Farmville
Zoning districts
1 districts, grouped by category.
General provisions
160 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Notwithstanding the maximum height regulations set forth in this chapter, the following uses... may have a height of up to fifty (50) feet in residential districts and seventy-five (75) feet in non-residential districts...
Notwithstanding the maximum height regulations set forth in this chapter, the following uses, structures, or similar appurtenances ... may have a height of up to fifty (50) feet in residential districts and seventy-five (75) feet in non-residential districts:
All manufactured homes placed, or substantially improved, on individual lots or parcels, in expansions to existing manufactured home parks or subdivisions, in a new manufactured home park or subdivision, or in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision on which a manufactured home has incurred substantial damage as the result of a flood, must meet all the requirements for new construction, including the elevation and anchoring requirements in accordance with this section.
These provisions shall apply to all lands within the jurisdiction of town and identified as being in the one-hundred-year floodplain by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
These provisions shall apply to all lands within the jurisdiction of town and identified as being in the one-hundred-year floodplain by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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 zone AE on the flood rate insurance 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 (1) foot at any point within the town.
The approximated floodplain district shall be that floodplain area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided, but where a one hundred-year floodplain boundary has been approximated. Such areas are shown as zone A on the maps accompanying the flood insurance study.
The intent of the Robert Russa Moton Museum Gateway Overlay District is to preserve and protect an area of important historic, architectural, archaeological, or cultural interest within the town.
Signs not expressly permitted as being allowed under this article, by specific requirements in another portion of this chapter, or otherwise expressly allowed by the town are forbidden.
Signs not expressly permitted as being allowed under this article... are forbidden. (b) Sign permits. (1) Permit required. Except when otherwise exempted...
The purpose of this section is to establish standards for landscape architecture, site design, site buffering, and landscape screening.
Planting islands shall have a minimum width of six (6) feet to allow for bumper overhang...
A landscape buffer area shall be required where a commercially zoned development abuts a residential zoning district, or where multi-family residential development abuts any property zoned R-1 or R-2. In the above conditions, a buffer strip fifteen (15) feet in width shall be required.
The purpose of this section is to regulate the design, location, and maintenance of parking areas to meet the expanding needs of a growing town.
The purpose of this section is to regulate the design, location, and maintenance of parking areas to meet the expanding needs of a growing town...
Except for transmission powerlines of thirty-four thousand five hundred (34,500) volts or greater, water towers, or other installations approved by the town council, all on-site utilities or utility facilities shall be installed underground.
Except for transmission powerlines of thirty-four thousand five hundred (34,500) volts or greater, water towers, or other installations approved by the town council, all on-site utilities or utility facilities shall be installed underground...
The following additional regulations apply to specific uses as set forth below. These regulations are intended to serve as the minimum standards for these uses and are not intended to be in substitution for other provisions of this chapter that may apply.
Only one (1) accessory dwelling shall be allowed on a lot or parcel of land. No recreational vehicle may be used as an accessory dwelling.
Dish antennas shall be permitted in all districts but shall be limited to one (1) exterior antenna per parcel except with conditional use permit.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.