Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
7 districts, grouped by category.
Industrial
3Industrial
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 57
General Industrial
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 53
General Industrial Conservation
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 40
Residential
4Suburban Estates District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Max density
- 2 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 16
Moderate Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 3 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 15
High Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 12,000 sq ft (0.28 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 14 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 22
R-4 Residential District
- Min lot
- 30,000 sq ft (0.69 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 14 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 22
General provisions
395 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The board of zoning appeals shall have the following powers and duties: ... to grant upon appeal or original application in specific cases a variance...
If, within zoning district classifications established by this ordinance, or amendments subsequently adopted, there exist lots, buildings, structures or uses of land which were lawful prior to the enactment of this ordinance...
A one-time exemption may be granted by the zoning administrator for properties located in the Highway Corridor Overlay District in accordance with subsection 6-1005.D.
A residential or commercial nonconforming structure damaged or destroyed by a natural disaster, casualty, or other act of God, may be repaired, rebuilt or replaced to eliminate or reduce the nonconforming features to the extent possible, without the need to obtain a variance.
For undeveloped lots zoned for commercial, industrial and other nonresidential uses located in the Highway Corridor Overlay District, the board of supervisors upon recommendation from the planning commission may grant exemptions, whether partial or total, from Highway Corridor Overlay provisions in accordance with subsection 6-1005.D, exemptions to the Highway Corridor District Requirements.
For undeveloped lots zoned for commercial, industrial and other nonresidential uses located in the Highway Corridor Overlay District, the board of supervisors upon recommendation from the planning commission may grant exemptions, whether partial or total, from Highway Corridor Overlay provisions in accordance with subsection 6-1005.D.
Before an application for a conditional use may be heard by the planning commission, a complete and accurate list of the names and addresses of the owners of all the lands adjoining and within a radius of two hundred (200) feet of the property affected by such application shall be prepared by the zoning administrator.
One (1) sign shall be erected so as to be visible and legible to each abutting public street. Where the property has extensive road frontage, one (1) sign shall be erected for each five hundred (500) feet of frontage.
Development in all zoning districts shall comply with all of the following requirements and provide the number of off-street vehicle parking spaces required in section 10-1010
parking spaces in gravel or similarly surfaced parking lots shall be ten (10) feet wide by twenty (20) feet long. ... parallel parking ... not less than twenty-two (22) feet in length.
driveways shall be not less than ten (10) feet or exceed fifteen (15) feet in width for one-way traffic and less than eighteen (18) feet or exceed thirty (30) feet in width for two-way traffic
Every parking area shall be designed to accommodate vehicle overhang by providing four-foot spacing ... A 'sight triangle' shall be observed ... Lighting ... landscaping ... buffer
Parking areas that include lanes for drive-in windows or contain parking areas that are required to have more than twenty (20) parking spaces ... shall be graded and surfaced with asphalt ... driveway ... paved ... fifteen (15) feet
Such spaces shall be within five hundred (500) feet of uses served measured by normal pedestrian routes.
Each loading area intended for a semi-tractor trailer shall have a minimum dimension of twelve (12) feet by fifty-five (55) feet and overhead clearance of fourteen (14) feet ... No area allocated to loading and unloading facilities shall be located closer than fifty (50) feet to any lot in a residential district
Each loading area intended for a semi-tractor trailer shall have a minimum dimension of twelve (12) feet by fifty-five (55) feet and overhead clearance of fourteen (14) feet from the driveway or street grade.
Each parking space for the physically handicapped shall be at least eighteen and one-half (18.5) feet in length and sixteen (16) feet in width ... signs, generally located four (4) feet above grade.
Each parking space for the physically handicapped shall be at least eighteen and one-half (18.5) feet in length and sixteen (16) feet in width which includes a loading and unloading area eight (8) feet in width for single spaces and four (4) feet in width for contiguous spaces.
Each stacking space shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet by twenty (20) feet. ... Six (6) stacking spaces for the first drive-through window ...
Each stacking space shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet by twenty (20) feet.
Source documents
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