Municipality · Virginia

Bristol

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
10
Districts
99
Extracted rules
287
Standards
18
Chapters read

Zoning districts

10 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

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

Sec. 50-435 standards

The setback requirements of this article for principal buildings shall not apply to any lot where the average setback on developed lots located wholly or in part within 200 feet on each side of such lot for residential zones and within 50 feet in non-residential zones, and within the same block and zoning district and fronting on the same street as such lot, is less than the minimum required setback. In such cases, the setback on such lot may be less than the required setback but not less than the average of the existing setbacks on the developed lots.

Sec. 50-51(b)10 standards

These provisions shall apply to all lands within the jurisdiction of the City of Bristol and identified as being in the special flood hazard area (SFHA) by the Federal Insurance Administration.

Sec. 50-51(b)12 standards

These provisions shall apply to all lands within the jurisdiction of the City of Bristol and identified as being in the special flood hazard area (SFHA) by the Federal Insurance Administration.

Sec. 50-52(a)(1)d1 standards

The city reserves the right to require that base flood elevation be provided for development in flood-prone areas within 50 feet of any main drainage channel or stream that is not included in the flood insurance study.

Sec. 50-751 standards

For the purpose of this article, the city shall recognize overlay districts as providing additional regulation or development tools as it relates to use, development, and administration in addition to those regulations governing the use district.

Sec. 50-76

The following permitted uses shall supplement the uses permitted in the underlying use districts.

Sec. 50-777 standards

The permitted uses of the underlying zoning district shall govern the uses that can occur within a tourism zone.

Sec. 50-786 standards

The permitted uses within the enterprise zone overlay district shall be governed by the underlying zoning district.

Sec. 50-86 standards

may be continued only so long as the then existing or a substantially similar or more limited use continues and such use is not discontinued for more than two years; ...

Source documents

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