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.
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.
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.
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.
Site plans shall take one of the following two formats: minor site plan, or major site plan. Minor site plans are required for use changes where the land disturbance will be less than 2,500 square feet.
Site plan approval shall be required for the following: (a) Single-family detached, single-family attached, and duplex dwellings and their related uses and structures on a vacant lot.
A residential lot grading plan shall be required prior to issuance of a building permit for any of the following: (a) Construction of a single-family detached, single-family attached, or duplex dwelling and its related uses and structures on a vacant lot. (b) Construction of an addition to a single-family detached dwelling and any accessory structure where 2,500 square feet of land or more will be disturbed thereby.
The required guarantee shall be provided in the following total amount: (a) The total estimated cost of construction... plus (b) An additional 10%... plus (c) An additional 25% of the total estimated cost of erosion and sediment control measures.
As a condition to the approval of a final subdivision plat, site plan, grading permit or building permit, the owner or developer shall be required to guarantee completion of the public and other site-related improvements associated with the development.
The Residential-Mobile Home (R-MH) District is established to provide for the location of mobile homes in mobile home parks and to allow other selected uses which are compatible with the unique residential character of the district.
The Commercial/Office-transitional (C-T) District is established to provide for the location of predominantly nonresidential commercial uses in a low-intensity manner such that they can be employed as transitional land uses between residential neighborhoods and higher-intensity uses.
The Commercial-Downtown (C-D) District is established to promote harmonious development, redevelopment, and rehabilitation of uses in the commercial areas of the Old and Historic Fredericksburg (HFD) Overlay District.
The Commercial-Shopping Center (C-SC) District is established to provide locations for community and neighborhood retail commercial and service uses in planned shopping centers.
The Commercial-Highway (C-H) District is established to provide locations on heavily traveled collector and arterial highways for those commercial and service uses which are oriented to the automobile.
The Planned Development-Residential (PD-R) District is established to encourage innovative and creative design, to facilitate use of the most advantageous construction techniques, and to protect watercourses, stream valleys, forest cover in watersheds, and areas with scenic vistas.
The Planned Development-Commercial (PD-C) District is established to provide locations for a full range of retail commercial and service uses which are oriented to serve a regional market area.
The Planned Development Mixed-Use District is established to promote areas appropriate for office, retail, and residential uses, designed in a unified and cohesive manner in order to create an attractive environment in which to live, work and recreate.
The minimum district size for any PD-MC District is 60 acres.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.