Essex County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
20 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
2Commercial
6Local Business District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
General Business District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Industrial
4Residential
8Mobile Home Park District
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Very Low Density Residential District
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
R-2 Low Density Residential District
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
Medium Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 3
General provisions
335 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
All structures shall be located a minimum of 100 feet from any residential district.
Any treatment rooms, cages, pens, or kennels shall be maintained within a completely enclosed soundproof building.
All structures and fuel storage tanks shall be located a minimum of 200 feet from any residential district.
Bulk storage of fuel shall comply with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and any other applicable federal, state, and local standards.
No portion of the use, excluding required screening and landscape buffers, shall be located within 150 feet of a residential district or structure containing a dwelling unit.
No portion of the use, excluding required screening and landscape buffers, shall be located within 150 feet of a residential district or structure containing a dwelling unit.
The minimum required area for the use shall be five acres.
No junkyard, salvage yard, or automotive wrecking yard or graveyard shall hereafter be established with any portion of its area within 150 feet of a public street, road, or highway.
the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to all property within the unincorporated territory of the County of Essex, Virginia, with the exception that any property held in fee simple ownership and used by the United States of America or the Commonwealth of Virginia shall not be subject to the provisions contained herein.
the provisions of this Ordinance shall be the minimum requirements, adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, and general welfare.
This Ordinance shall not be deemed to interfere with or abrogate or annul or otherwise affect, in any manner whatsoever, any easements, covenants, or other agreements between parties; provided, however, that pursuant to the Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2315, whenever the requirements of this ordinance are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted statute, regulations, or ordinances, the most restrictive, or that imposing the higher standards shall prevail.
If any section of this Ordinance incorporates by reference any state statute or regulation, then the ordinance incorporates future amendments of the state statute or regulation.
The minimum required area for the use shall be one acre.
The maximum height of any Broadcasting and Communication Tower shall be made a condition of the conditional use permit. No facility shall be greater than 125 feet.
All parking areas shall be enclosed by a fence, wall, or landscaped screen not less than four feet in height where adjacent to a residential district.
No motor vehicle work shall be permitted in association with a parking facility except under emergency service work.
The use shall be limited to a period not to exceed 180 days in any calendar year.
No structure and no storage of lumber, logs, chips, or timber shall be located closer than 100 feet to any lot line.
All small cell facilities shall be located a minimum of 25 feet from any property line.
small cell facilities shall be permitted by right in all zoning districts subject to the following general performance standards
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.