Municipality · Virginia

Dumfries

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
7
Districts
105
Extracted rules
611
Standards
9
Chapters read

Zoning districts

7 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

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

Sec. 70-211 standards

No building, structure, sign, merchandise, or other obstruction shall be located or constructed on any public right-of-way.

Sec. 70-211 standards

No building, structure, sign, merchandise, or other obstruction shall be located or constructed on any public right-of-way.

Sec. 70-227 standards

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...

Sec. 70-2210 standards

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...

Sec. 70-2210 standards

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.

Sec. 70-237 standards

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.

Sec. 70-234 standards

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.

Sec. 70-245 standards

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

Sec. 70-243 standards

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

Sec. 70-255 standards

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.

Sec. 70-253 standards

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.

Sec. 70-3

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.

Sec. 70-346 through 70-36711 standards

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.

Sec. 70-346 through 70-36815 standards

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.

Sec. 70-3682 standards

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.

Sec. 70-381 to 70-3832 standards

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.

Sec. 70-441 to 70-4516 standards

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.

Sec. 70-4518 standards

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.

Sec. 70-451(c)10 standards

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.

Sec. 70-4525 standards

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.