Claremont
Zoning districts
10 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
4Local Business District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 45
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 14
Commercial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 45
General Commercial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 63
Industrial
4Light Industrial District
- Min lot
- 30,000 sq ft (0.69 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 29
Heavy Industrial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 34
Light Industrial District
- Min lot
- 30,000 sq ft (0.69 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 29
Heavy Industrial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 34
General provisions
297 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The purpose of requiring a conditional use permit is to ensure consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and appropriate land use.
The minimum distance from any firing point measured in the direction of fire to the nearest property line shall not be less than 300 feet; b. Where a backstop is utilized to absorb the discharged load, the minimum distance may be 200 feet; and, c. No firing point shall be located within 100 feet of an adjoining property line.
A turkey shoot shall be on a site of not less than three acres. The firing line or points shall be located at least 100 feet from any public road. The site shall be so designed that the distance to any adjacent property measured from the firing point or points in the direction of fire shall be not less than 600 feet, or an earthen backstop of 20 feet or greater shall be provided a minimum of 200 feet from the firing line.
The minimum setback requirement from the base of the pole or tower to any residential structure on an adjoining lot shall be at least equal to 40 percent of the height of the tower, measured from the closest structural member of the tower (excluding guy lines).
The provisions contained in this section apply to the following types of development projects: A. Any single-family attached or multi-family residential development; B. Commercial, manufacturing or industrial structures or uses; C. Commercial marinas...
For all sites located within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: a. All plans and documentation shall be prepared and sealed by a licensed surveyor, engineer or landscape architect...
For sites that contain an area designated as a resource protection area as determined by the county: a. The plot plan shall meet all of the criteria identified under [subsection] 2. above. In addition...
For sites that contain an area designated as a resource protection area as determined by the county: ... The resource protection area shall be accurately shown including all water features identified in the county's Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Ordinance and the required 100-foot buffer.
For all other uses and activities a preliminary site plan shall be submitted and approved by the county. For any use that requires a conditional use approval, a preliminary site plan shall be submitted with the application.
When a building includes a combination of uses as set forth in this section, the required parking will be the sum of the required parking for each use.
When a building includes a combination of uses, the required parking will be the sum of the required parking for each use. Where a fractional space results, the required number of parking spaces shall be construed to be the next highest whole number.
Except as otherwise provided in this ordinance, when any building or structure is hereafter erected or structurally altered, or any building or structure hereafter erected is converted, accessory off-street parking spaces shall be provided as follows:
All spaces for disabled parking shall have minimum dimensions of 13 feet by 20 feet.
All spaces for disabled parking shall have minimum dimensions of 13 feet by 20 feet. At no point shall the gradient exceed one foot rise or fall in 20 feet.
All parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same lot with the building or use served, except that where an increase in the number of spaces is required by a change or enlargement of use or where such spaces are provided collectively or used jointly by two or more buildings or establishments, the required spaces may be located and maintained not to exceed 300 feet from an institutional building or other non-residential building served.
New parking spaces that require backing out onto a public road shall be prohibited.
Wherever parking areas consist of spaces set aside for parallel parking, the dimensions of such parking spaces shall be not less than 22 feet in length. Excluding curb offset, driveways shall be not less than ten feet or exceed 15 feet in width for one-way traffic and less than 18 feet or exceed 30 feet in width for two-way traffic.
a loading space is a space within the main building or on the same lot, providing for the standing, loading, or unloading of trucks, having minimum area of 540 square feet, minimum width of 12 feet, a minimum depth of 35 feet, and a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet.
A loading space is a space within the main building or on the same lot, providing for the standing, loading, or unloading of trucks, having minimum area of 540 square feet, minimum width of 12 feet, a minimum depth of 35 feet, and a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet.
Each stacking space shall be a minimum of ten feet by 20 feet.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.