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.
No building, structure, sign, merchandise, or other obstruction shall be located or constructed on any public right-of-way.
No building, structure, sign, merchandise, or other obstruction shall be located or constructed on any public right-of-way.
The following temporary activities... may be administratively approved in any zoning district by the zoning administrator through the issuance of a temporary use permit when, in the administrator's judgment, the public health, safety and welfare will not be impaired...
The following temporary activities, and activities of a similar nature, may be administratively approved in any zoning district by the zoning administrator through the issuance of a temporary use permit...
The following temporary activities ... may be administratively approved in any zoning district by the zoning administrator through the issuance of a temporary use permit ... Roadside stands ... Carnivals, circuses ... Yard sale ... Temporary roadside food vendors.
All temporary activities and any appurtenant structures, signs, goods and other features must be set back from any public right-of-way at least 20 feet.
Each activity or event shall be separated by a period of not less than 30 consecutive days from the previous event on that lot... All temporary activities and any appurtenant structures, signs, goods and other features must be set back from any public right-of-way at least 20 feet.
The alteration or consolidation of any existing property lines of a lot that is located on an existing street, and where four or fewer lots are involved and no new streets are required to be built and installation of new sewer and water mains are not required, shall be approved, or disapproved, by the zoning administrator
The alteration or consolidation of any existing property lines of a lot that is located on an existing street, and where four or fewer lots are involved and no new streets are required to be built and installation of new sewer and water mains are not required, shall be approved, or disapproved, by the zoning administrator
The receptacles described in subsection (b) hereof shall be enclosed on a minimum of three sides with any combination of landscaping and/or screening so as to completely screen views of such receptacles from all public streets and adjoining properties.
The receptacles described in subsection (b) hereof shall be enclosed on a minimum of three sides with any combination of landscaping and/or screening so as to completely screen views of such receptacles from all public streets and adjoining properties. No trash receptacle is permitted to be visible from Jefferson Davis Highway, Main Street, Fraley Boulevard, Graham Park Road, or Dumfries Road.
Unless otherwise specified, all distances in this chapter shall be measured horizontally and at right angles to the line in relation to which the distance is specified.
These provisions shall apply to all lands within the jurisdiction of the town and identified as areas of special flood hazard according to the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) that is provided to the town by FEMA.
These provisions shall apply to all lands within the jurisdiction of the town and identified as areas of special flood hazard according to the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) that is provided to the town by FEMA.
The modification, alteration, repair, reconstruction, or improvement of any kind to a structure and/or use, regardless of its location in a floodplain area to an extent or amount of 50 percent or more of its market value shall be undertaken only in full compliance with this ordinance and shall require the entire structure to conform to the VA USBC.
The boundaries of the historic district shall be according to the overlay of the 1790 town map, with the exclusion of everything east of Fraley Boulevard, better known as U.S. Route 1: South boundaries, Quantico Street; east boundaries, U.S. Route 1 (north Fraley Boulevard); west boundaries, Old Back Street; north boundaries, Marion Street, which presently does not exist.
The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Overlay District shall apply to all lands identified as CBPAs as designated by the town council and as shown on the overlay CBPA map adopted by the town council on November 12, 1991.
In no case may the post-development nonpoint source pollution runoff load exceed the predevelopment land; ... a 100-foot buffer area of vegetation ... shall be retained if present and established during development where it does not exist.
A 100-foot buffer area of vegetation that is effective in retarding runoff, preventing erosion, and filtering nonpoint source pollution from runoff shall be retained if present and established during development where it does not exist.
A water quality impact assessment is required for any land disturbance, proposed development or redevelopment, within an RPA, including any buffer area modification or encroachment ... and in any development in the RMA if: (1) The proposed land disturbance exceeds 50,000 square feet; or (2) The proposed development results in more than 60 percent impervious cover on the lot or parcel being developed.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.