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.
All storage for mini-storage warehouses shall be within a completely enclosed building... The minimum distance between warehouse buildings shall be 25 feet.
All major repair or installation work shall be conducted indoors. ... No long-term (45 days or more) storage and parking of vehicles which require major repair work shall be permitted.
All major repair or installation work shall be conducted indoors. Used or damaged equipment removed from vehicles during the repair process shall be stored indoors or shall be deposited in an approved covered outdoor collection receptacle for appropriate off-site disposal.
Ventilation systems shall be utilized which prevent objectionable emissions, including, without limitation, odors, paint particles, and residues from migrating to adjacent properties.
All major work shall be conducted indoors. Used or damaged equipment removed from vehicles during the process shall be stored indoors or shall be deposited in an approved covered outdoor collection receptacle for appropriate off-site disposal.
Plant nurseries, garden centers, greenhouses, and landscape contracting and storage establishments shall be designed and used primarily for the growing of nursery stock
Plant nurseries, garden centers, greenhouses, and landscape contracting and storage establishments shall be designed and used primarily for the growing of nursery stock for gardens, grounds, and yards and the wholesale or retail sale of such stock; and the off-site installation of such stock.
Residential occupancy for more than six months during any 12-month period of any units by any individual or family other than that of a resident manager or staff and family thereof shall not be permitted.
Timeshare resorts shall be comprised of two or more residential units for which the exclusive right to use, possession, or occupancy circulates among various owners or lessees thereof in accordance with a fixed time schedule on a periodically recurring basis.
A minimum 20-foot landscape yard shall be provided around the perimeter of the shopping center site. Along all public street frontages, landscape yards shall be expanded to 25 feet. ... The minimum landscaped open space for shopping centers shall be 25 percent of the net developable area of the site.
The dimensional requirements for the development of a shopping center shall be based on the size of the center measured in gross square feet available for occupancy as follows notwithstanding the regulations of the district in which the center is located.
Veterinary clinics, which term shall also include animal hospitals and commercial kennels, located within 200 feet of a residential property line shall be within a completely enclosed building.
Veterinary clinics, which term shall also include animal hospitals and commercial kennels, located within 200 feet of a residential property line shall be within a completely enclosed building.
All manufacturing, industrial, and storage uses shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building ... All outdoor storage areas shall be enclosed by a fence or wall at least six feet in height ... All refuse containers and dumpsters shall be screened ... by an opaque fence or wall at least six feet in height.
All off-street parking and loading space for limited industrial uses shall be located not less than 35 feet from any residential property line and shall be effectively screened from view from adjacent residential properties by landscaping, supplemented, as necessary, by appropriate fencing materials. ... Outdoor storage shall not be located closer than 25 feet to any property line.
All off-street parking and loading space for limited industrial uses shall be located not less than 35 feet from any residential property line and shall be effectively screened from view from adjacent residential properties by landscaping, supplemented, as necessary, by appropriate fencing materials.
All dumpster pads, loading areas and outdoor storage areas shall be screened from view of all public streets or residential properties by landscaping supplemented by masonry or wooden fencing.
Unless the items are for retail sale, no outdoor storage of goods or materials shall be permitted in any front yard nor shall it encroach upon any required landscaping, public or private street right-of-way, parking facility, or loading space.
When located adjacent to or within 1,250 feet of a residential property line, sound baffles shall be utilized to prevent noise that creates an unreasonable nuisance on adjacent and nearby residential properties.
When located adjacent to or within 1,250 feet of a residential property line, sound baffles shall be utilized to prevent noise that creates an unreasonable nuisance on adjacent and nearby residential properties.
Source documents
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