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 equipment associated with an ethanol distillation process must be located at least 200 feet from all property lines.
All equipment associated with an ethanol distillation process must be located at least 200 feet from all property lines.
No surface mine, which term shall include mining, excavating, borrow pits and gravel pits, shall be established, operated, or enlarged except as shall be permitted by conditional use permit.
Except as otherwise allowed for bona fide agricultural or silvicultural uses, no surface mine, which term shall include mining, excavating, borrow pits and gravel pits, shall be established, operated, or enlarged except as shall be permitted by conditional use permit.
All such storage yards shall be screened from view from adjacent public rights-of-way by appropriate opaque privacy fencing and supplementary landscaping.
Such establishments shall be for the purpose of storage of office and construction trailers which are available for rent or lease on a temporary basis in conjunction with construction projects being conducted on other sites.
Unless operated within a fully enclosed building with sound attenuation materials or devices, mechanical motorized equipment shall not be located within 200 feet of any adjoining property which is within an agricultural, conservation or residential zoning district.
Unless operated within a fully enclosed building with sound attenuation materials or devices, mechanical motorized equipment shall not be located within 200 feet of any adjoining property which is within an agricultural, conservation or residential zoning district.
Storage areas of such uses shall be effectively screened from view from all public streets and adjacent properties by landscaping supplemented by appropriate fencing materials.
No storage or display or inoperable vehicles or vehicle parts shall be located in any required landscape area, best management practice area depicted on a site plan, Chesapeake Bay resource protection area, or required open space.
All public, semi-public, institutional, educational and recreational uses and facilities shall be designed and operated so as to minimize adverse impacts on adjacent properties. Outdoor lighting shall be designed and directed so as to minimize glare ...
Unless otherwise allowed under the specific use conditions of a conditional use permit, or as a requirement of the Federal Aviation Administration, all structures shall have a galvanized steel finish.
All off-street parking and loading spaces ... shall be located not less than 35 feet from any residential property line... Outdoor lighting ... no outdoor lighting fixture shall be installed ... that exceeds 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... Outdoor components ... shall be setback at least 50 feet from any residential property line... Indoor facilities located less than 25 feet from the property line ... shall incorporate sound baffles...
A site plan is required for all new construction or expansion of public semi-public, institutional, educational, and recreational uses and facilities unless specified otherwise in the specific performance standards below.
All animals in animal shelters shall be kept in pens or other enclosures designed and maintained for secure confinement. Animal shelters shall be certified by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as complying with all state animal welfare laws and regulations.
All animals in animal shelters shall be kept in pens or other enclosures designed and maintained for secure confinement. Animal shelters shall be certified by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as complying with all state animal welfare laws and regulations.
Warning signs shall be posted at 100-foot intervals along the entire perimeter... Hours of operation for outdoor ranges shall not begin before 7:00 a.m. or sunrise... and shall end no later than 7:00 p.m. or sunset... Skeet, trapshooting, and sporting clay ranges shall be so designed and constructed that the distance to any adjacent property measured from the firing point or points in the direction of fire shall be not less than 300 yards... For all paintball ranges ... a minimum of 100 yards shall exist as a buffer between the live fire boundary and the property line.
A written list of the current range rules shall be prominently posted throughout the facility and filed with the department of community development.
The minimum acreage for a campground shall be 20 acres. No structure, campsite, parking area or any other temporary or permanent improvement shall be located closer than 100 feet to any residentially classified property line. The gross density of the campground shall not exceed eight camping sites per acre. Each campsite shall be a minimum of 40 feet in width and 3,600 square feet in area.
The minimum acreage for a campground shall be 20 acres. No structure, campsite, parking area or any other temporary or permanent improvement shall be located closer than 100 feet to any residentially classified property line.
Source documents
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