Municipality · Virginia

Franklin

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

Zoning districts

8 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

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

ARTICLE VII

M-U Mixed Use Planned Unit Development

ARTICLE VII

M-U Mixed Use Planned Unit Development

ARTICLE VII

M-U Mixed Use Planned Unit Development

Additional Zoning Details, subsections (6)-(10)5 standards

Multifamily uses shall be provided with public water and public sewerage systems... Private streets shall meet the design, material and construction standards... Landscaping... management structure... architectural treatment.

Article III, R-O District5 standards

The minimum lot area shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. All structures shall be set back at least fifty (50) feet from the right-of-way of the following streets: Clay Street, South Street, Armory Drive, College Drive and Hunterdale Road. All structures shall be set back at least forty (40) feet from the right-of-way of all other public streets.

Article VII, M-U Mixed Use Planned Unit Development16 standards

The purpose of the Residential Planned Unit development (PUD) zoning district is to provide for the development of planned residential communities that incorporate a variety of housing options and may incorporate certain limited commercial and office uses designed to serve the inhabitants of the PUD.

Article XIII, § 13.1-13.15

The minimum lot area shall be one acre. All structures shall be set back at least 50 feet from the right-of-way of the following streets: Clay Street, South Street, Armory Drive, College Drive and Hunterdale Road. All structures shall be setback at least 40 feet from the right-of-way of all other public streets. The minimum lot frontage shall be 150 feet. The minimum lot width shall be 150 feet. The minimum side yard shall be 20 feet for each yard. The rear yard depth shall be at least 50 feet. The maximum height of structures shall not exceed 80 feet and shall not exceed six stories.

Article XIX, §19.236 standards

In addition to requirements for lot sizes, yards and the height of structures outlined in the articles concerning each district for specific uses and types of uses, there are established specific requirements for modifications to these requirements.

Article XVI, § 16.12 standards

All residential mobile homes shall be located in a mobile home court, which has received a conditional use permit...

Article XVI, § 16.2(a)1 standards

Each lot provided for the occupancy of a single mobile home unit shall have an area of not less than 5,000 square feet and width of not less than 50 feet. No park shall be permitted an average density of mobile home lots of more than eight per acre. Each mobile home court shall provide an area of not less than five acres.

Article XVI, § 16.2(b)1 standards

No mobile home or any structure, addition or appurtenance thereto shall be located less than ten feet from the nearest adjacent lot boundary.

Article XVI, § 16.2(c)1 standards

Space between mobile homes may be used for the parking of motor vehicles if the space is clearly designated and the vehicle is parked at least ten feet from the nearest adjacent lot boundary.

Article XVI, § 16.2(d)2 standards

Each mobile home lot shall abut or face a driveway, roadway or street of not less than 30 feet in width on a fifty-foot right-of-way, which shall have unobstructed access to a public highway, street or alley.

Article XVI, § 16.2(e)2 standards

A mobile home court shall be surrounded by a landscaped strip of open space 50 feet in depth along the street frontage of a primary street and 25 feet in depth along all other lot lines or street frontage.

Article XVI, §16.1-16.28 standards

All residential mobile homes shall be located in a mobile home court, which has received a conditional use permit... Each lot provided for the occupancy of a single mobile home unit shall have an area of not less than 5,000 square feet and width of not less than 50 feet. No park shall be permitted an average density of mobile home lots of more than eight per acre. Each mobile home court shall provide an area of not less than five acres.

Article XVII, §17.1-17.88 standards

Cluster subdivisions shall contain single-family dwellings only. Minimum size 5 acres. Natural buffer areas with a width of at least 35 feet along public streets. Minimum 25% common open space. Side and rear yards may be reduced to zero with easements.

Article XVIII, § 18.1-18.617 standards

Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following standards:

Article XX, §§ 20.1-20.33 standards

The aircraft approach district, when combined with any other district, shall further restrict the use and height of structures. ... Within the aircraft approach district, the maximum height of any building or structure shall not exceed one percent of its distance from the end of a runway. This height restriction shall apply within a distance of 5,000 feet of the end of the runway.

Article XXI, Section 21.3.1.11 standards

In the floodway district, the following uses and activities are permitted, provided that they are in compliance with the provisions of the underlying district and are not prohibited by any other ordinance and provided they do not require structures, fill, or storage of materials and equipment

Article XXI, Section 21.3.1.22 standards

The AE, or AH Zones on the FIRM accompanying the FIS shall be those areas for which one-percent annual chance flood elevations have been provided.

Source documents

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