Staunton

These provisions shall apply to all lands within the jurisdiction of the city of Staunton and identified as being flood prone. All uses, activities, and development occurring within any floodplain district shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a zoning permit.

All uses, activities, and development occurring within any floodplain district shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a zoning permit.

In the floodway district, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development, shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analyses... that the proposed encroachment would not result in any increase in the 100-year flood elevation. Permitted uses: agricultural, recreational, accessory residential, accessory industrial/commercial, provided they do not require structures, fill, or storage.

In the floodway district, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development, shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analyses...

In the flood-fringe and approximated floodplain districts, the development and/or use of land shall be permitted in accordance with the regulations of the underlying district; provided, that all such uses, activities, and/or development shall be undertaken in strict compliance with the floodproofing and related provisions contained in the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.

Within the approximated floodplain district, the applicant shall also delineate a floodway area based on the requirement that all existing and future development not increase the 100-year flood elevation more than one foot at any one point.

In the flood-fringe and approximated floodplain districts, the development and/or use of land shall be permitted in accordance with the regulations of the underlying district; provided, that all such uses, activities, and/or development shall be undertaken in strict compliance with the floodproofing and related provisions...

For all dwelling units permitted in the various districts of this code, including, but not limited to, boarding houses, dwelling (attached), dwelling (multiple), dwelling (semi-attached), dwelling (single-family), dwelling (two-family), fraternity, sorority house, group house, housing for the elderly, multiple-family dwelling, rooming house, row dwelling and tourist home, the occupancy limitations set forth in Section PM-405.0 (PM 405-1 through PM 405.10, inclusive) of the BOCA National Property Maintenance Code/1996, as amended, shall apply, the provisions of which are adopted herein by reference.

Telecommunications facilities shall be set back 110% of tower height from off-site habitable structures, enclosed by security fencing not less than 6 feet, landscaped with a 4-foot buffer, and signs limited to 4 sq ft.

A nonconforming building or structure, existing at the time of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this title, may be continued and maintained except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

A variance from the Staunton City Code may be granted to allow, in accordance with the Code of Virginia, certain reasonable deviations from those provisions of the ordinance regulating the shape or area of a lot or parcel of land or the size, height, area, bulk, or location of a building...

The following procedure is established to integrate properly in uses permitted on review with other land uses located in the district. These uses shall be reviewed by the planning commission and authorized or rejected by the city council under the following procedures.

Whenever the requirements of this title are at variance with the requirements of other lawfully adopted rules, regulations, or codes, the most restrictive, or that imposing the higher standards, shall govern.

Accessory buildings shall not exceed 15 feet in height.

Development standards: minimum setback for a house is 10 feet; open space min 10%; fences max 42 inches front, 6 feet rear/side; parking min 20 ft behind front facade.

Outdoor lighting standards: pole-mounted lighting max 40 ft or 50% of distance to lot line; tennis courts max 20 ft; floodlights on dwellings max eaves height; etc.

Design and architectural standards for TND-I district.

The entrance corridor overlay district is created to preserve and protect corridors along arterial streets or roadways designated as corridors...

In the event that any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter shall be declared or adjudged invalid...

The following districts ... are hereby designated as historic districts ... and shall be overlaid onto the existing underlying zoning