Radford

Off-street parking requirements for all districts.

Special use permits required for uses designated in district regulations; standards for approval; procedures; expiration if no building permit within one year.

Nonconforming uses and features may continue subject to limitations and restrictions set forth in this article.

No minimum lot area/width; yards shall exist as green space and not used for parking or accessory uses; height 60 ft.

Permitted uses: hospitals, medical offices, pharmacies (max 1,500 sqft), labs, dormitories. No min lot. Yards: front 10 ft, side 10 ft, rear 15 ft. Height 60 ft. Yards must be green space.

These provisions shall apply to all privately and publicly owned lands within the jurisdiction of the City of Radford and identified as areas of special flood hazard...

Within any floodway area, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis... that the proposed encroachment will not result in any increase in flood levels within the community during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.

Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as zones AE, or AH on the FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the City of Radford.

The approximated floodplain district shall be that floodplain area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided, but where a one percent annual chance floodplain boundary has been approximated. ... When such base flood elevation data is utilized, the lowest floor shall be elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches.

All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the FIRM, above the highest adjacent grade at least as high as the depth number specified in feet on the FIRM. If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor, including basement, shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.

All uses, activities and development occurring within any floodplain district shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a zoning permit. In all special flood hazard areas the following provisions shall apply: New construction and substantial improvements shall be anchored to prevent flotation, collapse or lateral movement...

New construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure ... shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood level plus 18 inches.

The intent of the Riverfront Corridor Overlay District is to protect those areas ... The district includes lands which are included in the Radford Riverfront Plan.

The intent of the Riverfront Corridor Overlay District is to protect those areas of the city where human activities, left unrestricted, have a high potential for adversely impacting the environment... The district includes lands which are included in the Radford Riverfront Plan.

Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by official action of the city council, the zoning districts adjoining each side of such street, alley or other public way shall automatically be extended to the center of vacation, and the area included in the vacation shall be subject to all applicable regulations of the extended districts.

Planned unit development (PUD) is a concept which encourages and permits variation in residential developments by allowing deviation in lot size, bulk or type of dwelling, density, lot coverage and open space from that required in any residential district set forth in this chapter.

Planned unit development (PUD) is a concept which encourages and permits variation in residential developments ... The maximum gross density shall not exceed 14 units per acre.

The maximum gross density shall not exceed 14 units per acre. The total usable open space within a planned unit development shall be not less than 20 percent of the gross acreage. Structures shall be connected to city water and sewer lines.

Areas unclassified by the zoning district map and areas newly added to the jurisdiction of the city by annexation or other means shall be construed as being temporarily with the CD Conservation District until otherwise designated by action of the city council in accordance with the provisions of Article XI of this chapter.

Areas unclassified by the zoning district map and areas newly added to the jurisdiction of the city by annexation or other means shall be construed as being temporarily with the CD Conservation District until otherwise designated by action of the city council in accordance with the provisions of Article XI of this chapter.