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.
OS Office/Service;
BP Business Park;
RC Rural Conservation;
RS Single-Family Residential;
RM Multi-Family Residential;
MX Mixed Use District;
APO Airport Protection Overlay;
SDO Suburban Development Overlay;
HPO Historic Preservation Overlay;
Ashland Area Overlay;
Any development within the office/service district shall be served by public water and sewer.
Dwellings, business buildings, and all other structures not specifically exempted in section 26-248: Permitted by right: shall not exceed three (3) stories or forty-five (45) feet, whichever is greater. Any development within the office/service district shall be served by public water and sewer.
The term 'Residential District' shall include all Agricultural, Rural Conservation, Single-Family and Multi-Family Districts. The term 'Business District' shall include all Business Districts, the Office Service District and the Mixed Use District, and the term 'Industrial District' shall include all Industrial Districts.
If, because of error or omission in the Zoning District Map, any property in the jurisdiction of this Ordinance is not shown as being in a Zoning District, the classification of such property shall be classified A-1, Agricultural, until changed by amendment.
All BP Districts shall be developed with public utilities.
Structures may be constructed to a height of four stories or fifty (50) feet, although no structure shall be constructed on the premises to penetrate a plane of thirty (30) degrees extending from the boundary of the district. All BP Districts shall be developed with public utilities.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various districts as shown on the map accompanying and made a part of these regulations, the following rules apply: ...
The purpose of this district is to specify additional development standards for uses other than residential uses in those areas of the county which, through provision of public utilities, are, or are planned to be, more densely populated.
This Ordinance shall apply to all property located within Hanover County, Virginia, except for those properties located entirely within the Town of Ashland.
The purpose of this district is to provide additional development standards for all commercial and industrial uses within designated areas adjacent to the Town of Ashland so as to create an appropriate transition from development in the surrounding county to the town.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.