Frederick County Unincorporated

Minimum 500 contiguous acres. Age-restricted communities allowed with alternative dimensional requirements for garden apartments and townhouses.

Min 20 acres. FAR up to 2 for hospitals/offices, 1 for others. Max density 10 DU/acre for residential care facilities. Open space 20-30%.

Uses allowed in the B1 Neighborhood Business District are as follows: ...

Allowed uses shall be as follows: ... In the B2 Business General Zoning District, the Board of Supervisors may require that more than 15% of the area of a site shall be landscaped...

Allowed uses are as follows: ... Uses permitted with a conditional use permit shall be as follows: ...

Permitted uses are as follows: ... No TM District rezoning shall be approved for less than 10 contiguous acres. ...

Allowed uses are as follows: ... Uses permitted with a conditional use permit shall be as follows: ...

Allowed uses are as follows: ... Uses permitted with a conditional use permit shall be as follows: ...

The following uses shall be permitted: ... All principal and accessory structures shall be set back 75 feet from any road... The maximum structure height shall be 45 feet.

Structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one or more of the following uses: ... Structures shall be located 50 feet from any primary or arterial highway... The maximum structure height shall be 45 feet.

No structure shall be erected, altered or maintained and no vegetation shall be allowed to grow in any zone created by this chapter to a height in excess of the height limit established for each zone.

No land shall hereafter be developed and no structure shall be located, relocated, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, or structurally altered except in full compliance with the terms and provisions of this chapter.

No building or structure, including signs, shall be erected, reconstructed or substantially altered in exterior appearance unless the HRAB approves of the proposed activity's compatibility with the historic, cultural and/or architectural aspects of the zone and issues a certificate of appropriateness.

Parking areas for recreation facilities shall be designated to enhance the safety of patrons... All uses shall be operated indoors; outdoor recreation shall be prohibited.

Parking areas for recreation facilities shall be designated to enhance the safety of patrons... All uses shall be operated indoors; outdoor recreation shall be prohibited.

No variance shall be granted for any proposed use, development or activity in the Floodway District that will cause any increase in flood levels during the one-hundred-year flood.

Words and terms set forth below shall have the meanings ascribed to them.

APPURTENANT OR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE: For floodplain management purposes, a nonresidential structure which is on the same parcel of property as the principal structure and the use of which is incidental to the use of the principal structure. Accessory structures within the SFHA are not to exceed 600 square feet.

FLOODPLAIN or FLOOD-PRONE AREA: Any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source.

The use of land and structures shall be limited to only uses that are specifically allowed by this chapter. All other uses not expressly permitted are prohibited.