Hanover County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
20 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
2Residential
8Agricultural Residential District
Agricultural Residential District
Agricultural Residential District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 3 ft
- Permitted uses
- 14
Single-Family Residential District
Residential District
Residential District
Commercial
3Industrial
5I-1 District
I-2 District
Limited Industrial District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 20
Light Industrial District
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Permitted uses
- 40
Heavy Industrial District
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 15
General provisions
290 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
In those portions of an MX District that are used solely for residential uses... In those portions of an MX District that are used solely for business uses... In those portions of the district that are used solely for limited industrial uses...
General provisions for conditional use permits, special exceptions, and enforcement.
The following uses may be permitted as special exceptions: ... Fences up to seven (7) feet in height...
Maximum density shall be one (1) residential unit per six and one-quarter (6.25) acres. A minimum of seventy (70) percent of the net acreage shall be conservation areas. Structures shall not exceed 2.5 stories or 35 feet.
Maximum density shall be one (1) residential unit per six and one-quarter (6.25) acres. ... Height not exceed 2.5 stories or 35 ft.
The purpose of this district is to preserve and enhance historic villages... mix of small-scale institutional, commercial, and single-family residential uses.
The RM District provides for a range of density... minimum density shall be four (4) residential units per acre. There shall be no minimum lot size in the RM district. The minimum front yard setback for all structures shall be fifteen (15) feet from the internal roads designed to state standards. Structures... shall not exceed a height of five (5) stories or sixty (60) feet, whichever is less. All development shall be served by public water and sewer systems.
The purpose of this district is to encourage large-scale developments... The minimum area for a Mixed Use District shall be twenty (20) acres... No less than twenty-five (25) percent of the net developable area of the overall district shall be set aside as open space... The gross density of the net developable area of the district shall be as follows: 1. For areas shown on the General Land Use Plan... as Planned Business, Commercial, Mixed-Use and Multi-Use, the maximum density shall not exceed fifteen (15) units per acre; 2. For areas shown... as Multi-family, the maximum density shall not exceed fifteen (15) units per acre. 3. For areas shown... as Suburban High, the maximum density shall not exceed eight (8) units per acre. All MX Districts shall be developed with public utilities. Parking shall be provided within the district as follows: a. 2.25 parking spaces per dwelling unit; b. 1 parking space per three hundred (300) square feet of approved commercial or industrial uses. Single-family dwelling units, both attached and detached shall not exceed a height of four (4) stories or fifty (50) feet, whichever is less. Multiple-family structures all other commercial and institutional uses, including combined use structures, shall not exceed a height of five (5) stories or sixty (60) feet, whichever is less.
The purpose of this district shall be primarily to provide for and serve the needs of nonretail office business uses... A building or land shall be used only for the following purposes: 1. Data processing center, internet service providers (ISPs), search portals, and related services. 2. Exam Preparation and Tutoring.
The location and dimensions of all existing and proposed buildings and structures, including setbacks from lot lines; ...
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.