Richmond
Zoning districts
57 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
8B-1 Neighborhood Business District
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 23
Community Business District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 45
General Business District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 64
B-4
B-5 Central Business District
- Max height
- 5 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 29
B-6 District
- Min lot
- 25,000 sq ft (0.57 ac)
- Max height
- 5 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 30
B-7 District
- Min lot
- 25,000 sq ft (0.57 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 49
UB-2 Urban Business District
- Max height
- 4 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 33
Industrial
2Residential
24Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 22
Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 22
Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 22
Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 7,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 22
R-43 Multifamily Residential District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
R-48 Multifamily Residential District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 22
R-53 Multifamily Residential District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
Single- and Two-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 23
Single-Family Attached Residential District
- Min lot
- 2,200 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 10 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 25
R-63 Multifamily Residential District
- Min lot
- 2,200 sq ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 23
R-7 Single- and Two-Family Urban Residential District
- Min lot
- 3,600 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-73 Multifamily Residential District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
R-8 Urban Residential District
- Min lot
- 3,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 2 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
RO-2 Residential-Office District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 21
RO-22 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-23 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-24 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-25 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-30 District
Residential Office-6 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
Residential Office-7 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
Residential Office-8 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
Residential Office-9 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
Mixed use
19RF-1 Riverfront District
- Min lot
- 25,000 sq ft (0.57 ac)
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 27
RF-2 Riverfront District
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 28
RO-1 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
RO-10 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-11 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-12 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-13 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-14 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-15 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-16 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-17 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-3 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-4 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-5 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
Transit-Oriented Nodal District
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 34
General provisions
314 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
All appeals shall be taken within 30 days after the decision appealed by filing with the Zoning Administrator, and with the Board, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof, provided that appeals shall be taken within ten days after the decision appealed by filing with the Zoning Administrator, and with the Board, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof regarding appeals involving temporary or seasonal commercial uses, parking of commercial trucks in residential zoning districts, maximum occupancy limitations of a residential dwelling unit, or similar short-term recurring violations
All appeals shall be taken within 30 days after the decision appealed by filing with the Zoning Administrator, and with the Board, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof, provided that appeals shall be taken within ten days after the decision appealed by filing with the Zoning Administrator, and with the Board, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof regarding appeals involving temporary or seasonal commercial uses, parking of commercial trucks in residential zoning districts, maximum occupancy limitations of a residential dwelling unit, or similar short-term recurring violations of applicable requirements of this chapter which shall include the following: (1) Occupancy of recreational vehicles or parking or storing of recreational vehicles, manufactured homes or semitrailers. (2) Placement, erection or maintenance of temporary signs, temporary sales and display areas, play equipment, vending machines or similar uses. (3) Placement of portable storage units in required yards. (4) Parking of vehicles within front yards or street side yards or on unimproved surfaces. (5) Operation or maintenance of flea markets.
Exceptions to nonconforming use regulations: division of property, enlargement, re-establishment, reduction in lot area, addition of accessory off-street parking, building height, freestanding signs.
side yard ... of not less than ten percent of the width of the lot, but in no case less than three feet
Construction of or additions to single-family detached, single-family attached, two-family or multifamily dwellings or accessory structures on lots occupied by such dwellings when such dwellings, additions or accessory structures cannot meet applicable yard and/or lot coverage requirements.
The maximum permitted building height in any district except R-1 through R-8 districts
The height and yard provisions applicable to permitted freestanding signs, other than billboard signs
A minimum lot area of 1,700 square feet shall be provided.
each lot created by the division shall be provided with a side yard or and street side yard, where applicable, adjacent to each side lot line of not less than ten percent of the width of the lot, but in no case less than three feet
A minimum of 850 square feet of lot area shall be provided for each dwelling unit
A minimum lot area of 1,700 square feet shall be provided.
The provisions in the use regulations of the UB, B and RF districts limiting the amount or location, or both, of floor area within the building that may be devoted to dwelling units
A minimum of 850 square feet of lot area shall be provided for each dwelling unit;
Not more than two accessory lodging units within an owner-occupied single-family detached dwelling
The provisions in the use regulations of the UB, B and RF districts limiting the amount or location, or both, of floor area within the building that may be devoted to dwelling units or providing that certain portions of the ground floor of the building shall be devoted to other permitted principal uses, provided that: ...
Home occupation use of accessory buildings shall be limited to offices, including business, professional and administrative offices, and studios of writers, designers or artists engaged in the graphic arts.
Not more than two accessory lodging units within an owner-occupied single-family detached dwelling located in any district, provided that: ... When one lodging unit is located within a dwelling, not more than two persons shall occupy such lodging unit, and when two lodging units are located within in a dwelling, not more than one person shall occupy each lodging unit.
Fences and walls not exceeding eight feet in height when located within a required side yard, rear yard, street side yard on a corner lot, required front yard along the longer street frontage of a corner lot or a required front yard adjacent to the rear of a main building located on a through lot.
A home occupation as defined in Section 30-1220 and conducted within a completely enclosed accessory building, provided that: ... Home occupation use of accessory buildings shall be limited to offices, including business, professional and administrative offices, and studios of writers, designers or artists engaged in the graphic arts.
Fences and walls not exceeding eight feet in height when located within a required side yard, rear yard, street side yard on a corner lot, required front yard along the longer street frontage of a corner lot or a required front yard adjacent to the rear of a main building located on a through lot.
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