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.
No building or land shall hereafter be used... unless in conformity with the regulations.
Every building hereafter erected... shall be located on a lot of record and in no case shall there be more than one main building on one zoning lot.
No lot shall be used in whole or in part for dwelling purposes, unless such lot abuts upon a street in accordance with the minimum street frontage requirements.
The minimum yards, height limits, parking space, open spaces... shall not be encroached upon or considered as required yard or open space for any other building.
Owner or operator to maintain adequate insurance.
Battery energy storage systems; general requirements, permitting, and standards.
Principal solar energy facilities must conform to the following standards.
The following shall apply to all accessory solar energy facilities.
The following standards shall apply to supplementary solar energy facilities.
Recreational Substances, retail stores; standards.
Trash and junk.
Sanitary landfill or trash collection site.
Cemeteries.
Excavation and filling.
Self-storage warehouses.
Warehousing, storage, wholesaling, and distribution.
Livestock auction markets in A-1 District.
Keeping of chickens in residential districts.
Keeping of bees in residential districts.
Swimming or tennis club, private, non-profit or commercially operated.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.