Madison
Zoning districts
8 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
1Industrial
2Residential
3Residential, Limited R-1
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 12
Residential, General District R-2
- Min lot
- 32,670 sq ft (0.75 ac)
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 150 ft
- Max density
- 6 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 15
Residential Multiple Family District
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 60 ft
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 6
General provisions
72 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The minimum lot area for event venue use shall be ten acres in A1 (General Agriculture) zoning district and ten acres in the C1 (Conservation) zoning district. ... A minimum of 50 percent of the site shall remain as open space. ... No new building shall exceed 48 feet (four stories) in height
The minimum lot area for event venue use shall be ten acres in A1 (General Agriculture) zoning district and ten acres in the C1 (Conservation) zoning district.
The minimum lot area for event venue use shall be ten acres in A1 (General Agriculture) zoning district and ten acres in the C1 (Conservation) zoning district.
Each lot shall have one approved drainfield area and one approved reserve drainfield area. The approved drainfield area and the approved reserve drainfield area shall have a minimum area of 10,000 square feet
If a subdivision contains 15 or more lots, the developer shall provide a public water and sewer system to serve said lots.
Each lot shall have one approved drainfield area and one approved reserve drainfield area. The approved drainfield area and the approved reserve drainfield area shall have a minimum area of 10,000 square feet; ... If a subdivision contains 15 or more lots, the developer shall provide a public water and sewer system to serve said lots.
There are three types of special use permits: (1) temporary (2 year); (2) temporary (5 year); and (3) indefinite.
If construction has not commenced within a period of one year, unless same is extended as set forth above, such permit shall terminate. If a temporary special use is not performed for one year (365 days continuously not performed) or if an indefinite permitted use is not performed for two years (730 days continuously not performed), the use is considered abandoned and the special use permit shall terminate.
There shall be provided at the time of erection of any main building or at the time any main building is enlarged, or for outdoor event venues, minimum off-street parking space with adequate provisions for entrance and exit by standard sized automobile.
Two hundred square feet (ten feet by 20 feet) of lot or floor area shall be deemed parking space for one vehicle... Aisles for two-way drives (90-degree parking) shall be at least 22 feet wide and for angle parking, one way, at least 16 feet in width.
In all residential districts there shall be provided in a private garage or on the lot, space for the parking of two automobiles for each family dwelling unit in a new building, or each family dwelling unit added in the case of the enlargement of an existing building, except a multiple-family dwelling used as housing for older persons shall have space for the parking of one automobile for each bedroom located therein.
Hotels and motels shall provide on the lot, parking space for one automobile for each guest room... For retail stores selling direct to the public, one parking space for each 150 square feet of retail floor space.
A site plan shall be prepared, signed and sealed by a professional architect, engineer, land surveyor or certified landscape architect licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
A site plan approved in accordance with this ordinance shall be required for every development, as that term is defined herein.
Within any floodway area, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis... that the proposed encroachment will not result in any increase in flood levels within the community during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.
Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as AE on the FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development... will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot.
For these areas, the base flood elevations and floodway information from federal, state, and other acceptable sources shall be used... When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to no less than one (1) foot above the base flood level.
The Floodplain Districts described above shall be overlays to the existing underlying districts... If there is any conflict between the provisions or requirements of the Floodplain Districts and those of any underlying district, the more restrictive provisions and/or those pertaining to the floodplain districts shall apply.
If at the time of enactment or subsequent amendment of this ordinance, any legal activity which is being pursued, or any lot or structure legally utilized in a manner or for a purpose which does not conform to the provisions of this ordinance, such manner of use or purpose may be continued as herein provided.
An RV (Recreational Vehicle) used solely for temporary emergency housing may be placed and used in zoning districts where single-family dwellings are permitted at the site of the destroyed or damaged dwelling upon issuance of a temporary zoning permit by the zoning department
Source documents
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