Fredericksburg
Zoning districts
9 districts, grouped by category.
Industrial
2Residential
6Residential District
- Front setback
- 125 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
R-4 Residential District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 4 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 1
R-8 Residential District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 2
General provisions
276 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Refuse collection areas standards, including location and configuration.
Exterior lighting standards, including shielding, height, and illumination limits.
Signage standards, including exempted signs, prohibited signs, and design standards.
Freestanding signs shall be set back a distance no less than half their height from any property or right-of-way line. ... The illumination of signs within 300 feet of and visible from residential districts or PD-R shall be turned off at 10:00 p.m. ...
In PD-C districts of at least 150 acres, PD-C development projects will be permitted the following signs: ...
In PD-MU and PD-MC districts of at least 20 acres, development projects will be permitted the following signs: ...
In PD-MU and PD-MC districts of at least 20 acres, development projects will be permitted the following signs: ...
may lawfully be continued, only so long as: ... The existing use is not discontinued for more than two years
The location of the new structures may vary from the existing locations by up to 60 feet longitudinally, so long as the new structures are located within existing easements.
A nonconforming use shall not be expanded or extended into any other portion of the structure which was not occupied by the nonconforming use as of October 8, 2013.
Minor alterations ... shall not increase the gross floor area of any nonconforming building or structure.
may repair, rebuild, or replace without the need to obtain a variance, provided such restoration ... is completed within two years of the date of the casualty.
Nonconforming signs may be changed, altered, repaired, restored, replaced, relocated or expanded only so long as the signs are not structurally altered or the surface area of the sign is not increased.
A lawful, nonconforming lot may be used, provided that: ... Requirements for minimum yard setbacks and maximum height are met.
Expansions in any continuous five-year period, which result in a 50% or less increase in the gross square footage ... require that a corresponding percentage of the off-street parking, landscaping, perimeter buffer, screening, public frontage elements, private frontage elements, and stormwater management standards ... be installed or upgraded.
Regardless of the setbacks applied in a district, no structure except a fence shall be permitted within the required sight triangle. ... Required yard setbacks shall not apply to uncovered terraces, uncovered patios and unroofed porches not more than 30 inches above existing grade in residential zoning districts or 15 inches in nonresidential and mixed-use zoning districts.
The following structures and features are permitted to project into a required yard setback, in all zoning districts, to the distances stated: ...
Air-conditioning/heating equipment and emergency electricity generation equipment... may project into a required side or rear yard setback, but not nearer to any lot line than three feet.
Air-conditioning/heating equipment and emergency electricity generation equipment... may project into a required side or rear yard setback, but not nearer to any lot line than three feet.
Air-conditioning/heating equipment and emergency electricity generation equipment... may project into a required side or rear yard setback, but not nearer to any lot line than three feet.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.