Frederick County Unincorporated

New construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure (including manufactured homes) in Zones A1-30, AE, AH, and A with detailed base flood elevations shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated no lower than one foot above the base flood elevation.

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.

New construction should maintain a height and scale which is compatible with adjacent buildings and other existing structures in the historic area.

On any parcel within the Interstate Area Overlay District, one interstate overlay sign that complies with the requirements set forth in this Part 704 may be erected.

No interstate overlay sign shall exceed a total of 300 square feet in area.

Maximum gross density shall be 10 units per acre.

Maximum gross density shall be 10 units per acre.

A preliminary master development plan (MDP) shall be submitted to the Director of Planning and Development. Ultimately, the MDP must receive administrative approval from the Director of Planning and Development and the County Administrator prior to any subdivision or development of property in any of the following zoning districts: RP, HE, MS, TM, EM.

A preliminary master development plan (MDP) shall be submitted ... prior to any subdivision or development of property in any of the following zoning districts: RP (Residential Performance).

A preliminary master development plan (MDP) shall be submitted ... prior to any subdivision or development of property in any of the following zoning districts: HE (Higher Education).

A preliminary master development plan (MDP) shall be submitted ... prior to any subdivision or development of property in any of the following zoning districts: MS (Medical Support).

A preliminary master development plan (MDP) shall be submitted ... prior to any subdivision or development of property in any of the following zoning districts: TM (Technology-Manufacturing).

A preliminary master development plan (MDP) shall be submitted ... prior to any subdivision or development of property in any of the following zoning districts: EM (Extractive Manufacturing).

A preliminary master development plan (MDP) shall be submitted to the Director of Planning and Development. Ultimately, the MDP must receive administrative approval from the Director of Planning and Development and the County Administrator prior to any subdivision or development of property in any of the following zoning districts: RP, HE, MS, TM, EM

A site plan shall be required to be submitted to the County for the following uses: Any use in the business or industrial zoning districts, the EM Extractive Manufacturing District, the MS Medical Support District, or the HE Higher Education District. Any nonresidential uses with automobile parking spaces. Any of the following residential uses not required to submit a subdivision design plan: multiplexes, townhouses, garden apartments, multifamily residential buildings, age-restricted multifamily housing, other allowed multifamily residential uses, mobile home parks. Convalescent and nursing homes. Public and semipublic uses and buildings. Required landscaped buffers and landscaped screens. Required recreational facilities. Any parcel of land proposed to contain more than one dwelling unit, except those residential units allowed as agricultural accessory uses. Nonresidential uses permitted in the RP, R4 and R5 Zoning Districts.

A site plan shall be required to be submitted to the County for the following uses: (1) Any use in the business or industrial zoning districts, the EM Extractive Manufacturing District, the MS Medical Support District, or the HE Higher Education District. (2) Any nonresidential uses with automobile parking spaces. (3) Any of the following residential uses not required to submit a subdivision design plan for approval: (a) Multiplexes. (b) Townhouses; back-to-back townhouses. (c) Garden apartments. (d) Multifamily residential buildings. (e) Age-restricted multifamily housing. (f) Other allowed multifamily residential uses. (g) Mobile home parks. (4) Convalescent and nursing homes. (5) Public and semipublic uses and buildings. (6) Required landscaped buffers and landscaped screens. (7) Required recreational facilities. (8) Any parcel of land proposed to contain more than one dwelling unit, except those residential units allowed as agricultural accessory uses. (9) Nonresidential uses permitted in the RP, R4 and R5 Zoning Districts. (10) The use, change of use or construction of any improvement or facility that is to be reviewed by the Planning Commission to determine conformance with the Comprehensive Plan under § 15.2-2232 of the Code of Virginia.

The site plan or illustrative sketch plan shall be clearly legible and shall be drawn at a scale acceptable to the Zoning Administrator. The site plan shall include three general sections: the project information section, the calculations section, and the site plan and details section.

All improvements and construction on the site shall conform with the approved site plan or illustrative sketch plan and the requirements of the Frederick County Code.

A minor site plan may be submitted in lieu of a full site plan for additions to existing sites. A minor site plan shall constitute a revision that increases an existing structure area by 20% or less and does not exceed 10,000 square feet of disturbed area.

The maximum density permitted on any parcel or group of parcels shall not exceed the equivalent of one unit per five acres.