zoneoptics
Municipality · Virginia

Clifton Forge

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
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Districts
120
Extracted rules
523
Standards
12
Chapters read
Zoning snapshotAcquired

Zoning districts

4 districts, grouped by category.

Overlay

1
H-1Overlay

Historic Commercial Area Overlay District

Clifton Forge, VA

Residential

3
R-1Residential

R-1 Residential District

Clifton Forge, VA
Max height
35 ft
Permitted uses
10
R-2Residential

R-2 Residential District

Clifton Forge, VA
Max height
35 ft
Permitted uses
12
R-3Residential

R-3 Residential District

Clifton Forge, VA
Max height
35 ft
Permitted uses
16

General provisions

116 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

Sec. 6-5(d)7 standards

No more than six guest sleeping rooms shall be utilized for a bed and breakfast establishment, and the number of guest occupants shall not exceed 12. Guests may stay no more than 30 nights in any 12-month period.

Sec. 6-64 standards

The use of barbed wire, razor wire, electrified wire and similar wire types shall be prohibited in any residential zoning district.

Sec. 6-66 standards

Decorative fence posts, wall columns, and gateposts may exceed the maximum heights... Public facility installations... up to a maximum height of ten feet. Recreational courts... up to a maximum height of 12 feet.

Sec. 6-6(b)1 standards

Fences immediately surrounding any tennis court, volleyball court, basketball court or any area used for any similar purpose shall be permitted up to a maximum height of 12 feet.

Sec. 6-6(b), (c), (d)5 standards

Decorative fence posts, wall columns, and gateposts may exceed the maximum heights for fences and walls... Recreational courts. Fences immediately surrounding any tennis court, volleyball court, basketball court or any area used for any similar purpose shall be permitted up to a maximum height of 12 feet.

Sec. 6-6(c)(2)1 standards

The use of barbed wire, razor wire, electrified wire and similar wire types shall be prohibited in any residential zoning district.

Sec. 6-6(c)(2)1 standards

The use of barbed wire, razor wire, electrified wire and similar wire types shall be prohibited in any residential zoning district.

Sec. 6-73 standards

No group care facility shall be located closer than 1,500 feet to another group care facility.

Sec. 6-73 standards

No group care facility shall be located closer than 1,500 feet to another group care facility. A group care facility shall provide 100 square feet of usable open space per occupant.

Sec. 6-7(c)2 standards

No group care facility shall be located closer than 1,500 feet to another group care facility... A group care facility shall provide 100 square feet of usable open space per occupant.

Sec. 6-7(c)4 standards

No group care facility shall be located closer than 1,500 feet to another group care facility. A group care facility shall provide 100 square feet of usable open space per occupant.

Sec. 6-88 standards

A home occupation shall not occupy more than a cumulative total of 25 percent of the finished floor area of any dwelling unit or accessory structure.

Sec. 6-88 standards

A home occupation shall not occupy more than a cumulative total of 25 percent of the finished floor area... No more than one person other than family members residing on the premises shall be engaged in or employed by any home occupation.

Sec. 6-8(c), (d)6 standards

The following uses shall be specifically excluded as home occupations: machine shop, welding shop, escort service, furniture refinishing or upholstery, sign making, and special trade contractors who are engaged in metalworking or cabinetmaking.

Sec. 6-8(d)2 standards

A home occupation shall not occupy more than a cumulative total of 25 percent of the finished floor area of any dwelling unit or accessory structure... No more than one person other than family members residing on the premises shall be engaged in or employed by any home occupation.

Sec. 6-93 standards

Each building shall be separated by a minimum of 60 feet between facing living areas and a minimum of 30 feet between windowless walls.

Sec. 6-93 standards

Each building shall be separated by a minimum of 60 feet between facing living areas and a minimum of 30 feet between windowless walls... Multifamily dwellings shall be required to be served by public water and sewer.

Sec. 6-9(c)2 standards

Each building shall be separated by a minimum of 60 feet between facing living areas and a minimum of 30 feet between windowless walls... Multifamily dwellings shall be required to be served by public water and sewer.

Sec. 6-9(c)3 standards

Each building shall be separated by a minimum of 60 feet between facing living areas and a minimum of 30 feet between windowless walls or corners of buildings placed at right angles (90 degrees) to one another. Multifamily dwellings shall be required to be served by public water and sewer.

Sec. 7-10 through 7-177 standards

Any required buffer yard shall be a minimum of ten feet in width... screening shall be between six and ten feet in height.

Source documents

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