Haymarket
Zoning districts
6 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
2Other
1General provisions
180 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Lot. A parcel of land intended to be separately owned, developed, or otherwise used as a unit, established by plat, subdivisions, or as otherwise permitted by law.
Loading Space, Off-Street. Space for bulk pick-ups and deliveries, scaled to delivery vehicles expected to be used, and accessible to such vehicles when required off-street parking spaces are filled.
Light Pollution. Any adverse effect of man-made light including sky glow, glare, light trespass, light clutter, and decreased visibility at night.
Light Trespass. Light sources casting excessive light upon adjacent property or upon a public right-of-way, also called light spillover.
Liquor. Any alcoholic beverage other than beer, wine, or cider, as those terms are defined in Virginia Code §§ 4.1-100 and 4.1-213.
Marijuana Establishment. Means a marijuana cultivation facility, a marijuana testing facility, a marijuana manufacturing facility, a marijuana wholesaler, or a retail marijuana store as defined in state law.
Manufacture and/or Manufacturing. The processing and/or converting of raw, unfinished materials, or products, or either of them, into articles or substances of different character, or for use for a different purpose.
Manufactured Building. Also referred to as an industrialized building; any structure, or component thereof which is wholly, or in substantial part made, fabricated, formed, or assembled in manufacturing facilities for installation, or assembly and installation on a building site; which has been manufactured in such a manner that all parts, or processes cannot be inspected at the installation site without disassembly, damage, or destruction thereof.
Manufactured Home
Accessory dwelling unit. A separate, independent dwelling unit located on the same property as the primary dwelling unit...
Maximum length of blocks shall be 1,200 feet, and the minimum length of blocks upon which lots have frontage shall be 500 feet.
Accessory Apartment | P | P | P | P | | | |
Dwelling, Multifamily | | | P | S | P | | | |
No building, structure or sign shall be erected, reconstructed, altered, or restored within the Historic Haymarket Overlay, unless and until a complete application for a certificate of appropriateness shall have been approved by the board.
The purpose of this section is to regulate nonconforming uses, lots, and structures in a manner consistent with sound planning and zoning principles.
Plat notation of the requirement to retain an undisturbed and vegetated 100-foot-wide buffer area; Plat notation of the requirement to show RPA and RMA boundaries; Plat notation regarding the requirement that on-site septic systems be pumped-out every five years; Plat notation regarding the requirement for 100 percent reserve drain field sites; Plat notation that specifies permitted development in the RPA is limited to water dependent facilities or redevelopment; The requirement that the delineation of the buildable area be shown on all submitted site plans.
Building design and construction material shall be approved by the Architectural Review Board.
Parking Space, Compact: A space for parking one passenger automobile that is 16 feet long and eight feet wide and is marked 'Compact car.' Parking Space, Normal: A space for parking one passenger automobile that is 18 feet in length and nine feet in width.
Site plan, major: A major site plan is a required submission for development where the land disturbance will be 2,500 square feet or greater, increase of gross floor area is 1,000 square feet or more, or outside agency review is required... Site plan, minor: ... land disturbance will be less than 2,500 square feet, increase of gross floor area is below 1,000 square feet, no outside agency review is required...
Subdivision, major: Any subdivision which involves four or more lots, or which involves the creation of any new public street, regardless of the number of lots involved. Subdivision, minor: Any subdivision which involves three or fewer lots, all of which front on an existing dedicated and accepted public street and which does not require the creation of any new public street.
Source documents
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