Dumfries
Zoning districts
7 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
2Industrial
1Residential
4Residential, Limited District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 1 ft
- Front setback
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 8
Residential, General District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
Residential, Multiple Family District
- Min lot
- 108,900 sq ft (2.5 ac)
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 15 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 6
General provisions
97 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Gravel driveways shall have a thickness of no less than 3 inches.
Gravel driveways shall have a thickness of no less than 3 inches.
Gravel does not qualify as an improved parking surface for any R-3, B-1, B-2, FB/O-1, or SP-1 zoning districts.
Gravel does not qualify as an improved parking surface for any R-3, B-1, B-2, FB/O-1, or SP-1 zoning districts. Gravel shall be an allowable improved parking surface in R-1 and R-2 zoning districts to promote the intent of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Overlay District Regulations.
Parking on the grass shall not be permitted in any district on front, side, or rear yards.
Parking on the grass shall not be permitted in any district on front, side, or rear yards.
Any lights used to illuminate said parking areas shall be arranged and hooded so as to confine all direct light rays entirely within the boundary lines of the parking area.
Each parking space shall be a minimum of nine feet in width and 18 feet in length.
Each parking space shall be a minimum of nine feet in width and 18 feet in length.
For each retail store, storage warehouse, wholesale establishment, industrial plant, factory, freight terminal, market, restaurant, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning establishment, or similar use which has an aggregate floor area of: Over 10,000 square feet but not over 25,000 square feet: one space. Over 25,000 square feet but not over 60,000 square feet: two spaces. Over 60,000 square feet but not over 120,000 square feet: three spaces. Over 120,000 square feet but not over 200,000 square feet: four spaces. Over 200,000 square feet but not over 290,000 square feet: five spaces. For each additional 90,000 square feet or major fraction thereof: one space.
There shall be provided, on the premises used for the following purposes in any district at the time any building or structure is constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, extended, or structurally altered, spaces for off-street loading...
For each retail store, storage warehouse, wholesale establishment, industrial plant, factory, freight terminal, market, restaurant, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning establishment, or similar use which has an aggregate floor area of: Over 10,000 square feet but not over 25,000 square feet: one space.
For each apartment building having over 50 dwelling units: one space.
For each auditorium, museum, assembly hall, community center, hotel, office building, sports arena, stadium, gymnasium, hospital, sanitorium, or similar use which has an aggregate gross floor area of: Over 10,000 square feet but not over 40,000 square feet: one space.
A sign permit shall be required before a sign is erected, altered, or relocated, except as otherwise provided in this section.
A sign permit shall be required before a sign is erected, altered, or relocated, except as otherwise provided. ... The following types of signs are prohibited in all districts: ...
Signage in the PMUD zoning district shall not require a certificate of appropriateness from the architectural review board. Electronic display signs are only permitted on public property and for public use, or as a part of an approved comprehensive sign plan within the PMUD or B-1 zoning districts.
Signage in the PMUD zoning district shall not require a certificate of appropriateness from the architectural review board. Electronic display signs are permitted as part of an approved comprehensive sign plan within the PMUD or B-1 zoning districts.
The following signs shall be permitted in all districts, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and shall not require a sign permit. ...
Religious institutions and nonprofit organizations are permitted to display a temporary banner sign, onsite up to a 30-day period, four times annually. The banner sign shall not exceed 20 square feet in size.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.