SC, SU, TR, UR, NB, and MU Districts, a shipping container, manufactured home, trailer, vehicle body, or similar container shall not be used for a dwelling, garage, storage building, boathouse, or other accessory use
For any gas station, fueling facility, automobile repair and motor vehicle sales, repair, rental, and leasing, tractor trailer sales, repair, rental, and leasing, or truck stop use containing above ground storage tanks used for fuels or hazardous chemicals, such tanks shall be set back at least 200 feet from any property line of a residential use, school, playground, church, hospital, library or institutional building, or other assembly use.
such tanks shall be set back at least 200 feet from any property line of a residential use, school, playground, church, hospital, library or institutional building, or other assembly use.
The use is setback 100 feet from: 1. Adjacent Residential District, NB, or MU property, or 2. A property shown in the Comprehensive Plan for residential or Corporate Office, Research and Development/Light Industrial uses. 3. The setback is landscaped at a density of 2.5 times Perimeter Landscaping C
The use shall be conducted on a minimum of five acres.
Outdoor activities must be set back at least 100 feet from properties under separate ownership. Minimum lot size is five acres. Hours of operation are limited to 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. ... outdoor amplified music is limited to 65 decibels measured at the property boundary.
All activities shall take place inside of a building.
All mechanized car washing activity must occur within an enclosed building. Entry and exit points of a car wash bay or tunnel shall not face a Residential District. Equipment for vacuuming vehicle interiors: 1. Shall not be located between the building and the right-of-way; 2. Shall be compatible with the building colors; and 3. Be located a minimum of 10 feet from abutting property. Use is not located within the VO District.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.