Staunton
Zoning districts
19 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
4Local Business District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 36
General Business District
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 5 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
Planned Business District
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
Cultural and Recreational Planned Business District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
Other
2Industrial
3Residential
7R-1 Low Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 2.9 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
R-2 Low Density Residential District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
Medium Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 7,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
R-4 High Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
Manufactured Home Park District
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 2 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 7 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
Manufactured Home Subdivision
- Min lot
- 30,000 sq ft (0.69 ac)
- Max height
- 15 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
Traditional Residential Development District
General provisions
70 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Landscaping shall consist of at least a five feet wide landscaped area, along the street right-of-way, in business and professional districts and at least a 10 feet wide landscaped area, along the street right-of-way, in the industrial districts.
No dwelling shall be erected on a lot which does not abut on at least one street for at least 30 feet.
In all districts there shall be provided, at any time any building or structure is erected or enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking spaces for automobiles in accordance with the following requirements...
Any lot or parcel in the core business district, beginning at the intersection of Baldwin Street and Lewis Street...
All that certain lot of parcel of land... known by present house numbering as 300 Church Street...
All those two certain lots or parcels of land... designated by present street numbering as 220 and 222 S. Washington Street, Staunton, Virginia.
Any lot or parcel, in addition to that permitted in subsections (1), (2), (3) of this section, with existing commercial buildings and zoned B-1, B-2, B-3, or P-1...
For lots platted before January 1, 2023, any single-family dwelling constructed on a street where more than 50 percent of the existing single-family dwellings located on the same side of the street between two intersecting streets do not have off-street parking.
No new zoning district shall be created to contain an area of less than four acres.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the precise location of any of the aforesaid districts shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply: ... (6) Where the application of the aforesaid rules leaves a reasonable doubt as to the boundaries between two districts, the regulations of the more restrictive district shall govern the entire parcel in question, unless otherwise determined by the board of zoning appeals.
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