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.
In the UB Urban Business District, no building or structure shall exceed 28 feet in height.
The uses of buildings and premises listed in this section shall be permitted in the UB district, provided that drive-up facilities and facilities for dispensing motor fuels shall not be permitted in conjunction with any of the uses permitted in the district.
No front yard shall be required, except that no newly constructed building or addition to an existing building shall extend closer to the street than any building on an abutting lot. In no case shall a front yard greater than 15 feet in depth be required on any lot. No building or structure shall exceed 28 feet in height.
The following uses are prohibited in the UB Urban Business District: Any use not specifically permitted in Section 30-433.2 or permitted as an accessory use in Section 30-433.2(29);
The following uses of building and premises shall be permitted in the CM district, provided that drive-up facilities and facilities for dispensing motor fuels shall not be permitted in conjunction with any of the uses permitted in the district.
The following uses of buildings and premises shall be permitted in the CM district, provided that drive-up facilities and facilities for dispensing motor fuels shall not be permitted in conjunction with any of the uses permitted in the district:
No building or structure in the CM Coliseum Mall District shall exceed 80 feet in height.
The following uses of buildings and premises shall be permitted in the DCC district, provided that drive-up facilities and facilities for dispensing motor fuels shall not be permitted in conjunction with any of the uses permitted in the district unless specifically set forth in this section:
No building or structure in the DCC Downtown Civic and Cultural District shall exceed 95 feet in height.
The following uses of buildings and premises shall be permitted in the OS district, provided that drive-up facilities and facilities for dispensing motor fuels shall not be permitted in conjunction with any of the uses permitted in the district:
No building or structure in the OS Office-Service District shall exceed 35 feet in height.
The uses of buildings and premises listed in this section shall be permitted in the RP district, provided that drive-up facilities and facilities for dispensing motor fuels shall not be permitted in conjunction with any of the uses permitted in the district.
In the RP Research Park District, there shall be no maximum height limit, provided that any building above seven stories in height shall have a minimum building stepback of ten feet from the building façade line along each street frontage, which stepback shall occur above the ground story and no higher than the fifth story.
The owner of any tract of land situated in any district and which comprises not less than ten contiguous acres in area... may submit to the Planning Commission a plan...
The following shall be prohibited in all districts: animated signs, portable signs, commercial flag signs, pennant signs, vehicle or trailer signs, signs emitting smoke/flame/scent/mist/aerosol/liquid/gas, signs emitting sound, off-premises signs (except as allowed), window signs exceeding 25% of window area.
In the R-MH Manufactured Home District: ...
On any lot utilized for a manufactured home park, one wall sign or freestanding sign not exceeding 32 square feet in area shall be permitted, provided that freestanding signs shall not exceed a height of eight feet and shall not be located within five feet of any street line or within 15 feet of any other property line.
In the HO Hotel-Office District: ...
On any lot utilized for any use permitted by right other than those uses set forth in Section 30-506(1), wall signs, projecting signs, suspended signs, awning signs, canopy signs, and freestanding signs shall be permitted, provided that the aggregate area of all signs directed toward or intended to be viewed from any street frontage shall not exceed two square feet for each linear foot of lot frontage along the street nor in any case 300 square feet for each street frontage.
In the I Institutional District: ...
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