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.
A building having a nonconforming feature or a building devoted to a nonconforming use which is damaged by fire, explosion, act of God or the public enemy to an extent not exceeding 50 percent of its most recent assessed taxable value may be restored, repaired, reconstructed and used as before the damage...
If a nonconforming building or structure is destroyed or damaged by a natural disaster ... may be repaired, rebuilt or replaced to eliminate or reduce the nonconforming features ... If such structure ... damaged greater than 50 percent and cannot be repaired ... the owner shall have the right to do so. ... Unless such building or structure is repaired, rebuilt or replaced within two years ...
A nonconforming manufactured home may be removed from property and replaced with another comparable manufactured home that meets the current HUD manufactured housing code. ... Such replacement shall take place within 90 days of removal ... any replacement manufactured home of 19 or more feet in width, shall be situated on a permanent foundation with full perimeter masonry skirting.
any replacement manufactured home of 19 or more feet in width, shall be situated on a permanent foundation with full perimeter masonry skirting.
Intermittent, temporary or illegal use of land or buildings shall not be construed to establish the existence of a nonconforming use ... except that a lawful seasonal use operated for at least two consecutive seasons ... shall be considered a nonconforming use for seasonal purposes only.
Minimum lot size shall be two acres. Maximum lot coverage 25%. Height limit 35 ft.
minimum lot size shall be two acres. The minimum lot frontage width on a public street shall be 100 feet. maximum lot coverage shall be 25 percent. Front yard: 50 feet. Side yard: 20 feet. In the case of a corner lot, the minimum width of the side yard adjacent to the right-of-way shall be no less than 35 feet. Rear yard: 50 feet. maximum height limit for a building or structure is 35 feet.
A zoning permit shall be required prior to the erection, construction, reconstruction, moving, adding to, or alteration of any structure, or the establishment of any land use, except as listed below: (1) Patios. (2) Accessory structures less than six feet in height and 20 square feet in area.
A zoning permit shall be required prior to the erection, construction, reconstruction, moving, adding to, or alteration of any structure, or the establishment of any land use, except as listed below: (1) Patios. (2) Accessory structures less than six feet in height and 20 square feet in area.
All zoning permits issued shall be valid for a period of one year, unless the structure, use or activity for which the permit was issued has commenced.
A certificate of zoning compliance shall be required for any of the following: (1) Occupancy or use of a building hereafter erected, enlarged or structurally altered. (2) Change in the use of an existing building. (3) Change in the use of vacant land except for the raising of crops, and other agricultural uses not involving structures. (4) Any change in use of a nonconforming use, or any alteration of a nonconforming building or structure.
Temporary or partial certificates of zoning compliance shall be valid for a period not to exceed six months
Minimum site size 5 acres. Max density 6 du/acre. Min space 5,000 sq ft. Buffer 25 ft. Public sewer/water required.
Minimum site size. Five contiguous acres. Maximum density. Six units per acre. Minimum area of manufactured home space. Five thousand square feet.
Minimum dimensions of manufactured home space: 50 feet in width and 100 feet in length. No manufactured home within 10 feet of space boundary, 25 feet of public street ROW.
Density not exceed 10 du/acre. Open space not less than 20%.
Density shall not exceed ten dwelling units per acre. No building or structure shall exceed a height of 35 feet. Not less than 20% common open space. All lots served by public sewer and water.
A buffer area of not less than 25 feet in width shall be provided around the perimeter of the PD-R District. No building or structure in a PD-R District shall exceed a height of 35 feet. All lots within a PD-R District shall be served by public sewer and public water systems.
Density shall not exceed ten units per acre. No building or structure shall exceed 35 feet. Not less than 20% common open space. All lots served by public water and sewer.
The minimum district size shall be ten acres. The density for residential uses shall not exceed ten units per acre. Not less than 20 percent of the gross area of the district shall be dedicated to common open space. No building or structure shall exceed a height of 35 feet. All lots shall be served by public water and sewer systems.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.