Petersburg
Zoning districts
15 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
3Industrial
2Mixed use
3Residential
7Single-Family Residence District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
Single-Family Residence District
- Min lot
- 8,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 23
Single-Family Residence District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
Two-Family Residence District
- Max height
- 3 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Multiple Dwelling District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 3 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
Multiple Dwelling District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
High Rise District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 9
General provisions
111 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
on Washington Street, the minimum setback shall be forty (40) feet
on Sycamore Street south of Halifax Street, the minimum setback shall be forty-five (45) feet
On Crater Road, between Graham Road and South Boulevard, the minimum setback on the west side shall be forty (40) feet
on the east side shall be ninety (90) feet for dwellings
and sixty (60) feet for all other buildings
On all other streets thirty (30) feet in width and less than sixty (60) feet in width the minimum setback shall be thirty (30) feet.
The minimum setback along U.S. Route 301 (South Crater Road) from the Norfolk and Western Railway underpass south of Morton Avenue and to the Prince George County Line shall be one hundred (100) feet.
The minimum setback along U.S. Route 460 (County Drive) from the Norfolk and Western Railway overpass, at the old corporate limits, to the Prince George County Line shall be one hundred (100) feet.
The minimum setback along State Route 604 (Halifax Road) from its intersection with Boydton Plank Road south to the overpass over Interstate 85 shall be one hundred (100) feet.
along the west side of Halifax Road from Interstate 85 south to Vaughan Road the minimum setback shall be one hundred forty-five (145) feet
along Halifax Road from Vaughan Road south to the Dinwiddie County Line the minimum setback shall be one hundred (100) feet.
The minimum setback along State Route 142 (Boydton Plank Road) from its intersection with Halifax Road west to the Dinwiddie County Line shall be one hundred (100) feet.
The minimum setback along State Route 632 (Wagner Road) from U.S. Route 301 east to U.S. Route 460 shall be one hundred (100) feet.
The minimum setback along State Route 608 (Johnson Road) from the Norfolk and Western Railway overpass, at the old corporate limits, south to the Dinwiddie County Line south of Flank Road shall be one hundred (100) feet.
The minimum setback along State Route 109 (Hickory Hill Road) from U.S. 460 east to Fort Lee shall be one hundred (100) feet.
The minimum setback along State Route 629 (Rives Road) from U.S. Route 301 east to the Prince George County Line shall be one hundred (100) feet.
The minimum setback along State Route 613 (Squirrel Level Road) from Boydton Plank Road southwest to the Dinwiddie County Line shall be one hundred (100) feet.
The minimum setback along Dupuy Road from Spring Street Southwest to Boydton Plank Road shall be eighty (80) feet.
The minimum setback along State Route 613 (Young's Road) from Brick House Run south to Boydton Plank Road shall be eighty (80) feet.
The minimum setback along Flank Road from U.S. Route 301 west to State Route 604 (Halifax Road) shall be one hundred fifty (150) feet.
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