Municipality · Virginia

Danville

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
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Districts
375
Extracted rules
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Standards
41
Chapters read

Zoning districts

1 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

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

Definitions - Parking Space2 standards

The area required for parking one (1) automobile which shall be a minimum of nine (9) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long, not including passageways.

Definitions - Post-Release Housing4 standards

Multiple occupancy bedrooms must have a minimum of 50 sf per occupant and must have at least two means of emergency egress. Single occupancy bedrooms must be a minimum of 70 sf and at least two means of emergency egress. One structure is not to exceed twelve (12) individuals. Where more than six (6) individuals within the program are to occupy one structure an additional counselor must be provided.

Section D - District Provisions19 standards

All uses, activities, and development occurring within any floodplain district, including placement of manufactured homes, shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a zoning permit.

Section D - Standards for Floodplain Districts17 standards

All uses, activities, and development occurring within any floodplain district, including placement of manufactured homes, shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a zoning permit.

Section D, Item 42 standards

Encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements and other developments are prohibited unless certification...

Section D, Item 4 - Standards for the Floodway District2 standards

Encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements and other developments are prohibited unless certification such as hydrologic and hydraulic analyses is provided demonstrating that encroachments shall not result in any increase in flood levels during occurrence of the base flood.

Section D, Item 51 standards

Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard...

Section D, Item 5 - Standards for the Special Floodplain District1 standards

Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as Zones A1-30 and AE on the Flood Insurance Rate Map, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the City of Danville.

Section D, Item 62 standards

The Approximated Floodplain District shall be that floodplain area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided... lowest floor shall be elevated to or at least one (1) foot above the base flood elevation.

Section D, Item 6 - Standards for Approximated Floodplain2 standards

The Approximated Floodplain District shall be that floodplain area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided, but where a one hundred (100)-year floodplain boundary has been approximated. Such areas are shown as Zone A on the maps accompanying the Flood Insurance Study.

Section D, Item 73 standards

All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor... elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the Flood Insurance Rate Map...

Section D, Item 7 - Standards for the Shallow Flooding District3 standards

All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the Flood Insurance Rate Map, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM. If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than one foot above the highest adjacent grade.

Section E - Variances: Factors to be Considered3 standards

Variances shall be issued only upon (i) a showing of good and sufficient cause, (ii) after the Board of Zoning Appeals has determined that failure to grant the variance would result in exceptional hardship to the applicant, and (iii) after the Board of Zoning Appeals has determined that the granting of such variance will not result in unacceptable or prohibited increases in flood heights, additional threats to public safety, extraordinary public expense; and will not create nuisances, cause fraud or victimization of the public, or conflict with local laws or ordinances.

Section F - Existing Structures in Floodplain Areas2 standards

A structure or use of a structure or premises which lawfully existed before the enactment of these provisions, but which is not in conformity with these provisions, may be continued subject to the following conditions: Existing structures in the Floodway Area shall not be expanded or enlarged unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analyses that the proposed expansion would not result in any increase in the base flood elevation.

Source documents

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