Municipality · Virginia

Bowling Green

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
7
Districts
47
Extracted rules
477
Standards
20
Chapters read

Zoning districts

7 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

40 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

10.32.0605 standards

The maximum height for any sign shall be twenty-five feet unless otherwise specified within this article.

10.32.08012 standards

Changeable copy or electronic signs and electronic signs must meet the following standards: ...

10.32.0807 standards

Temporary signs shall be permitted in all zoning districts subject to the following standards: ...

10.32.080152 standards

The leading edge of the electronic sign must be a minimum distance of ten feet from any street right-of-way;

10.32.0905 standards

Signs lawfully existing on the effective date of this article or prior ordinances, which do not conform to the provisions of this article, and signs which are accessory to a nonconforming use shall be deemed to be nonconforming signs and may remain except as qualified below.

10.32.1005 standards

Wherever this article permits a sign with commercial content, noncommercial content is also permitted subject to the same requirements of size, color, illumination, movement, materials, location, height and construction.

ARTICLE 10.06.010

PUD | Planned Unit Development District

ARTICLE 10.06.010

CBPD | Chesapeake Bay Preservation Overlay District

Article 10, Section 04 Definitions9 standards

Definitions of accessory use, home occupation, bed and breakfast, and related terms.

Article 10, Section 10.04.0205 standards

Not more than the equivalent area of one quarter of one floor shall be used for such purpose; Such occupation shall not require external or internal alterations...

Article 10, Section 10.04.0202 standards

not more than six (6) rooms are occasionally rented out to travelers for compensation without a provision for cooking in the room and offering at least one meal per day...

Article 10, Section 10.04.0202 standards

designed or used for the storage of not more than three automobiles owned and used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory. On a lot occupied by a multiple-unit dwelling, the 'private garage' may be designed and used for the storage of 1 1/2 times as many automobiles as there are dwelling units.

Article 10, Section 10.04.0201 standards

No such accessory building, except as permitted as an Accessory Dwelling Unit, shall be used for living quarters.

Article 10, Section 10.166 standards

The minimum permitted size for any PUD District shall be five contiguous acres. The permitted density for dwelling units in a PUD District shall not be more than 10 units per gross acre.

Article 10, Section 10.28.0201 standards

A site development plan is required and shall be submitted for uses in the following zoning districts: Planned Unit Development PUD.

Article 10, Section 10.28.03014 standards

Every site plan submitted in accordance with this article shall contain the following information: ...

Article 10, Sections 10.26.010-10.26.03010 standards

If any nonconforming use is discontinued for a period exceeding two years... An existing nonconforming structure may be enlarged... If a nonconforming activity is destroyed... cost of restoration exceed 50%...

Article 10.404 standards

Nothing contained herein shall require any change in the plans or construction of any building or structure for which a permit was granted prior to the effective date of this article. However, such construction must commence within 30 days after this article becomes effective. If construction is discontinued for a period of six months or more, further construction shall be in conformity with the provisions of this article for the district in which the operation is located.

Fence Ordinance (Ord. O-2024-091)9 standards

Height restrictions do not apply to vegetative growth in side and rear yards. ... Fences shall be constructed of materials that are durable...

Fence Regulations11 standards

Height restrictions do not apply to vegetative growth in side and rear yards. ... All parts of the fence must be within the owner's property.

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.