Manassas Park
Zoning districts
8 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
3Industrial
2General provisions
64 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Site plans for certain uses of land shall be submitted to and received by the zoning administrator. Site plans shall be prepared to a scale of not more than one inch equals one hundred feet (1" = 100').
Notice requirements, conditional use permit procedures, and temporary use regulations including sign posting, notification radii, permit durations, and application deadlines.
Temporary uses: outdoor or sidewalk sales may only be permitted for no more than four (4) consecutive days and nor more than four (4) times per year on any particular property. Such sales may only take place in the B-1, B-2, I-1, MU and PUD (retail area) zoning districts.
(f) FW Floodway district: ... (g) Use regulations: ... (h) Permitted uses: ... (i) Uses permitted by special exception: ... (j) Prohibited uses: ...
(k) FF Flood fringe and AF approximated floodplain districts: ... (l) Use regulations: ...
(k) FF Flood fringe and AF approximated floodplain districts: ... (l) Use regulations: ...
Special exceptions and/or variances shall only be issued after the board of zoning appeals has determined that the granting of such will not result in unacceptable or prohibited increases in flood heights; ... Existing structures and/or uses located in any floodway district shall not be expanded or enlarged, unless the effect ...
No building or land shall hereafter be used... unless in conformity with the regulations as set forth in this chapter. Every building shall be located on a lot of record and in no case shall there be more than one (1) main building on one (1) lot unless otherwise provided.
No building or land shall hereafter be used, and no building or part thereof shall be erected, reconstructed, converted, enlarged, moved, or structurally altered unless in conformity with the regulations as set forth in this chapter.
Permitted uses: Any use in R-1, R-2, B-2. Conditional uses: any conditional from those districts except satellite wagering, plus indoor recreation. Area: minimum 5 acres. Coverage: max 70% impervious. Height: max 58 ft.
PUD Planned Unit Development. (b) Permitted uses: ... (e) Area regulations: minimum area 5 acres. (g) Coverage: max 70% impervious. (j) Height: max 58 ft.
Permitted uses: mix of multi-family residential, office, commercial. Residential component max 75% floor area unless waiver. Coverage: max 75% impervious. Height: min 40 ft. Signage: no pole signs, max height 12 ft, max sign face 50 sq ft.
Development within this district may contain a mix of multi-family residential, office, and commercial land uses; provided, however, that the residential component of any development cannot comprise more than seventy-five (75) percent of the development's total floor area unless a waiver has been approved in accordance with section 31-33.2.
Permitted uses: governmental structures, public educational, libraries, auditoriums, athletic facilities, parks, historical areas, transportation, public utility structures, stormwater, water/sewer, undeveloped land. Conditional: recycling, freestanding antennae.
The intent of this district is to provide for the appropriate location and development of public uses that serve the cultural, governmental, educational, recreational and public service needs of the community.
The various floodplain districts shall include the special flood hazard areas.
In floodway districts: No development shall be permitted except where the effect of such development on flood heights is fully offset by accompanying improvements which have been approved by all appropriate local and/or state authorities as required above.
The development and/or use of land shall be permitted in accordance with the regulations of the underlying district provided that all such uses, activities, and/or development shall be undertaken in strict compliance with the floodproofing and related provisions contained in the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code and all other applicable codes and ordinances.
Within the Approximated Floodplain District, proposals for all new subdivisions, manufactured home parks/subdivisions (greater than fifty (50) lots or five (5) acres, whichever is lesser), shall include base flood elevation data.
Any lawful use, building, or structure existing at the time of adoption... may be continued... No such nonconforming use or structure shall be enlarged... If any such nonconforming use or structure ceases for any reason for a period of more than two (2) years...
Source documents
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