Vienna
Zoning districts
3 districts, grouped by category.
General provisions
322 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The maximum floor to area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.7 for any lot and only upon accommodating both site and building design criteria.
The purpose of the Church Street Vision Incentive Overlay (CS-O) is to legislatively recognize the distinctive character of the original old Vienna commercial district and to provide for the protection and preservation of the traditional image and history of that unique area...
A total of two square feet of facade signage is permitted for each linear foot of building frontage. Such sign area is to be shared by all tenants or tenant spaces within the building.
The purpose of the Windover Heights Historic Overlay District is to recognize and designate by an overlay to the zoning map of the Town of Vienna, the Windover Heights Historic Overlay District of the Town.
The purpose of the Windover Heights Historic Overlay District is to recognize and designate by an overlay to the zoning map of the Town of Vienna, the Windover Heights Historic Overlay District of the Town.
The purpose of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas Overlay District is to protect, improve, and enhance the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries and other state waters.
The purpose of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas Overlay District is to protect, improve, and enhance the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries and other state waters.
The Zoning Administrator must determine whether a use is part of an existing use type as defined in Article 9, Definitions. If the Zoning Administrator determines that the use is not similar to any listed use type, that use is prohibited.
The maximum size of an ALU is 800 square feet or 40% of the floor area of the principal residence, whichever provides a lesser amount of floor area. No ALU shall contain more than two bedrooms.
The maximum size of an ALU is 800 square feet or 40% of the floor area of the principal residence, whichever provides a lesser amount of floor area.
The Board of Zoning Appeals shall be prohibited from issuing the said use permit if: The location abuts a residentially zoned or residentially used property; The use is located closer than 1,000 feet to the property of any church, school, or child care center; and No two adult businesses may be located closer than 1,000 feet to each other.
The location abuts a residentially zoned or residentially used property; The use is located closer than 1,000 feet to the property of any church, school, or child care center; and No two adult businesses may be located closer than 1,000 feet to each other.
An adult day support center may not operate until a license has been granted by the appropriate Commonwealth of Virginia agency.
Enclosed agriculture shall not include the keeping of any animals, insects, or bees. This use shall not result in the emission of any sounds, odors, or smoke beyond the property line in excess of what is permitted under a normal commercial use.
Exercise runs or pens must be located in the interior of the building. All work rooms, cages, pens, or similar areas where services are provided to animals must be located within a completely enclosed building, and sufficiently soundproofed, maintained, and operated such that no plainly audible noise or plainly noticeable odor can be detected off the premises.
Exercise runs or pens must be located in the interior of the building. All work rooms, cages, pens, or similar areas where services are provided to animals must be located within a completely enclosed building, and sufficiently soundproofed...
No more than eight rooms within the principal structure may be used for lodging.
Any carwash must comply with drive-through standards in § 18-323. All washing activity must occur within an enclosed building. Equipment for vacuuming vehicle interiors must be screened from view from the right-of-way and from all abutting properties; be located a minimum of ten (10) feet from all abutting properties.
Prior to issuance of certificate of occupancy, the business owner must provide a parking plan for delivery vehicle and mobile food units stored on site.
Privacy screening at least six feet tall shall be provided along play areas abutting a residential lot or use. Such screening must include a fence and a vegetative buffer.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.