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.
The Old and Historic Fredericksburg District (HFD) is established for the purpose of promoting the general welfare, education, and recreational benefit of the public through the recognition of this area of the City as having historic, architectural, and cultural significance.
These provisions shall apply to all privately and publicly owned lands within the jurisdiction of the City of Fredericksburg and identified as areas of special flood shown on the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) or included in the flood insurance study (FIS).
The Gateway Corridor Overlay (GCO) District is hereby created to provide additional architectural and site requirements for development and redevelopment along key highways and roads...
The Fall Hill Avenue Corridor Subdistrict shall include all lands beginning at the intersection of Fall Hill Avenue and Riverside Drive and running along Fall Hill Avenue in a westerly direction to its intersection with Interstate Route 95. The district shall extend back on each side of Fall Hill Avenue a distance of 500 feet...
Development on parcels within the Cowan Boulevard and Fall Hill Avenue Corridor Subdistricts shall comply with the following: ...
The Princess Anne Street Corridor Subdistrict shall include all lands beginning at the intersection of Pelham Street and Princess Anne Street and running along Princess Anne Street in a southerly direction to its intersection with Fauquier Street, excluding any properties within the Creative Maker District.
The Lafayette Boulevard Corridor Subdistrict shall include all lands beginning at the intersection of Lafayette Boulevard and Prince Edward Street and running along Lafayette Boulevard in a westerly direction to the City/county line.
Where permitted land, buildings, and structures used for commercial uses are allowed within a residential zoning district, they shall comply with the following design standards...
Where permitted land, buildings, and structures used for commercial uses are allowed within a residential zoning district, they shall comply with the following design standards...
The Special Tourism and Events Overlay (STEO) District is hereby created to provide modified parking and development standards to promote public safety...
All lands located within the STEO as designated on the Official Zoning Map shall be subject to the standards provided for in the Unified Development Ordinance.
The technology overlay district (TOD) is hereby created for the purpose of promoting the development of technology centers in areas of the City where existing or new infrastructure could adequately support uses described herein.
Dwellings, duplex. Duplex dwellings shall comply with the following standards:
Every mobile home site shall be provided with a mobile home stand designed to provide adequate loadbearing support.
Development within R-MH districts shall require site plan approval as set forth in Article 72-5 of this chapter.
Multifamily uses shall comply with the following requirements:
Convention center (new). Convention centers shall comply with the following standards:
Convention centers shall comply with the following standards:
Child-care centers, including preschools, required to be licensed as a child care center by the state, shall comply with all state regulations for child-care centers as well as the following standards:
A heliport shall comply with the following standards:
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.