Fredericksburg

Height limits may be exceeded, up to 25% of limit, by bulk storage silos, grain elevators, barns, chimneys, domes, elevator shafts, penthouses, flag poles on buildings, water towers, rooftop dish antennas, solar equipment, skylights, fire escapes or roof access stairways, mechanical equipment required to operate and maintain the building, or similar appurtenances. Spires for religious institutions, bell towers, belfries, and cupolas may exceed by three times the height of the building on which such appurtenance are constructed, up to a maximum height of 199 feet above grade.

Sign area shall be calculated as including the maximum number of faces viewable from any single ground position as follows: ... Freestanding sign height is measured in feet from grade level to the uppermost portion of the structure including architectural features or decorative elements. ... A building-mounted sign shall not exceed: ...

The purpose of Article 72-5 and the various sections and subsections set forth herein is to establish community standards for development in the City...

SITE PLAN, MAJOR: A required submission for development where the land disturbance will be 2,500 square feet or greater...

Heights shall not exceed 80 feet within a PD-MU District.

This chapter applies to the use and development of all land within the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia... Except as stated herein, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to use and development by the Commonwealth of Virginia or the United States government.

Unless otherwise provided for in this chapter, 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...

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.

The fence shall not exceed six feet in height.

The sign is no taller than 25 feet.

All subdivision proposals shall be consistent with the need to minimize flood damage; ...

The following uses of and activities in wetlands are authorized, if otherwise permitted by law: ...

The CBPO standards in this section shall be applied in addition to all other applicable base and overlay zoning district standards.

Lands within the HFD Overlay District shall be subject to the standards in this section... front and side setbacks shall be established by use of the rules for averaging setbacks in § 72-82.4B(2)...

Within any floodway area, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis... that the proposed encroachment will not result in any increase in flood levels...

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... unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect... will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot...

The Approximated Floodplain District shall be that floodplain area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided... For these areas, the base flood elevations and floodway information from federal, state, and other acceptable sources shall be used... When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to or above the base flood level 1.5 feet.