Stafford County Unincorporated

All new construction and substantial improvements of structures shall be elevated so that the lowest floor, including basement, is at or above the base flood elevation.

A certificate of appropriateness issued by the agent or his designee shall be required prior to the erection, reconstruction, exterior alteration, restoration or excavation of any building or structure within a HR district, or prior to the demolition, razing, relocation, or moving of any building or structure therein.

The HC zoning district shall be established and overlay all other zoning districts, except HI districts, on all parcels of land within the below described area...

The Highway Corridor Overlay District (HC) shall be designated by the board of supervisors by separate ordinance and will overlay all other zoning districts where it is applied...

The purposes of the Military [Facility] Impact Overlay (MZ) District are: 1. To ensure that prospective buyers... are aware of the presence of the bases... 2. To protect the integrity of the operations...

Areas of the county which are to be included in the Military [Facility] Impact Overlay (MZ) District shall be designated by separate ordinance by the board of supervisors, pursuant to Article XII of this chapter.

To ensure that prospective buyers of real estate in the vicinity of military facilities, such as Quantico and Fort A. P. Hill, are aware of the presence of the bases, their operations, and the potential impacts that they may have upon noise-sensitive land uses...

No structure shall be erected, altered, or maintained, and no vegetation shall be allowed to grow to a height so as to penetrate any referenced surface (also known as the floor) at any point of any zone provided for in subsection 28-64(c)(3).

The AD Overlay District is established in furtherance of the purpose set forth in Code of Virginia § 15.2-2294, as amended, and in general to regulate and restrict the height of structures and objects or natural growth...

All uses shall be subject to the use limitations and development standards set forth in the underlying land use district(s) and, in addition, shall be subject to the following AD limitations:

All new development shall be subject to the use, limitations, and development standards set forth in the underlying land use district(s) and, in addition, shall be subject to the following HG limitations

The Historic Gateway Corridor Overlay District (HG) shall overlay all other zoning districts where it is applied.

The gross residential density in a P-TND district shall not exceed the maximum gross density as set forth Table 3.1 of article III for P-TND districts.

The gross residential density in a P-TND district shall not exceed the maximum gross density as set forth Table 3.1 of article III for P-TND districts.

The height of buildings or structures shall not exceed three (3) stories or forty-five (45) feet, whichever is less; The minimum open space ratio on a lot shall be 0.10.

The height of buildings or structures shall not exceed three (3) stories or forty-five (45) feet, whichever is less; the height of accessory structures shall not exceed twenty-five (25) feet; no individual multifamily building shall exceed a length of two hundred fifty (250) feet; and the minimum open space ratio on a lot shall be 0.10.

Except within the boundaries of a public airport, the Planned Traditional Neighborhood Development, PTN-D, Redevelopment Area-1, RDA-1, or Urban Development, UD zoning district, no structure or land which abuts a boundary between two (2) land uses, fronts on a major thoroughfare or which is subject to special buffer requirements as specified in the DCSL, shall hereafter be developed, used or occupied unless a buffer yard is provided in accordance with the DCSL.

In order to protect historic resources, specific buffer yards are required around historic properties and historic resource overlay districts designated in the Stafford County Cultural Resource Inventory, archaeological sites and historic buildings located within HI districts, in addition to any other buffer requirements, as indicated in the DCSL.

Any surface parking lots containing twenty-four (24) or more spaces shall be landscaped and shall provide planting areas within the boundaries of the parking lot in accordance with the standards set out and illustrated in the DCSL.

All outdoor lighting shall be designed, shielded, aimed, located and maintained to protect adjacent properties and roadways from excessive illumination, energy waste, glare, light trespass, and unnecessary skyglow.