Fredericksburg

The following structures and uses, when located in the public rights-of-way, shall be exempt from the regulations of this chapter: streetlights; traffic signalization equipment...

The following structures shall be exempt from the minimum yard requirements set forth in this chapter: telephone booths and pedestals, underground utility equipment, mailboxes, bus shelters, streetlights, public bus shelters...

If a provision of this chapter is inconsistent with another provision of this chapter, or with a provision found in other adopted codes or ordinances of the City, the more restrictive provision shall govern.

Any proposed conversion condominium, and the use thereof, which does not conform to the requirements of this chapter shall secure a special use permit or variance, as may be applicable, prior to such property becoming a conversion condominium.

If any use, building, structure, lot, sign, or other site feature lawfully existed on October 8, 2013, but does not fully comply with the standards of this chapter, then that use, building, structure, lot, sign or site feature shall be considered nonconforming under this chapter and shall be governed by the provisions of Article 72-6, Nonconformities.

Notice of a public hearing before the Board of Zoning Appeals, Planning Commission, or City Council shall be posted for any application or transaction affecting 25 parcels of land or fewer, as follows: The sign shall be posted at least five days before the public hearing... The relevant administrative staff shall post each public hearing notice on the City's official website at least 14 days prior to the public hearing.

The fence shall not exceed six feet in height.

The sign is no taller than 25 feet.

No principal or accessory building or structure shall be erected or reconstructed within the HFD, unless approved by the ARB as being architecturally compatible with the historic landmarks, buildings, or structures located therein.

A certificate of appropriateness is required for new construction, alterations of existing structures, demolitions/removal/relocation of structures, or a sign in the HFD.

The Gateway Corridor Overlay Districts require architectural and site design review for development and redevelopment of properties along designated entryways leading into the City's central business/historic district.

Segments of the following roadways are within corridor overlay zoning districts: Cowan Boulevard, Fall Hill Avenue, Lafayette Boulevard, and Princess Anne Street.

The Zoning Administrator is hereby authorized to grant a modification of any zoning regulation relating to physical requirements on a lot or parcel of land... However, this authority shall not extend to enlarging or reducing any average setback calculated under § 72-82.4B(2).

The modification to the regulation does not exceed 10% for residential districts and 5% in commercial, industrial, and planned development districts.

The Zoning Administrator is authorized to grant minor expansions of nonconforming uses for reasonable continued use of a property.

The sum total of all such structures or additions shall not exceed the greater of: 500 square feet of gross floor area, or 5% of the existing gross floor area (up to a maximum of 2,500 square feet of gross floor area)

The Zoning Administrator is authorized to grant a continuation or replacement of a more restrictive nonconforming uses for reasonable continued use of a property.

This article shall not preclude different owners of adjacent parcels from entering into a valid and enforceable boundary line agreement with one another so long as such agreement is only used to resolve a bona fide property line dispute, the boundary adjustment does not move by more than 250 feet from the center of the current platted line or alter either parcel's resultant acreage by more than 5% of the smaller parcel size

Subdivisions in single-family attached and multifamily residential, commercial, and industrial developments in the R-8, R-12, R-16, R30, C-SC, C-H, I-1, I-2, PD-R, PD-C, PD-MU, and PD-MC Districts may provide for private streets within private ingress/egress easements.

Subdivisions in single-family attached and multifamily residential, commercial, and industrial developments in the R-8, R-12, R-16, R30, C-SC, C-H, I-1, I-2, PD-R, PD-C, PD-MU, and PD-MC Districts may provide for private streets within private ingress/egress easements.