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Municipality · Virginia

Manassas Park

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8
Districts
72
Extracted rules
455
Standards
11
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Zoning districts

8 districts, grouped by category.

Agricultural

1
A-1Agricultural

Agricultural District

Manassas Park, VA

Commercial

3
B-1Commercial

B-1 Neighborhood Business District

Manassas Park, VA
B-2Commercial

B-2 general business district

Manassas Park, VA
Max height
45 ft
Permitted uses
11
B-3Commercial

B-3 Gateway business district

Manassas Park, VA
Min lot
217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
Max height
45 ft
Permitted uses
2

Industrial

2
I-1Industrial

I-1 Industrial district

Manassas Park, VA
Max height
60 ft
Permitted uses
27
I-2Industrial

I-2 Light industrial district

Manassas Park, VA
Min lot
87,120 sq ft (2 ac)
Max height
60 ft
Permitted uses
5

Residential

2
R-1Residential

Single-Family Residential District

Manassas Park, VA
Front setback
20 ft
Permitted uses
4
R-2Residential

Multiple-Family Residential District

Manassas Park, VA
Front setback
20 ft
Permitted uses
4

General provisions

64 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

Sec. 31-31, Sec. 31-33.2(b)2 standards

The maximum fence height may be increased to eight (8) feet in any yard when approved as part of a rezoning or site plan for the PUD Planned Unit Development district or MU-D Downtown Mixed-Use district.

Sec. 31-324 standards

In all districts, accessory uses or structures shall not be located in a front or side yard area, unless specifically provided for elsewhere by the provisions of this chapter.

Sec. 31-325 standards

In all districts, accessory uses or structures shall not be located in a front or side yard area, unless specifically provided for elsewhere by the provisions of this chapter. In residential districts, all accessory structures located in a rear yard shall be located at least two (2) feet from any side or rear lot line. In residential districts, accessory buildings permitted in rear yards shall not occupy a combined total of more than thirty (30) percent of said yard. In nonresidential districts, no setback from side or rear lot lines shall be required, except the minimum side and rear yard adjoining or adjacent to a residential district shall be ten (10) feet. If a garage is entered from an alley, it shall not be closer than five (5) feet to the alley line in any district.

Sec. 31-32(c)3 standards

In any residential district, a home occupation is permitted, provided that the occupation complies with all of the following conditions: No more than one (1) person other than members of the family shall be engaged in such occupations... one (1) sign, not exceeding two (2) square feet, nonilluminated... There shall be no more than two (2) commercial vehicles associated with the home occupation parked at the premises at any time...

Sec. 31-32(d)2 standards

In any district, construction trailers used in conjunction with construction work only may be permitted during the period construction work is in progress, but such temporary facilities shall be removed immediately upon completion of the construction work. In the B-2 and I-1 districts, the temporary use of a mobile home for business purposes during construction of permanent facilities is permitted as a special exception from the board of zoning appeals...

Sec. 31-336 standards

Buffer areas between adjoining incompatible land uses are required in all zoning districts to reduce or eliminate the incompatibility and to promote woodland conservation areas.

Sec. 31-3310 standards

Buffer areas between adjoining incompatible land uses are required in all zoning districts... Buffer widths shall be: Thirty-five (35) feet between residential use and a commercial or industrial building up to and including twenty feet tall... Forty (40) feet between a residential use and a commercial or industrial building that is greater than twenty (20) feet tall... One hundred (100) feet between railroad right-of-way and adjoining property if such adjoining property is zoned, used as or planned for residential or agricultural uses. Twenty (20) percent or more of each lot/parcel in the I-1 zone district shall be landscaped area. Inorganic ground cover (i.e., rock, gravel, mulch, etc.) may not be used on more than five (5) percent of any lot, in any zone district. There shall be landscaped open space within the perimeter of the parking areas, in the minimum amount of eight (8) square feet for each parking space... a landscaped strip ten (10) feet in width shall be located between the parking area and the abutting property lines... At least one (1) tree for each fifty (50) feet shall be planted in said landscaped strip. Screening shall be permanent and shall consist of a six-foot-high fence...

Sec. 31-33(j)(3)1 standards

On property zoned to the PF zoning district that is adjacent to property zoned to the R-1, R-2, PUD residential, or the residential component of property zoned to the M/U zoning district, screening shall be provided to the extent that the planning director determines is necessary to mitigate the impact of an incompatible or dissimilar use or function that would otherwise have a negative impact on the adjoining property.

Sec. 31-33.12 standards

All outdoor light fixtures located in nonresidential zoning districts shall be designed and shielded so that illumination or glare from such fixtures which falls on the side or rear yard of any adjacent property occupied and zoned for residential purposes does not exceed five tenths (0.5) foot-candles.

Sec. 31-33.13 standards

All outdoor light fixtures located in nonresidential zoning districts shall be designed and shielded so that illumination or glare from such fixtures which falls on the side or rear yard of any adjacent property occupied and zoned for residential purposes does not exceed five tenths (0.5) foot-candles. All outdoor lighting located in a nonresidential zoning district in Manassas Park shall be designed, located and mounted at heights no greater than: Eighteen (18) feet above grade for nondirectional lights; or Thirty-five (35) feet above grade for directional lights.

Sec. 31-33.21 standards

The owner of any real property in the city may petition the governing body to waive or modify one (1) or more development standards of this chapter, provided such petition conforms to the following requirements:

Sec. 31-33.31 standards

Where permitted in a particular zoning district, a self-storage center shall meet the following standards:

Sec. 31-33.33 standards

The minimum lot size for a self-storage center shall be one (1) acre. The maximum size for any individual storage unit shall be four hundred (400) square feet of floor area. The height of any individual storage unit, from floor to ceiling, shall not exceed ten (10) feet.

Sec. 31-342 standards

The Governing Body of the City of Manassas Park has determined that it is in the best interests of the city and its citizens to regulate the installation of wireless communications infrastructure within the city, as provided in this section 31-34.

Sec. 31-341 standards

The installation or construction of a new structure that is not more than fifty (50) feet above ground level, provided that the structure with attached wireless facilities is (i) not more than ten (10) feet above the tallest existing utility pole located within five hundred (500) feet of the new structure within the same public right-of-way or within the existing line of utility poles; (ii) not located within the boundaries of a local, state, or federal historic district; and (iii) designed to support small cell facilities; or (2) The co-location on any existing structure of a wireless facility that is not a small cell facility.

Sec. 31-45(c)5 standards

The following districts and individual residential rental dwelling units have been duly designated as residential rental districts ... all dwelling units in the city west of Euclid Avenue with the exclusion of Moseby Court.

Sec. 31-465 standards

Any violation of the following provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a civil infraction and shall be punishable by a civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first violation and one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for each additional violation thereafter for the same offense.

Sec. 31-581 standards

Refer to the appropriate zoning district in article IV, 'District Regulations,' for specific regulations governing each use.

Sec. 31-63 standards

Parking space, off-street: ... having an area of not less than one hundred sixty-two (162) square feet and dimensions of at least nine (9) feet by eighteen (18) feet...

Sec. 31-6. - Definitions.7 standards

Parking space, off-street: ... having an area of not less than one hundred sixty-two (162) square feet and dimensions of at least nine (9) feet by eighteen (18) feet...

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.