Chesapeake

All signs which do not comply with the requirements of this ordinance and are not legally nonconforming signs are prohibited. The following signs are specifically prohibited within the city: ...

A nonconforming sign shall conform to all requirements of this ordinance when it is erected, enlarged, extended, structurally altered, reconstructed or relocated...

All signs shall be constructed in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC), the National Electrical Code and the Life Safety Code.

Application for a permit for the erection, alteration or relocation of a sign shall be made to the administrator...

A skateboard ramp may be constructed and used as an accessory use upon privately owned property located in any A-1, C-2, C-3 or residential zoning district, but only if there is compliance with all of the following requirements: ...

When the proposed use of the rezoned property includes or proposes land disturbance for residential, assembly, day care, group home, recreation, school, library, or similar type of development where exposure to contaminated soil or water would pose a threat to the public health and safety, the application shall include a phase I environmental site assessment prepared in accordance with the specifications in the Chesapeake Public Facilities Manual.

For properties located wholly or partially within the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area District, contour lines, showing at a minimum the most recent contour mapping maintained by the city.

For properties located wholly or partially in the Northwest River Watershed Protection District, the boundaries of the district and existing drainage patterns in relation to the property.

Where the property involved in a rezoning application is three hundred (300) or more acres in gross area, a preapplication conference shall be required.

Properties that are one (1) acre or more in size shall post a sign at every five hundred (500) feet of road frontage. All signs required under this subsection shall be erected not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the first scheduled public hearing before the planning commission.

If city council considers and denies a particular application for changing the zoning classification of a parcel, it shall not reconsider substantially the same application for a period of one (1) year from the date of the council's final action on the prior application.

Reasonable conditions shall not include, however, conditions that impose upon the applicant the requirement to create a property owners' association under Section 55-508 et seq. of the Code of Virginia, which includes an express further condition that members of a property association pay an assessment for the maintenance of public facilities owned in fee by a public entity, including open space, parks, schools, fire stations, and other public facilities not otherwise provided for in Section 15.2-2241 of the Code of Virginia.

Where the applicant proffers the dedication of real property to the city or the Chesapeake school board, other than property to be dedicated for exclusive use as public right-of-way, the rezoning application shall include a written report containing the results of soil tests conducted by a qualified professional engineer and certified findings as to the suitability of the property for its intended use.

In no event shall the city, its officers, employees or agents, suggest or request an unreasonable proffer as defined by state law; nor shall any proffer be required by the city, its officers, employees or agents.

Upon approval by city council of a conditional zoning application, the property subject to the conditional zoning shall be appropriately annotated on the zoning map and other appropriate land records to note that it is subject to conditions, and a copy of the proffer statement shall be recorded in the Chesapeake circuit court clerk's office.

Retail operations and all first floor nonresidential uses, with a gross floor area of less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet... one (1) loading space...

no owner or occupant of any land or building shall discontinue, change or dispense with such facilities or arrangements without establishing alternative facilities complying equally with the requirements of this ordinance.

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.

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.

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.