South Boston
Zoning districts
10 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
4Neighborhood Business District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 37
General Business District
- Min lot
- 87,120 sq ft (2 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 6
Central Business District
- Max height
- 60 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 37
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 15
Special
1Residential
4Low Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 14
Medium Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 8,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 11
Medium Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
High Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 14
General provisions
201 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Communication towers and cell towers shall be permitted as a conditional use in all districts except the M-1 District, where they shall be permitted... Gas stations and convenience stores with gas shall be permitted as a conditional use in the B-1 District and as a permitted use in the B-2, B-4, DR-1, and M-1 Districts...
Where permitted, permanent flea markets shall be operated within a totally enclosed building. There shall be no outdoor display of merchandise unless a seasonal permit has been applied for an issued in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.
Where the operation abuts a residential property, there shall be a buffer yard of at least 25 feet required with no displays, storage or customer parking.
The minimum lot size shall be 10,000 square feet. The minimum lot width shall be 100 feet. Display or storage areas shall be located no closer than 20 feet to a front lot line and ten feet to a side or rear lot line.
The minimum lot size shall be 10,000 square feet. The minimum lot width shall be 100 feet.
Drive-through facilities shall provide the minimum number of vehicular stacking spaces on site to facilitate safe egress and ingress with no stacking of vehicles in the public right-of-way.
Menu boards and speakers shall be located at least 50 feet from the property line of any residentially zoned property. Speaker noise shall not be audible to any occupant of an adjacent property or beyond property boundaries.
Outdoor dining areas shall not exceed 25 percent of the interior floor area of the restaurant. No outdoor dining area shall be located within 100 feet of any residential property.
The following standards shall apply to retail uses greater than 50,000 square feet:
Lighting fixtures shall not exceed 25 feet in height. The outside storage of goods, supplies, materials, or heavy equipment shall be located in the rear or side yard and shall not exceed 25 percent of the total site area.
No zoning approval may be issued for a taxi and/or limousine service business unless a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been approved and issued by the town council in accordance with chapter 56.
Dance halls shall not remain open later than 1:00 a.m.
The number of pawn shop business locations within the town corporate limits shall be limited to three.
The zoning administrator shall approve, approve with modifications or conditions, or disapprove the site plan within 30 days of receipt of all required plans and information
Public parks permitted in all districts; accessory uses permitted; bed and breakfast conditional; solar conditional.
All amusement and entertainment facilities shall require a special use permit that defines specific activities permitted and operating conditions, including those listed herein and others that may be applicable, as determined by the zoning administrator or town council.
All amusement and entertainment facilities shall require a special use permit that defines specific activities permitted and operating conditions.
An approved site plan shall be valid for a period of five years from the date of approval by the zoning administrator.
In the DR-1 District no permanent assembly structures shall be located in the floodway.
All ranges shall have clearly defined shooting stations, shooting lanes and target areas. On shotgun ranges there shall be a 300-yard safety zone in which the shots shall fall.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.