Municipality · Virginia

Falls Church

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
11
Districts
252
Extracted rules
1,197
Standards
7
Chapters read

Zoning districts

11 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

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

Sec. 48-11828 standards

Parking lot areas shall contain a minimum of five percent interior landscaping in addition to any required perimeter landscaping.

Sec. 48-11835 standards

Buffers between different adjacent zoning districts shall apply to all sites whenever a site plan is required... The five buffer types are described in this subsection and are summarized in table 1.

Sec. 48-118319 standards

Buffers between different adjacent zoning districts shall apply to all sites whenever a site plan is required for the property upon which it is located.

Sec. 48-118319 standards

Buffers between different adjacent zoning districts shall apply to all sites whenever a site plan is required for the property upon which it is located.

Sec. 48-118319 standards

Buffers between different adjacent zoning districts shall apply to all sites whenever a site plan is required for the property upon which it is located.

Sec. 48-11847 standards

Landscape plans shall be prepared by a landscape architect, landscape designer, certified arborist or Virginia Certified Nurseryman (VCN).

Sec. 48-11845 standards

Landscape plans shall be prepared by a landscape architect, landscape designer, certified arborist or Virginia Certified Nurseryman (VCN).

Sec. 48-11851 standards

Dead or diseased plant material shall be removed or treated promptly by the property owner and replaced within 180 days.

Sec. 48-11851 standards

All vegetation required by this section, except vegetation on single-family residential lots as detailed in section 48-1180, must be installed prior to the occupancy of the site.

Sec. 48-11852 standards

It shall be the ultimate responsibility of successive property owners to ensure that the required vegetation is properly maintained in compliance with the approved site plan in perpetuity. Dead or diseased plant material shall be removed or treated promptly by the property owner and replaced within 180 days.

Sec. 48-11853 standards

All vegetation shall meet the minimum standards for health, form, and root condition, as outlined in the latest edition of American Standard for Nursery Stock.

Sec. 48-120619 standards

No conventional or satellite television or radio antenna may be placed in the front yard of any lot in the city. ... All ground-mounted television and radio receiving antennas and satellite television antennas shall be located no less than five feet from any lot line.

Sec. 48-120614 standards

No conventional or satellite television or radio antenna may be placed in the front yard of any lot in the city. A ground-mounted conventional television or radio antenna may be placed on a lot only in the rear yard.

Sec. 48-120613 standards

No conventional or satellite television or radio antenna may be placed in the front yard of any lot in the city.

Sec. 48-1206, 48-1207, 48-1208, 48-120918 standards

No conventional or satellite television or radio antenna may be placed in the front yard of any lot in the city. ... No ground-mounted satellite television antenna may exceed ten feet in height...

Sec. 48-1212, 48-1213, 48-1214, 48-12158 standards

No special use permit shall authorize an adult use less than 500 feet from any residential district... Hours of operation for any adult movie theater... shall not extend after 2:00 a.m.

Sec. 48-1212, 48-1213, 48-1214, 48-1215, 48-121610 standards

A special use permit is necessary for the establishment of an adult use ... no special use permit shall authorize an adult use less than 500 feet from any residential district ... no two such adult uses shall be located within 1,000 feet of each other ... Adult uses shall not begin service to the public or any outside activity before 6:00 a.m.

Sec. 48-12137 standards

The following restrictions apply to the location and extent of adult uses in the city: (1) Except pursuant to subsection (5) below, no special use permit shall authorize an adult use less than 500 feet from any residential district or planned development district boundary.

Sec. 48-12137 standards

No special use permit shall authorize an adult use less than 500 feet from any residential district or planned development district boundary.

Sec. 48-12212 standards

The zoning administrator may approve outdoor dining uses following review by the zoning administrator, building official, and other applicable city agencies, for adherence to federal, state and local codes and regulations, subject to the following conditions: ... The zoning administrator may approve reductions in required parking to accommodate a proposed outdoor dining use, on a case by case basis.

Source documents

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