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.
Any buildings, runs, or containment areas associated with an animal hospital shall meet the following setbacks: One hundred fifty (150) feet from any property line, reducible to seventy-five (75) feet if notarized consent is obtained
Any buildings, runs, or containment areas associated with an animal shelter shall meet the following setbacks: One hundred fifty (150) feet from any property line, reducible to seventy-five (75) feet if notarized consent is obtained
In the RV, RR-1, PG, and I-1 zoning district, animal husbandry shall be limited to personal use or casual sales only, limited to one (1) animal unit per acre, not to exceed four animal units except that there shall be no more than five (5) birds or fowl per lot.
The minimum lot size on which the auction facility is located shall be five (5) acres.
A bed and breakfast inn shall have no more than five (5) guest bedrooms for transient overnight occupancy.
No structure used for storage of biomass and no outside storage of biomass shall be located closer than one hundred fifty (150) feet to any property line and no closer than one hundred (100) feet from the travel surface of public roadways.
Up to a thirty thousand (30,000) gallon tank for the storage and distribution of liquid petroleum gas shall be permitted.
No recreational vehicle, camping sites, structure, or facility shall be located closer than one hundred (100) feet to any property line.
A commercial breeding kennel may have no more than three (3) litters per calendar year. No female dog shall be bred more than one (1) time per calendar year.
The interior floor area of the company store shall not exceed one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet.
No more than five (5) persons shall be engaged in the operation of the business on site.
Building shall be limited to no more than four thousand (4,000) square feet, and Customer seating shall comprise no more than twenty (20) percent of the convenience store square footage.
In the R-4, R-5, MXU, B-1, B-2, PCD, and PMR zoning districts, annual production shall be no more than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) barrels of beer or ale.
Any enclosed area used for the accessory dwelling shall not exceed fifteen hundred (1,500) square feet. Only one (1) accessory dwelling shall be permitted per parcel.
In addition to (a) and (b) above, in the R-1, R-2, PSF, MXU, R-4, and R-5 zoning districts, all accessory dwellings shall have direct vehicular access to a public or private street.
No more than two (2) additional dwellings shall be allowed on parcels where there are at least fifteen (15) acres per additional dwelling.
The cumulative sign area for each unit shall not exceed four (4) square feet with no dimension of any individual sign greater than thirty-six (36) inches.
All manufactured homes shall display a HUD seal of approval or the seal of a testing facility approved by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
No more than eight (8) rowhouses shall be included in any rowhouse grouping.
Dwelling, single-family detached served by private well or septic system shall be by special use permit in the R-1 and R-2 zoning districts within an urban growth area designated in the comprehensive plan.
Source documents
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