Martinsville

Any use not specifically permitted in a specified district or districts as a by right use or a special permit use shall be prohibited.

This definition does not apply to internet auctions which are prohibited in all city zoning districts. ... All electronic game rooms are prohibited in the city. ... No shipping containers, trailers, manufactured or mobile homes, vehicle bodies or similar containers shall be classified as accessory structures.

Accessory structures may only be located within a rear yard. No accessory structure other than garages and accessory residential dwelling units shall exceed twenty-four (24) feet in height.

Cornices, awnings, eaves, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ramps, gutters, and other similar structural overhangs at least eight (8) feet above grade may extend not more than three (3) feet into any required yard.

No home occupation shall be permitted which comprises more than twenty-five (25) percent of the gross floor area of the dwelling or more than eight hundred (800) square feet of the dwelling, whichever is less.

No telecommunication tower(s) shall be located within five hundred (500) feet of a residential zoning district unless the applicant can otherwise demonstrate by providing coverage, interference and capacity analysis.

It shall be unlawful for any person to hold more than two (2) yard/garage sales in a calendar year. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a yard/garage sale lasting longer than three (3) consecutive days.

There shall be twenty-five (25) square feet of indoor space available per child until subdivisions 1 and 2 of this subsection take effect. Effective June 1, 2008, applicants must have thirty-five (35) square feet of indoor wall-to-wall space per child.

Short-term rental of a portion or all of a residential dwelling or a qualifying accessory residential unit shall be permitted by-right in any residential or mixed-use zoning district in the city.

Subject to the requirements of section III.N. of this ordinance, short-term rental of residential dwelling units shall be permitted as a by-right use in any residential or mixed-use zoning district in the city.

Where applicable, the city shall require submission and approval of a site plan and a public improvements plan prior to the issuance of zoning permits and building permits or the approval of a final subdivision plat to ensure the compliance with regulations contained in the zoning ordinance.

A final site plan for land development activities is required for projects involving the following: 1. Uses in any commercial, business, mixed-use or TND zoning district. 2. Uses in any economic development (industrial) zoning district. 3. Non-residential uses within any residential zoning district. 4. Attached or multifamily residential uses within any zoning district. 5. Uses requiring a special use permit in any district. 6. Enlargement of a building which results in changes in onsite parking requirements, provided that such enlargement exceeds twenty-five (25) percent of the gross floor area of the original building or two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet, whichever is less. 7. Uses and facilities which impact wetlands or designated streams and waterways. 8. Installation, extension or change of a public water or sewer main or other public infrastructure requiring a public right-of-way or dedicated easement to the city. 9. Parking lots intended for either commercial or public use in a residential, commercial or economic development zoning district. 10. Installation or change of a public water or sewer pump facility. 11. Installation or change of a public water storage facility. 12. Installation or change of a public water or sewer treatment facility or installation or change of a private sewer treatment or pretreatment facility. 13. Construction of a new street or extension of an existing street and related infrastructure. 14. Development of a road or street lying within a previously platted public right-of-way or easement. 15. Construction of a private commercial or industrial road entrance or intersection with an existing or proposed public street. 16. Construction of a retaining wall that abuts or is adjacent to a public right-of-way, private street, or alley. 17. Any disturbed areas greater than five thousand (5,000) square feet in total land area, except single family detached dwellings and other uses that are exempted by erosion and sediment control regulations. 18. Enlargement of a parking lot in a residential, commercial or economic development zoning district, increasing parking spaces by more than ten (10) spaces. 19. Any development in a residential, commercial or economic development zoning district in which any required off-street parking space requiring more than ten (10) parking spaces which is to be used by more than one establishment.

All development in all zoning districts must have direct access to public dedicated streets or highways. ... Where traffic generated from any development exceeds one thousand (1,000) vehicle trips per day, or when a residential subdivision contains one hundred (100) or more dwelling units (whichever is less), such development or subdivision shall provide connectors to any existing public road at two (2) locations. ... Curb and gutter shall be required for all new public and private streets in all developments and all districts, with the exception of the R-E District.

For all residential, institutional and commercial uses, other than single family homes, required off-street parking, access, and loading spaces shall be constructed of a permanent, stabilized, dust free surface such as concrete or asphalt, with curb and gutter, or of alternative design and materials as approved by both the zoning administrator and city engineer. ... Curb and gutter shall be required on all new private travelways, private streets, and travelways, loading areas and parking lots within a lot which serves twenty (20) or more vehicles, provided that storm drainage can be adequately accommodated. ... Parking lots shall be adequately illuminated during non-daylight hours to provide use comfort and safety, unless otherwise waived by the zoning administrator. Lighting shall be designed, shielded, and otherwise arranged to direct light and glare away from abutting properties and adjacent rights-of-way.

Sidewalks within public rights-of-way shall be required on all new public streets or other areas of a site where in keeping with the comprehensive plan and other city public improvements plans. Sidewalks shall be constructed of concrete and otherwise in accord with the city's adopted design and construction standards, except in cases where other materials, including brick, asphalt, or other materials, may be approved by the planning commission based on its suitability to its environs and natural setting.

Onsite storm drainage and stormwater management structures shall be constructed in concert with all site development activities and post-development runoff volumes and velocities shall not exceed pre-development levels.

Final approval of any site plan (with the exception of erosion and sediment control plans) submitted under the provisions of this ordinance shall expire five (5) years after the date of such approval in accordance with the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, thereafter requiring re-submittal for approval.

The sheet size shall be no larger than twenty-four (24) inches by thirty-six (36) inches in size, or other sheet size pursuant to the approval of the zoning administrator prior to submission. The minimum scale of any site plan shall be one inch = thirty (30) feet. All site plans shall be prepared on a current base map which depicts existing topography with contour intervals of two (2) feet or less, extending a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet minimum beyond property lines.

The R-E, Estate Residential District (formerly and replacing the R-16) is intended to preserve existing, stable low-density residential areas

No telecommunication tower(s) shall be located within five hundred (500) feet of a residential zoning district unless the applicant can otherwise demonstrate...