New Kent County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
8 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
1Residential
5- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 9
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 9
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 13
General Residential District
- Max height
- 100 ft
- Front setback
- 100 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
General provisions
176 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Minimum lot size for storage of a mobile home shall be five acres.
Signs shall be limited to no more than two, and shall be two square feet or less in size.
No interment plot shall be located within 50 feet of any public right-of-way.
The minimum lot size for any such use shall be 15 acres.
The plan shall be drawn on sheets measuring 24 inches × 36 inches, and shall as a minimum contain: ...
The plan shall be drawn on sheets measuring 24 inches × 36 inches, and shall as a minimum contain: ... Six sets of plans shall be submitted to the county department of planning.
Outdoor lighting ... shall not exceed 0.5 foot candles within two feet of the property line ... All site lighting fixtures shall be mounted a maximum of 25 feet above ground ... The minimum front setback from a right-of-way for structures such as fuel dispensing pumps ... shall be 40 feet
no outdoor lighting fixture shall be installed, aimed, or directed to produce light or glare that spills over into neighboring properties or the public right-of-way that exceeds 0.5 foot candles within two feet of the property line of the light source. All site lighting fixtures shall be mounted a maximum of 25 feet above ground
Car washes shall utilize a low-volume water recycling system which provides for an average of at least 80 percent recycled water per wash.
All outdoor areas shall be adequately fenced or otherwise protected from hazards, traffic and driveways.
The minimum area required for the development of a commerce park under these provisions shall be five acres.
Construction contractor offices and storage yards shall be designed to minimize the noise impact of trucks, generators, and heavy equipment on adjacent properties and to prevent such noise from being audible on adjacent or nearby residential properties at any greater level than typical for residential areas.
Construction contractor offices and storage yards shall be designed to minimize the noise impact of trucks, generators, and heavy equipment on adjacent properties...
Convenience stores may have access only to streets classified as collectors or a higher order unless within and a part of a planned unit development or a designated village.
Convenience stores may have access only to streets classified as collectors or a higher order unless within and a part of a planned unit development or a designated village.
game rooms, amusement arcades, pool and billiard halls and similar amusement facilities shall not be located closer than 1,000 feet to any school nor within 200 feet of any residentially zoned lot line.
Other than in designated villages, game rooms, amusement arcades, pool and billiard halls and similar amusement facilities shall not be located closer than 1,000 feet to any school nor within 200 feet of any residentially zoned lot line.
Outdoor storage yards or areas for lumber or building materials and delivery vehicles shall be designed and located so as to minimize visual impacts on adjacent properties and public rights-of-way. Landscaping supplemented by fencing shall be utilized so as to enclose and screen such storage yards
Outdoor storage yards or areas for lumber or building materials and delivery vehicles shall be designed and located so as to minimize visual impacts on adjacent properties and public rights-of-way.
The minimum distance between warehouse buildings shall be 25 feet. ... The maximum length of any single storage building shall be 200 feet.
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