Harrisonburg
Zoning districts
17 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
3Other
2Industrial
2Residential
10Manufactured Home Park District
- Min lot
- 4,200 sq ft
- Max height
- 15 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
Manufactured Home Subdivision District
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Max height
- 15 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
R-1 Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 7.26 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 10
R-2 Residential District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
Multiple Dwelling Residential District
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
Planned Unit Residential District
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 12
High Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 14
Low Density Mixed Residential Planned Community District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 6 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 16
Medium Density Mixed Residential Planned Community
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Max density
- 15 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 19
Small Lot Residential District
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 12
General provisions
74 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
No request for amendment to this chapter, including the zoning map, or substantially the same request shall be reconsidered within one year of the date acted upon by the city council.
City council may accept proffers pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 15.2-2303 and 15.2-2303.4 whereby a zoning reclassification may be allowed subject to certain conditions proffered by the zoning applicant for the protection of the community...
UR district permits single-family and duplex dwellings by right; special uses include day care, short-term rentals, and certain wireless facilities; area and dimensional regulations referenced but not detailed in excerpt.
The regulations set forth in this article ... are the regulations for the R-P, Residential-Professional Overlay.
wireless telecommunications facilities considered public uses and temporary facilities needed for government-declared emergencies and disasters shall be permitted in all zoning districts at appropriate locations and heights necessary to adequately provide the service. No minimum setback requirements or maximum height regulations shall apply to such facilities
Small cell facilities ... height of such equipment shall not increase the height of the utilized support structure by more than five (5) feet.
Small cell facilities ... height of such equipment shall not increase the height of the utilized support structure by more than five (5) feet.
Applications for wireless telecommunications facilities, including small cell facilities, allowed by right shall be accompanied with one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each facility up to the first five (5) facilities, and fifty dollars ($50.00) for each additional facility on the same application.
For each wireless telecommunications facility, except wireless telecommunications facilities deemed to be an eligible facility in existence prior to the original enactment of this article, the property owner on which a facility is located shall be responsible for ensuring a report is submitted to the zoning administrator once a year, no later than June 30
All required screening, landscaping, camouflaging, concealment mechanisms, and other features shall be maintained, repaired, or replaced.
Any component of a wireless telecommunications facility that is found to be defective or unsafe shall be repaired immediately by the owner or operator to comply with federal, state, and local safety standards or removed within thirty (30) days upon receipt of written notice.
The permissions granted by the Spectrum Act Section 6409 Wireless Facilities Deployment (Section 6409) shall be applicable only to wireless telecommunications facilities deemed to be an eligible facility in existence prior to the original enactment of this article. Modifications shall not substantially change eligible facilities.
Prior to operation, the operator of any homestay or short-term rental shall register the property with the department of community development... Registration fees are twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year.
No sign shall be erected, constructed, placed, altered, or relocated within the city without first obtaining a sign permit from the zoning administrator, except as provided in section 10-3-209.
Except for signs where no permit is required, no sign shall be displayed until a permit has been issued by the department of community development.
The department of community development shall process the sign permit application and within twenty (20) business days after receipt either 1) approve the application or 2) reject the application, and notify the applicant of deficiencies in the application, or reasons for which the permit cannot be approved.
Fees for sign permits shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) up to the first one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of sign value and twenty ($20.00) for each additional one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of sign value or portion thereof based upon the combined value of the sign materials, sign installation, and labor. Government, civic, charitable, and nonprofit organizations are exempt from fee requirements.
If a sign is not installed within six (6) months following the issuance of a sign permit, the permit shall be void. The city may revoke a sign permit under any of the following circumstances: 1) information materially false or misleading; 2) sign as installed does not conform to permit; 3) sign violates Zoning Ordinance, Building Code, or other law.
A temporary sign permit may be applied for with the department of planning and community development and, when approved, must be installed within thirty (30) days, or the permit shall be void. The application for a temporary sign permit shall list the dates the sign is intended to be erected, not exceeding a total of thirty (30) days. A temporary sign permit may be issued to uses up to two (2) times per calendar year.
One (1) square foot of signage is permitted for every one (1) linear foot of street frontage
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