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Municipality · Virginia

Vinton

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5
Districts
230
Extracted rules
679
Standards
11
Chapters read
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Zoning districts

5 districts, grouped by category.

Industrial

2
M-1Industrial
Vinton, VA
Min lot
20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
Permitted uses
25
M-2Industrial
Vinton, VA
Min lot
20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
Permitted uses
36

Residential

3
R-1Residential

Residential District

Vinton, VA
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
30 ft
Permitted uses
10
R-2Residential
Vinton, VA
Min lot
12,000 sq ft (0.28 ac)
Permitted uses
10
R-3Residential
Vinton, VA
Min lot
10,000 sq ft
Max density
24 du/ac
Permitted uses
1

General provisions

225 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

Sec. 6-26, 6-32, 6-404 standards

In the CB central business district, the required minimum width of this planting strip shall be reduced to five feet. ... Off-street parking shall not be required for uses in the CB central business district, except hotels, motels, tourist homes and bed and breakfast establishments, and dwelling units in a building with nonresidential use. ... Areas devoted to the parking or circulation of vehicles shall not be located between the main building on a lot and the street line

Sec. 6-27, 6-28, 6-2912 standards

A buffer yard shall be required of any lot in any zoning district when the lot in that district abuts a zoning district of lower intensity ... Buffer yard type A: Five-foot buffer yard, one row of large evergreen shrubs

Sec. 6-281 standards

A buffer yard shall be provided in any case where a side or rear lot line of a lot abuts or is situated across an alley from property located in a district of lower intensity, as shown on the following table. The buffer yard shall be provided on the lot in the higher intensity district.

Sec. 6-28 Table 42 standards

Type A: Six-foot screen | Five-foot buffer yard, one row of large evergreen shrubs

Sec. 6-29(a)(3)2 standards

all evergreen shrubs shall have a height of at least 24 inches at the time of planting and an ultimate height of six feet or more.

Sec. 6-29(a)(4)2 standards

each small evergreen tree shall have a height of at least five feet at time of planting and an ultimate height of 15 feet or greater.

Sec. 6-29(a)(5)2 standards

each large evergreen tree shall have a height of at least six to eight feet at the time of planting and an ultimate height of 50 feet or greater.

Sec. 6-31 standards

no main building containing a single-family dwelling or a two-family dwelling shall be located on a lot with any other main building.

Sec. 6-30(e)1 standards

The areas of any required buffer yard shall not be required to exceed 15 percent of the site proposed for development.

Sec. 6-32 to 6-3915 standards

The minimum number of off-street parking spaces required for particular uses shall be as set forth in the following schedule. ... Off-street parking shall not be required for uses in the CB central business district, except hotels, motels, tourist homes and bed and breakfast establishments, and dwelling units in a building with nonresidential use. ... reduction for on-street parking ... reduction for proximity to public transit ... parking space dimensions: nine feet in width and 18 feet in length

Sec. 6-32(c)1 standards

Off-street parking shall not be required for uses in the CB central business district, except hotels, motels, tourist homes and bed and breakfast establishments, and dwelling units in a building with nonresidential use.

Sec. 6-32(d)1 standards

The total number of required off-street parking spaces as set forth in schedule of parking requirements in subsection (f) may be reduced by one space for every 20 feet of lot frontage on a street to the extent that on-street is permitted along the same frontage.

Sec. 6-32(e)1 standards

Where a use is located within 1,200 feet of a public transit route, the total number of required off-street parking spaces, unassigned to specific persons, may be reduced to 80 percent of that otherwise required

Sec. 6-342 standards

Required off-street parking spaces shall be located on the same lot or on a contiguous lot under the same ownership as the use for which they are required, provided that spaces for any use in the CB, GB, MUD, M-1, or M-2 district, where applicable, may be located off the premises in the form of off-site, off-street parking, when all of the following conditions are met: ... All such parking spaces shall be located within 500 feet by normal pedestrian route of a principal entrance to the building they serve.

Sec. 6-35(a)4 standards

Required off-street parking spaces shall be not less than nine feet in width and 18 feet in length, except that spaces arranged parallel to their means of access shall be not less than eight feet in width and 22 feet in length.

Sec. 6-35(b)1 standards

Up to 30 inches of the required length of off-street parking spaces may be provided as vehicle overhang area and need not be paved, provided that wheel stops are installed.

Sec. 6-39, 6-41, 6-425 standards

Parking areas containing five or more spaces shall be paved... No finished grade within any parking area shall exceed ten percent.

Sec. 6-41 standards

In any case where public street frontage and a minimum lot width are required for a use, other than a townhouse, such lot shall also be provided with at least 30 feet of frontage on a public street.

Sec. 6-41 standards

In any case where public street frontage and a minimum lot width are required for a use, other than a townhouse, such lot shall also be provided with at least 30 feet of frontage on a public street.

Sec. 6-401 standards

Off-street parking spaces and access aisles serving uses other than single-family and two-family dwellings shall not be located within any required front yard or required side yard along a street in a residential or R-B district.

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.