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.
Where fractional results occur, the parking spaces required shall be construed to the next whole number.
All off-street vehicle parking spaces for handicapped persons shall conform with the most recent American Disabilities Act regulations.
Every building or structure used for business, trade or industry shall provide appropriate space for the loading and unloading of vehicles on private property
Parking lots shall be separated from public street right-of-way lines by a landscaping border not less than ten (10) feet in width.
MX-U Mixed Use Planned Community District.
U-R Urban Residential District.
R-P Residential-Professional District.
The regulations set forth in this article or set forth elsewhere in this chapter when referred to in this article are the 'MX-U' Mixed Use Planned Community District Regulations.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts as shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply: (1) Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the centerlines of streets or highways or railroad right-of-way lines, such lines extended shall be construed to be boundaries.
Any territory hereafter annexed by the City of Harrisonburg, shall continue to be subject to the county district classifications and regulations as such territory was subject at the time of annexation until otherwise changed by ordinance. If no district classifications and regulations existed at the time of annexation, such territory shall be considered as being in the R-1 single-family residential district until otherwise changed by ordinance.
Building permits required; certificate of occupancy required; no more than one dwelling per lot; no lot reduction; civil penalties for short-term rental and sign violations.
Each terminus of a parking bay, unless adjacent to a landscaping border, shall have a landscaping island. A single row parking bay shall have an island with a minimum of one hundred forty (140) square feet.
Signs not exceeding four (4) square feet in area displayed on a parcel for the purpose of identifying a benefit offprint or similar community facility, provided only one (1) such sign is displayed per street frontage;
Signs not exceeding four (4) square feet in area displayed on a parcel for the purpose of identifying a photography studio or similar creative service, provided only one (1) such sign is displayed per street frontage;
Source documents
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