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.
Outdoor display areas shall be limited to no more than one-half of the length of the store front or building side.
Outdoor storage areas shall be located to the side or rear of the principal structure.
Major recreational equipment may be stored in the rear yard within a residential district, provided the equipment is at least 10 feet from all lot lines.
No satellite dish antenna shall be located in a front yard;
The system shall comply with the maximum height standards for the zoning district in which it is located, provided that a roof-mounted system shall not extend more than 15 feet above the roofline of the structure on which it is mounted.
A temporary family health care structure shall be removed within 60 days of the date on which the structure was last occupied
Amateur radio antennas shall not exceed 75 feet above ground level.
Lots including a cemetery shall be a minimum of two acres in size...
Drive-through facilities shall be located at least 100 feet from any detached single-family dwelling or single-family residential zoning district.
Home occupations shall be permitted in any dwelling unit, subject to the approval of the Zoning Administrator and the following:
A maximum of two guest bedrooms shall be offered for short-term rental, with not more than a total of four guests at any one time.
Portable storage containers may be allowed in any residential district for a period not to exceed 90 days in any twelve-month period.
In the Creative Maker District, two-way nonresidential driveways on lots less than 75 feet wide shall be at least 12 feet wide and shall have a maximum width of 24 feet.
Unless otherwise expressly stated in this section or approved through an alternative parking plan, the minimum number of off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with Table 72-53.1C(2), Minimum Off-Street Parking Standards.
Spaces meeting only the dimensional requirements for compact cars may be credited for compliance with up to 10% of the minimum number of parking space standards in this table. Spaces meeting only the dimensional requirements for motorcycles may be credited for compliance with up to 5% of the minimum number of parking space standards in this table.
The Shared Parking Factor Table shall be applied to the number of parking spaces required by Table 72-53.1C(2) when at least two or more functions are present in a development in the C-D, CM, or Planned Development Zoning Districts or where form-based code standards are applied.
Commercial and industrial uses of 1,000 square feet in area or larger listed in Table 72-53.1C(2) shall not exceed 125% of the minimum number of parking spaces required in the table
When computation of the number of required parking spaces results in a fraction, the fraction shall be rounded up to the next whole number.
For single-family detached and duplex dwellings, driveways may be used to satisfy minimum off-street parking standards, provided sufficient space is available to satisfy the standards of this section and this chapter.
All vehicular parking spaces, stacking spaces, internal aisles and other circulation areas, and loading areas required by this section shall be referred to as 'vehicular use area' and shall be used only for their intended purposes. Any other use, including, but not limited to, vehicular storage, vehicle sales, vehicular repair work, vehicle service, or display of any kind, is prohibited.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.