Municipality · Virginia

Buena Vista

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
10
Districts
245
Extracted rules
1,495
Standards
20
Chapters read

Zoning districts

10 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

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

Section 1801.231 standards

Prior to issuance of any permit, the applicant may be required, at the city's discretion, to submit a performance bond with surety, cash escrow, letter of credit, any combination thereof, or such other legal arrangement acceptable to the city's attorney

Section 6144 standards

Buildings shall be limited to three stories in height or one story greater than contiguous buildings, up to a maximum height of 40 feet

Section 61510 standards

The minimum area for new construction in the mixed business district is 6,250 square feet.

Section 6163 standards

Buildings shall be limited to three stories in height or one story greater than contiguous buildings, up to a maximum height of 40 feet

Section 6172 standards

Buildings may be no more than three stories tall, up to a maximum height of 40 feet, unless a conditional use permit for additional height is granted.

Section 6186 standards

The project area shall be located where public water and sewer systems are available or where a community water and sewer system can be developed as part of the project.

Section 618.18047 standards

The maximum density for residential uses in the MXB-HT subdistrict shall be 20 dwelling units per acre.

Section 618.5710 standards

Parking lots should not dominate the frontage... No off-street parking area shall be located within any front yard except for single-family residential uses not serviced by a rear alley. Parking spaces min 18 ft long and 9 ft wide. Churches: one space per ten seats.

Section 618.586 standards

The three types of landscaping are defined as follows... Type A (opaque screen/buffer) for rear/side transition yards between residential and nonresidential lots (min width 10 ft). Type B (semi-opaque screen) for perimeter yard of multifamily, mixed-use, and nonresidential parking areas visible from street (min width 10 ft).

Section 618.593 standards

Residential development shall provide common open space at a rate of 500 square feet per bedroom unit. Single-family homes are calculated at a rate of three bedrooms per unit.

Section 618.607 standards

Monument signs are permitted only for commercial buildings setback further than 25 feet from the right-of-way and civic buildings. Wall sign max area: two square feet for each lineal foot of wall facing a public street. Window signs not exceed 20% of window area.

Section 619.006 standards

The mixed use corridor (MUC) zone is designed for a range of commercial and residential uses... Minimum lot size 6,250 sq ft. Buildings may occupy no more than 80% of lot area. Max 3 stories. Max density 15 units per acre.

Section 630.02 and 630.035 standards

The height limit for residential structures may be increased up to 45 feet and by up to three stories provided each side yard is 20 feet... A public or semi-public building may be erected to a height of 60 feet... On lots with frontage on two or more streets, the minimum setback on any side with street frontage is ten feet.

Sections 618.180-618.19323 standards

The maximum density for residential uses in the MXB-HT subdistrict shall be 20 dwelling units per acre. The maximum FAR for nonresidential uses shall be 1.0 and for mixed-use buildings shall be 2.0. At least 10 percent of gross area shall be open space.

Sections 618.419-618.52138 standards

The maximum density for residential uses in the MXB-HT subdistrict shall be 20 dwelling units per acre.

Source documents

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