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.
A bed and breakfast/tourist home establishment shall be allowed in the A-1 agricultural district or HC district only upon the issuance of a conditional use permit
In addition to any conditions which may be made part of any conditional use permit granted for a bed and breakfast/tourist home establishment, the following standards shall apply:
unmanned public facility buildings and related structures ... shall be permitted uses in all districts other than C-1 conservation district, where such structures shall be conditional uses.
When a drive-through window or door or other pickup service for vehicles is proposed for a site, and such service will include an amplified speaker system, the outer edge of the stacking lane required for such service must be located a minimum of three hundred (300) feet from any principal residential dwelling unit
Any freestanding school building located in a zoning district in which a school is a permitted use may expand its size subject only to the setback, height and other related limitations set out in this ordinance
Such centers shall be permitted in the R-8s, R-6, R-TH-1 and R-MF-1 zoning district classifications, provided that the total square footage devoted to such centers within a single housing project does not exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet.
Such centers shall be permitted in the R-8s, R-6, R-TH-1 and R-MF-1 zoning district classifications, provided that the total square footage devoted to such centers within a single housing project does not exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet.
Such centers shall be permitted in the R-8s, R-6, R-TH-1 and R-MF-1 zoning district classifications, provided that the total square footage devoted to such centers within a single housing project does not exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet.
Such centers shall be permitted in the B-1, B-2 and O & I zoning district classifications.
Municipal buildings and structures shall be permitted uses in all zoning district classifications.
The following criteria shall be considered minimum standards for racetracks
The following regulations shall be considered minimum standards for motor vehicle repair facilities (SIC 75) to be applied in addition to all other use and development criteria
all retail establishments having a gross floor area exceeding 50,000 square feet shall conform with the development criteria contained herein.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Portable storage containers shall mean the following: Containers no larger in dimension than 8 ft x 8 ft 6 in x 16 ft and transported to a designated location for storage purposes within the time limitations set out below.
The use of portable storage containers on property zoned or used for single-family or two-family residential purposes shall be permitted as an accessory use upon compliance with all of the following: No more than two (2) portable storage containers shall be located on a single lot or parcel of land.
The use of portable storage containers on property zoned or used for multi-family purposes shall be permitted as an accessory use upon compliance with the following: Portable storage containers are placed only within the area approved under section 6-1602.C.8.
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