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.
When a commercial site is located on a designated major thoroughfare, at least fifteen (15) feet shall be maintained along the road frontage as a buffer. When a site has frontage on Route 360, 301, 1, 33, 54, or 30, the buffer shall be increased to twenty-five (25) feet.
When a commercial site is located on a designated major thoroughfare, at least fifteen (15) feet shall be maintained along the road frontage as a buffer. When a site has frontage on Route 360, 301, 1, 33, 54, or 30, the buffer shall be increased to twenty-five (25) feet.
The buffer shall be landscaped with: at least one deciduous tree, at least two (2) inches in caliper ... or one evergreen tree, at least six (6) feet in height when planted, for each fifty (50) feet of lineal frontage; at least one shrub, at least eighteen (18) inches in spread when planted, for each thirty (30) feet of lineal frontage
When the buffer includes undulating berms, the berms shall have a minimum height of three (3) feet and a gradient of no more than 3:1.
Outside speakers used in conjunction with any establishment shall not be audible beyond the property line of the establishment.
Minimum standards for trees and shrubs used in buffers: ... no individual species shall exceed thirty percent (30%) ... reduction fifteen percent (15%) when native or drought-resistant.
Minimum standards for trees and shrubs used in buffers. When an M-1, M-2, or M-3 district adjoins an AR- or R-zoned district... a buffer shall be provided.
The following regulations apply generally to all signs and are in addition to the regulations contained elsewhere in this ordinance.
No sign, unless herein excepted, shall be erected... until a permit has been issued... Prohibited signs: flashing, portable, roof, etc. Maximum height of detached signs: 10 feet.
The following signs are permitted in the A-1, AR-2, AR-1, RC, AR-6, RS, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, and RM Zoning Districts...
The following signs are permitted in the A-1, AR-2, AR-1, RC, AR-6, RS, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, and RM Zoning Districts...
The following signs are permitted in the A-1, AR-2, AR-1, RC, AR-6, RS, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, and RM Zoning Districts...
The following signs are permitted in the A-1, AR-2, AR-1, RC, AR-6, RS, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, and RM Zoning Districts, and those portions of an MX District that are used solely for residential uses
The following signs are permitted in the A-1, AR-2, AR-1, RC, AR-6, RS, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, and RM Zoning Districts... Within a development in the RC, RS or RM Zoning Districts, the following internal directional signs shall also be permitted.
The following signs are permitted in the A-1, AR-2, AR-1, RC, AR-6, RS, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, and RM Zoning Districts... Within a development in the RC, RS or RM Zoning Districts, the following internal directional signs shall also be permitted.
The following signs are permitted in the A-1, AR-2, AR-1, RC, AR-6, RS, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, and RM Zoning Districts... In the RM District within which a manufactured home community is located, a sign, limited in area to thirty-two (32) square feet... Within a development in the RC, RS or RM Zoning Districts, the following internal directional signs shall also be permitted.
In the B-O, Business Office District: Flat (wall) signs: There shall be a limit of one (1) sign per wall facing a street; Sign area shall not exceed ten (10) percent of the area of a wall that fronts on a street; No sign shall be larger than fifty (50) square feet.
In the B-O, Business Office District: Flat (wall) signs: limit of one (1) sign per wall facing a street; sign area not exceed ten (10) percent of wall area; no sign larger than fifty (50) square feet.
In the B-3, General Business District and BP Business Park District: Signs are permitted as specified in subsection (b), with the following exceptions: Flat (wall) signs: As specified in subsection (b), except no sign shall be larger than three hundred (300) square feet.
In the B-3, General Business District and BP Business Park District: Signs are permitted as specified in subsection (b), with exceptions: flat wall signs no larger than 300 sq ft; projecting signs 60 sq ft; marquee signs 10 sq ft; construction signs up to 150 sq ft.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.