Municipality · Virginia

Chesapeake

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

Zoning districts

19 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

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

Section 19-4136 standards

A loading space shall have minimum plan dimensions of twelve (12) feet by thirty-five (35) feet, with fourteen (14) feet overhead clearance.

Section 19-4151 standards

No required off-street parking or loading area shall be used for the sale, repair, dismantling or servicing of any vehicle, equipment, materials or supplies nor shall any such area be obstructed in any other fashion unless specifically authorized under this ordinance.

Section 19-4163 standards

The reduction in the number of parking spaces shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the overall number required. The reduction in parking area setbacks shall not exceed fifty (50) percent of the required setback.

Section 19-4171 standards

The planning director or designee may approve a reduction in the required number of parking spaces for retail establishments having a gross floor area in excess of 50,000 square feet in exchange for landscaped pedestrian walkways.

Section 19-601 and 19-6104 standards

Green space meeting the definition contained in the Chesapeake Landscape Specifications Manual shall be provided within the interior of parking areas at a ratio of thirty (30) square feet of green space per each off-street parking space.

Section 19-6024 standards

Each plan for nonresidential development shall provide a landscaping plan that, at tree maturity, provides a minimum canopy of ten percent (10%) of the calculation area.

Section 19-7021 standards

All subdivisions and developments on property zoned or used for residential purposes... shall provide for the following percentages of the gross acreage of such subdivision or development to be designated for open space and related recreational use.

Section 26-345 et seq. (Definitions)3 standards

Minimum lot frontage shall be required in all zoning districts and shall be equal to eighty (80) percent of the minimum lot width for the district in which the lot is located.

Section 26-345 et seq. (Definitions)1 standards

Minimum lot width requirements set out in this ordinance may be subject to special measurement for lots located on cul-de-sacs, as permitted in section 70-89 of the City Code.

Section 26-345 et seq. (Definitions)3 standards

In the case of corner lots and curved lots, all yards adjacent to street frontages shall be considered as front yards. In the case of through lots, front yards shall be required on all street frontages. In the case of corner or through lots, there will be no rear yards, but only front and side yards.

Section 26-345 et seq. (Definitions)1 standards

fences, walls, poles, posts and other customary yard accessories and furniture may be permitted in any yard, subject to the other requirements of this zoning ordinance.

Section 26-345 et seq. (Definitions)

Such wetlands mitigation banks shall be permitted uses in all zoning districts... Such wetlands mitigation sites shall be permitted uses in all zoning districts.

Section 6-1501 and 6-15025 standards

Minimum lot size, 1,500 square feet. ... Maximum building height, 35 feet.

Section 6-1601 and 6-16026 standards

Minimum lot size, 15,000 square feet. ... Maximum building height, 35 feet.

Section 6-1701 and 6-17023 standards

Minimum lot size, 20,000 square feet. ... Maximum building height, 35 feet.

Section 6-1801 and 6-18026 standards

Minimum lot size, 6,000 square feet. ... Maximum building height, 35 feet.

Section 6-2001, 6-2002, 6-20034 standards

No more than one principal building or structure shall be located on a residential lot. ... No major recreational equipment shall be parked or stored on any lot in a residential district except in a carport or enclosed building...

Section 7-601(33)1 standards

Motor vehicle repair facilities (SIC 75) other than those located within the Fentress Airfield overlay district, shall comply with the regulations set out in section 13-2400 of this code.

Section 7-601(34)1 standards

probation, parole and similar correctional or penal services shall be prohibited if any property, structure, or improvement containing such use will be located within one thousand (1,000) feet of the line of any property that is used for school, residential, child care, public park, or religious purposes.

Section 7-601(35)1 standards

A conditional use permit shall be required for any central disposal system, including without limitation, private sewage package plants, and for any regional drainfield serving more than one residential dwelling unit. ... An individual septic system that serves only one residential dwelling unit shall be exempt from the conditional use permit requirement.

Source documents

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