Norfolk
Zoning districts
82 districts, grouped by category.
Overlay
21Air Installation Compatibility Use Zone Overlay
APZ 1
APZ 2
Airport Safety Overlay
Best Square Sign Overlay District
Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Overlay
Coastal Resilience Overlay
Clear Zone
Flood Plain / Coastal Hazard Overlay
Historic Overlay
Institutional Residential Impact Overlay District
Medical Center Sign Overlay District
Noise Zone Overlay
Neighborhood Resilience Overlay (Huntersville)
- Min lot
- 2,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
Pedestrian Commercial Overlay
Sign Overlay District (Christian Fellowship Church)
Localized Sign Overlay District for Town Point
Town Point Park Sign Overlay District
Upland Resilience Overlay
West Freemason Area Development Transition Overlay
- Max height
- 90 ft
Wells Theater Localized Sign Overlay District
Commercial
6Business and Commerce Park - Industrial
Business and Commerce Park - Office
Community Commercial
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 60 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 60
Neighborhood Commercial
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 41
Regional Commercial
- Min lot
- 30,000 sq ft (0.69 ac)
- Max height
- 60 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 59
Ghent Square Overlay District
Residential
18Broad Creek Refresh Overlay
Huntersville Neighborhood Resilience Overlay
Multi-Family - Apartment Complex
- Min lot
- 8,000 sq ft
- Permitted uses
- 21
Multi-Family - High Rise
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 18 ft
- Permitted uses
- 26
Multi-Family - Neighborhood-Scale
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 9 ft
- Permitted uses
- 24
The Pointe at Pickett Farms
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
Edward Street Residential Planned Development District
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
Picadilly Mews Residential Siting Overlay District
- Front setback
- 20 ft
Norfolk Historic Landmark
Residential - Coastal
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 25
Single-Family Residential
- Front setback
- 25 ft
Single Family 10
- Min lot
- 7,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
Single Family 2
- Min lot
- 25,000 sq ft (0.57 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 15
Single Family 4
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 22
Single Family 6
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
Single Family - Traditional
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
Suburban Character District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 18 ft
Traditional Character District
Mixed use
18Commercial Mixed District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 60 ft
Coastal Character District
Coastal character district
Downtown - Arts and Design
Downtown - Business Center
Downtown - Fort Norfolk
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
Downtown - Mixed-Use
Downtown - Saint Paul’s
Downtown - Waterfront
Downtown Character District
- Max height
- 60 ft
East Beach Harbor
Granby/Monticello Corridor Mixed-Use
- Max height
- 65 ft
- Permitted uses
- 50
Monarch Way
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 48
Taylor's Landing Planned Development
- Max height
- 90 ft
- Permitted uses
- 26
Suburban Character District
Traditional Character District
Transit-Oriented Development Core District
- Max height
- 80 ft
- Permitted uses
- 47
TOD-S
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Permitted uses
- 47
Other
14Coastal Character District
Coastal Character District
Downtown Character District
Historic Landmark Designation
Institutional
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 39
Institutional - Campus
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 53
Military Installation
Open Space and Preservation
Planned Development – Broad Creek Renaissance District
- Min lot
- 2,875 sq ft
- Max height
- 10 ft
- Front setback
- 12 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
Suburban Character District
Transit-Oriented Development
Traditional Character District
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Max density
- 36 du/ac
Industrial
4Industrial - Deep Water
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 29
Industrial - General
- Min lot
- 30,000 sq ft (0.69 ac)
- Max height
- 65 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 44
Limited Industrial
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
Industrial - Waterfront
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 29
General provisions
356 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Lot Area, min. (sf.) 30,000; Lot Width, min. (ft.) 125; Front Yard Setback, min. (ft.) 10; Side Yard Setback, min. (ft.) 10; Corner Side Yard Setback, min. (ft.) 10; Rear Yard Setback, min. (ft.) 10; Building Height, max. (ft.) 60
A 100-foot landscape buffer shall be maintained adjacent to all freshwater lakes except for the following uses: Outside eating and gathering areas or plazas; and Pedestrian circulation systems and bridges. A minimum 4-foot high visual buffer landscaped screen, berm, or a combination of the two shall be required and maintained along any side of a surface parking area that abuts a public right-of-way. No parking, loading, or storage shall be located within any required yard.
In the HC-G1, HC-G2, and HC-G3 districts, 1 parking space per dwelling unit shall be required. ... A minimum of 50 percent of the total area of the ground floor of a façade facing a public street shall be transparent.
In the HC-G1, HC-G2, and HC-G3 districts, 1 parking space per dwelling unit shall be required. ... A minimum of 50 percent of the total area of the ground floor of a façade facing a public street shall be transparent.
In the HC-G1, HC-G2, HC-G3, HC-WF1, and HC-WF2 districts, height requirements may be exceeded after first receiving approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness... A minimum of 50 percent of the total area of the ground floor of a façade facing a public street shall be transparent.
In the HC-G1, HC-G2, HC-G3, HC-WF1, and HC-WF2 districts, height requirements may be exceeded after first receiving approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness... A minimum of 50 percent of the total area of the ground floor of a façade facing a public street shall be transparent.
The purpose of the Ghent Historic and Cultural Conservation (HC-G1) district is to protect the existing concentration of harmonious and noteworthy structures and sites in Ghent... Allowed uses are primarily residential...
All Other Uses Lot Area, min. (sf.) 2,500 3,750 1,800 1,650 [1] 10,000 ... Building Height (ft.) 25-35
All Dimensional and Intensity Standards consistent with approved Airport Master Plan. Development in the A district shall be in substantial compliance with the approved Airport Master Plan. The wooded and landscaped character of the approach roads, parking facilities, and terminal building shall be retained.
Short-term rental unit (homestay) ... maximum occupancy of all guests is two (2) for each bedroom ... no more than 10 guests staying in no more than five (5) bedrooms.
Sale of alcoholic beverages, off-premises ... all beer sold for off-premises consumption shall be in a package containing a minimum of six bottles or cans and all wine shall be sold in containers with a minimum of 375 ml each.
Sale of alcoholic beverages, on-premises ... Where applicable, the facility shall comply with the applicable performance standards as set forth in Section 4.2.3.F(1).
Sale of smoking or vaping products ... No smoking or vaping shall be permitted on the premises at any time unless the establishment complies with the Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act.
Additional off-street parking shall be provided for the retail customer showroom in accordance with Section 5.1, Parking, Loading, and Bicycle Standards. ... all goods shall be stored indoors or in rear yards which comply with the screening requirements.
Temporary uses shall obtain any applicable City, Commonwealth, or federal permits, including, in all cases, a Zoning Certificate. ... Temporary uses shall not involve the retail sales or display of goods, products, or services within a public right-of-way, except as part of a City-authorized event.
All walls and gates shall be a minimum of six feet in height.
Downtown Character District - Multi-family dwellings: Open Space Set-Aside 10% of lot area, Maximum Impervious Open Space 90% of open space set-aside, Minimum Active Recreational Space 0% of open space set-aside.
Downtown Character District - Mixed-use and non-residential development: Open Space Set-Aside 10% of lot area.
Downtown Character District - Townhouse and single-family semi-detached dwellings: Open Space Set-Aside requirement (value not specified in provided text).
On a premises located in any district other than a Residential district, Industrial district, or the O, BC-I, or BC-O zoning districts, temporary window signs... displayed for no longer than three months. Commercial Drive-throughs: ... limited to a maximum height of 10 feet and a maximum area of 32 square feet per sign face.
Source documents
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