Chesapeake
Zoning districts
19 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
1Commercial
3Neighborhood Business District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
General Business District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Urban Business District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 5 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
Other
3Industrial
3Light Industrial District
- Min lot
- 2,178,000 sq ft (50 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 8
Heavy Industrial District
- Min lot
- 2,178,000 sq ft (50 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 10
Waterfront Industrial District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
Open space
5Residential
4R-10
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
R-6 Residential District
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
R-8
- Min lot
- 8,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
Residential Estate District
General provisions
588 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
No tobacco, smoke, or vape shop shall be located or otherwise operate within one thousand (1,000) feet of any of the following uses: public or private school; licensed childcare or day care center; public library; public park; public recreation or community center; or other tobacco, smoke, or vape shop.
Battery energy storage systems shall be setback 300 ft from all property lines; may be reduced to 100 ft with risk analysis. Lighting not to exceed 0.5 footcandles above background at lot line.
Any battery energy storage system shall be setback three hundred (300) feet from all property lines.
Any battery energy storage system shall be setback three hundred (300) feet from all property lines.
any battery energy storage system shall be setback three hundred (300) feet from all property lines.
No alcohol and substance abuse facility shall be located within 500 feet of schools, childcare, libraries, parks, residential, etc. May be reduced to 250 ft with landscaping and security.
No facility offering alcohol and substance abuse treatment shall be located or otherwise operate within five hundred (500) feet of any of property that: Is used for public or private school; Is used as a licensed childcare or day care center; Is used as a public library; Is used as a public park; Is used as a public recreation or community center; or Is zoned or used for residential purposes.
No facility offering alcohol and substance abuse treatment shall be located or otherwise operate within five hundred (500) feet of any of property that is used for public or private school; licensed childcare or day care center; public library; public park; public recreation or community center; or is zoned or used for residential purposes.
No facility offering alcohol and substance abuse treatment shall be located or otherwise operate within five hundred (500) feet of any of property that: is used for public or private school; licensed childcare or day care center; public library; public park; public recreation or community center; or is zoned or used for residential purposes.
Shipping containers permitted in industrial, business, office, institutional districts only, subject to conditions: active transport, site plan approval, setbacks for principal buildings, landscape buffers.
Shipping containers are permitted in industrial, business, office and institutional zoning districts only, subject to the following conditions and restrictions.
Shipping containers are permitted in industrial, business, office and institutional zoning districts only, subject to conditions. Stacking requires CUP in industrial districts. Prohibited on residential property.
Shipping containers are permitted in industrial, business, office and institutional zoning districts only, subject to the following conditions and restrictions: 1. The shipping containers are used in the active transport of goods, wares or merchandise in support of a lawful principal use of the property.
The shipping containers must comply with development criteria relating to setbacks for principal buildings in the industrial zoning district and landscape buffer yards required under section 19-600 et seq. of this ordinance.
Shipping containers may be stacked in industrial zoning districts only, provided that city council first issues a conditional use permit for any new area of land used for stacking of shipping containers
Shipping containers shall be deemed conditional uses in the industrial zoning districts for i) stacking of shipping containers on new areas of land... or ii) location in an area designated for industrial use in an approved Planned Unit Development ("PUD") or in an industrial district located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the Transportation Corridor Overlay District ("TCOD")
The use of property for the placement or storage of shipping containers is prohibited throughout the city as follows: 1. Any use, placement or storage of shipping containers that is not related to, or in support of, the active transport of goods, wares and merchandise. 2. Shipping containers may not be placed, stored, or used on property located in a PUD or in the TCOD, except in an industrial zoning designation or district, as the case may be, with a conditional use permit. 3. In no event shall shipping containers be placed, stored or used for any purpose on property zoned or used principally for residential purposes or property located in a conservation zoning district. 4. No shipping container shall be used as a residence or to support a residential use or home occupation. 5. No shipping container shall be placed on or otherwise block or restrict access to fire hydrants, fire lanes or required parking spaces. 6. No shipping container shall be used to store solid waste, as defined in chapter 62 of the city Code, unless approved as part of a lawful solid waste management facility. 7. No shipping containers shall be stacked other than in industrial zoning districts with a conditional use permit.
Containers are permitted in industrial, business, office, institutional and agricultural zoning districts only, provided they are used in support of a lawful principal use. Stacking requires CUP in industrial districts. Prohibited on residential property.
Containers shall be permitted in industrial, business, office and institutional and agricultural zoning districts only, provided that they are used in support of a lawful principal use of the property.
the use of containers shall be permitted on an agriculturally zoned lot of at least three (3) acres, even if such lot does not have a lawful principal use, if the following requirements are met: i) the requirements of this section are satisfied; and ii) the number of containers on the agriculturally zoned lot does not exceed one (1) container for every three (3) acres of lot area; and iii) the containers are screened from the public right-of-way and adjacent properties as depicted on the approved final site plan; and iv) the containers shall not be utilized for a commercial use.
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