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.
RC, SR, SC, and SU Districts: Amateur radio antenna shall not exceed 75 feet in height. Antenna less than 50 feet in height shall meet the accessory structure setbacks for the applicable district. Antenna 50 feet or more in height may be attached to the side or rear of a principal structure meeting the setback requirements of the applicable zoning district. If detached, it shall meet the side and rear yard setbacks required for a principal structure and a front yard setback of the lesser of one-half the average depth of the lot or 80 feet.
RC, SR, SC, and SU Districts: Amateur radio antenna shall not exceed 75 feet in height. Antenna less than 50 feet in height shall meet the accessory structure setbacks for the applicable district. Antenna 50 feet or more in height may be attached to the side or rear of a principal structure meeting the setback requirements of the applicable zoning district. If detached, it shall meet the side and rear yard setbacks required for a principal structure and a front yard setback of the lesser of one-half the average depth of the lot or 80 feet.
TR Base and UR Base Districts: Amateur radio antenna shall not exceed 75 feet in height. Antenna less than 50 feet in height shall meet the accessory structure setbacks for the applicable district. Antenna 50 feet or more in height shall be attached to the side or rear of the principal structure which conforms to the setback requirements of the district.
TR Base and UR Base Districts: Amateur radio antenna shall not exceed 75 feet in height. Antenna less than 50 feet in height shall meet the accessory structure setbacks for the applicable district. Antenna 50 feet or more in height shall be attached to the side or rear of the principal structure which conforms to the setback requirements of the district.
AR District: Amateur radio antenna shall not exceed 150 feet in height. Antenna less than 50 feet in height shall meet the accessory structure setbacks. Antenna more than 50 feet in height shall meet the principal structure setbacks.
A District: Amateur radio antenna shall not exceed 150 feet in height and shall meet the accessory structure setback requirements for the district.
TR Option 1, UR Option 1, and NB Districts: Amateur radio antenna shall not exceed 75 feet in height and shall meet the principal structure setback requirements.
TR Option 1, UR Option 1, and NB Districts: Amateur radio antenna shall not exceed 75 feet in height and shall meet the principal structure setback requirements.
TR Option 1, UR Option 1, and NB Districts: Amateur radio antenna shall not exceed 75 feet in height and shall meet the principal structure setback requirements.
Direct or reflected illumination of exterior lights shall not exceed 0.5 foot-candle (f/c) above background, measured at the lot line of an adjacent A, SR, SC, SU, TR, UR, or AR property.
No fence or wall shall be constructed of razor or barbed wire, debris, junk, plywood, rolled or sheet plastic, waste materials, or similar materials. Retaining walls constructed of timber shall not exceed four feet in height.
Paved parking areas shall have 30 square feet of interior landscaping for each required space. ... One tree shall be provided for each 200 square feet (or fraction) of required interior landscaped area.
For residential uses, interior garage dimensions shall be a minimum of 10 feet wide by 19 feet deep cleared vehicle area ... Each garage space shall count as 0.5 spaces towards the required parking. Driveway parking spaces shall be at least nine feet wide by 20 feet deep. Each driveway space shall count as 1.0 spaces.
This Section applies to any sign located exterior to a building or structure and visible from the public right-of-way or adjacent property...
This Section applies to any sign located exterior to a building or structure and visible from the public right-of-way or adjacent property...
All basins required by the Director of Environmental Engineering as either a stormwater management facility or a Best Management Practice (BMP)...
Non-residential development shall not have vehicular access through residentially zoned properties unless approved by the Directors of Transportation and Planning.
This Section applies to any site plan or subdivision plat. This Section does not apply to lots recorded or site plans approved prior to January 1, 2026.
In an A District, the creation or extension of a road is prohibited unless it is for the sole purpose of providing access to nonresidential development.
For any new use or development, the post-development, nonpoint-source pollution runoff loads of phosphorous shall not exceed 0.22 pounds per acre per year for the post-development total phosphorus load for residential uses subject to subdivision approval.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.