Municipality · Virginia

Chesapeake

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
19
Districts
607
Extracted rules
2,301
Standards
23
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.

Sec. 14-4039 standards

Each wind turbine permitted in sections 14-401 and 14-402 shall comply with the following requirements: 1. No signage shall be posted or displayed on any turbine... 2. No turbine shall be illuminated unless required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Sec. 14-5002 standards

All trash receptacles shall be screened from view from any public right-of-way and from property zoned or used for residential purposes... No trash receptacle areas may be located in any required yard.

Sec. 14-5002 standards

All trash receptacles shall be screened from view from any public right-of-way and from property zoned or used for residential purposes... No trash receptacle areas may be located in any required yard.

Sec. 14-601, 14-6023 standards

Except as provided below, radio, television, satellite dish and other communication towers and antennas used as accessory structures shall comply with the requirements of this article regarding accessory structures.

Sec. 14-6023 standards

Communication towers and antennas used as accessory structures may exceed the height of the principal structure, up to a maximum height of fifty (50) feet... provided that (1) the property on which the principal structure and the tower or antenna are located is zoned M-1 light industrial or M-2 general industrial district

Sec. 14-70449 standards

Unless a sign is specifically exempted from a permit requirement by the other provisions of this ordinance, no person shall erect, alter, repair, relocate or modify any sign without first obtaining a permit for such work from the zoning administrator of the city.

Sec. 14-70449 standards

Unless a sign is specifically exempted from a permit requirement by the other provisions of this ordinance, no person shall erect, alter, repair, relocate or modify any sign without first obtaining a permit for such work from the zoning administrator of the city.

Sec. 14-70523 standards

Each commercial/industrial center and park shall be permitted the following: 1. Types of signs. Commercial/industrial center or park sign may be a freestanding sign, a wall sign or a projecting sign.

Sec. 14-705.A and 38 standards

Each establishment having an exclusive and direct public entrance within a commercial/industrial center or park shall be permitted to have wall signs or projecting signs... One (1) directory sign shall be permitted for commercial/industrial centers or parks.

Sec. 14-705.B2 standards

Signs for gasoline supply stations shall comply with the following requirements: 1. Signs on top of pumps shall be permitted, provided that the sign area does not exceed one (1) square foot. 2. Gasoline supply stations which are authorized to perform state safety and/or emission control inspections may display a sign, not to exceed ten (10) square feet in sign area.

Sec. 14-705.C22 standards

Signs located on development, construction and sales sites that are under active construction shall be allowed in addition to other permitted signs...

Sec. 14-705.E4 standards

Signs in residential developments and subdivisions shall be installed on private property included in the subdivision or development... Off-site residential development and subdivision signs...

Sec. 14-705.F2 standards

Where a business establishment, assembly use or commercial/industrial center or park is located in a residential or agricultural zone and is two (2) or more acres in size, the sign area, the sign height and setback requirements for the freestanding signs on the site shall be those that are set out in the table of basic design elements...

Sec. 14-705.G3 standards

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, where two (2) or more detached public buildings are occupied for different purposes and are located on one (1) parcel of land, a maximum sign area of sixty-four (64) square feet per street frontage shall be permitted for freestanding signs.

Sec. 14-705.H2 standards

One (1) directional sign, which belongs to one or more establishments which existed prior to the re-routing of a public thoroughfare and providing directions to such establishment, shall be permitted onsite or on offsite private property...

Sec. 14-705.I2 standards

The overall size and dimensions of an authorized utility pole snipe sign shall be no greater than sixty (60) inches in length and thirty (30) inches in width.

Sec. 14-705.J6 standards

One (1) sign for one or more establishments which were existing prior to the re-routing of Dominion Boulevard, shall be permitted off-site near access roads along the Dominion Boulevard Corridor...

Sec. 14-705.K1 standards

No signs including but not limited to overhanging signs extending out from the building and overhanging a sidewalk, street, alley or other passageway; shall be permitted within the public rights-of-way unless such sign is a public service sign approved by the city manager or designee or a special permit is approved by the director of development and permits or designee...

Sec. 14-705.L2 standards

Murals shall be permitted in the Great Bridge Historic Gateway Overlay District, as defined by this ordinance, and in the Dollar Tree Planned Unit Development, as approved by city council, with the issuance of a zoning permit certifying compliance with the requirements of this section.

Sec. 14-7069 standards

Billboard signs within the city may be approved through the granting of a conditional use permit by city council... The property on which the sign is located must be zoned B-2 general business district, B-3 highway service district, M-1 light industrial district, or M-2 general industrial district.

Source documents

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