Rockingham County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
15 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
2Commercial
4- Max height
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 12
- Max height
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
Limited Commercial District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
General Commercial District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
Other
2Residential
6Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 2 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 70
Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 4 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 66
Residential District
- Min lot
- 7,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 55
Multi-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 16 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 30
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 26
- Max height
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 78
General provisions
300 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Vehicle, junked. Any motor vehicle which is not in operating condition; or which has been partially or totally disassembled and on which one (1) of the following is missing (or on which the date has been expired for more than forty-five (45) days): valid inspection sticker or valid license plates.
Rooming house. A structure used for residential occupancy on a rental basis, where for compensation and by prearrangement for defined periods, lodging or lodging and meals are provided for at least five (5) and up to fourteen (14) persons.
Group home. More than eight (8) individuals residing together as a family unit in a residential facility, as defined herein, with one (1) or more resident counselors or other staff persons.
Residential facility. A facility in which no more than eight (8) individuals with mental illness, intellectual disability, or developmental disabilities reside, with one (1) or more resident counselors or other staff persons for which the department of behavioral health and development service is the licensing authority pursuant to the Code of Virginia; or a facility in which no more than eight (8) aged, infirmed, or disabled persons reside, with one (1) or more resident counselors or other staff persons for which the department of social services is the licensing authority pursuant to the Code of Virginia.
Recreational vehicle. A vehicle which is built on a single chassis, is four hundred (400) square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection, is designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty vehicle, and which is designed not for use as a primary dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational camping, travel, or seasonal use.
Golf course. A tract of land with at least nine (9) holes for playing a game of golf and improved with tees, greens, fairways, and hazards.
In the A-1 and A-2 zoning districts: (1) No structure or livestock pens shall be located closer than one hundred fifty (150) feet to any property line...
In the A-1, A-2, and RV zoning districts: (1) No more than ten (10) pieces of equipment awaiting service or pick-up shall be parked outside the structure.
In the A-1, A-2, and RV zoning districts: (1) The facility shall not exceed two thousand (2,000) square feet of enclosed work space...
In the A-1, A-2, and RV zoning districts: (1) All outside storage shall be screened from parking areas and adjoining property lines.
All storage shall be located entirely within the structure except an outside screened area may be included for storage of unoccupied, operational, recreational vehicles.
In the B-1 and B-2 zoning districts within the Urban Development Area shown on the comprehensive plan, Motor vehicle parts sales shall be by special use permit.
In the A-1, A-2, RV, MXU, B-1 and B-2 zoning districts: (1) No more than ten (10) vehicles awaiting service or pick-up shall be parked outside the structure.
In the MXU, B-2, and PCD zoning districts, no repair of any vehicle requiring a CDL license to operate or a gross vehicle weight of more than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds.
In the B-1 and B-2 zoning districts within the Urban Development Area shown on the comprehensive plan, Motor vehicle repair shop shall be by special use permit.
In the BX zoning district: (1) Areas for vehicles awaiting service or pickup shall be determined during site plan review.
In the B-1 and PCD zoning districts, there shall be no sale of vehicles requiring a CDL license to operate or a gross vehicle weight of more than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds.
In the B-1 and B-2 zoning districts within the Urban Development Area shown on the comprehensive plan, Motor vehicle tow service shall be by special use permit.
In the A-1, A-2, and RV zoning districts: (1) The sales area for companion products... shall be limited to twenty-five (25) percent of the gross sales area.
In the B-1 and B-2 zoning districts within the Urban Development Area shown on the comprehensive plan, Nursery shall be by special use permit.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.
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