Virginia Beach

No outdoor advertising sign shall be located within: (i) fifty (50) feet of any property line; (ii) six hundred sixty (660) feet of the right-of-way line of any interstate or expressway designated by city council; (iii) twenty-five (25) feet of the right-of-way of any other street; or (iv) two hundred (200) feet of any residential or apartment zoning district. No billboard shall be located upon any lot having a street frontage of less than two hundred (200) feet and an area of less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

No more than one such sign shall be permitted on any zoning lot;

Such signs shall be monument-style, as defined in section 210.2, and no such sign, including the base, shall exceed a height of eight (8) feet;

No such sign shall have more than three (3) separate panels capable of displaying information electronically. The total area of the portion of that sign that is capable of electronic displays shall not exceed twelve (12) square feet in area;

The pixel pitch of the electronic display portion of such signs shall be nineteen (19) millimeters or smaller;

Electronic displays shall not be changed more often than two (2) times in any twenty-four (24) hour period, and scrolling, flashing, blinking or any other type of intermittent movement or illumination of elements of the electronic display shall be prohibited. Change sequences shall be accomplished by means of instantaneous re-pixelization;

Electronic displays shall consist of no more than two (2) colors;

Audio speakers on, or electronically connected to, such signs shall not be permitted;

Such signs shall not exceed a maximum illumination of five thousand (5,000) candelas per square meter from sunrise to sunset or five hundred (500) candelas per square meter between sunset and sunrise, as measured from the sign face at maximum brightness, and shall be equipped with a working dimmer control device capable of automatically reducing the illumination to the required sunset-to-sunrise level.

The electrical service lines providing power to such signs shall be underground.

Signage for major entertainment venues and major retail venues, other than signage otherwise allowed, shall be allowed only with the approval of the City Council and shall be subject to the following requirements:

The purpose of this section is to recognize certain uses which, by their nature, can have an undue impact upon or be incompatible with other uses of land within a given zoning district. These uses as described may be allowed to be located within given designated districts under the controls, limitations and regulations of a conditional use permit.

Optional Forms of Development are design alternatives that may be used in place of the specific requirements prescribed by this Article if the applicable conditions set forth in this section are met.

Public art may be utilized as an Optional Form of Development in place of conformity with one or more of the following provisions regarding a prescribed development standard set forth in section 2204: Build-to zone; Front or side street setbacks; Transparency; Blank wall; or Outdoor amenity space.

additions to or substantial alterations of any building or other structure rendered nonconforming by the adoption of this Article shall be allowed if: Not more than fifty percent (50%) of the original building or structure is demolished...

The Central Business Core District is hereby declared a special sign district, in which the provisions of this section apply.

Application for conditional use permit... fees... public hearing...

Parking requirements shall be determined in accordance with a parking analysis prepared by a licensed professional engineer or other qualified professional.

Except where animals are kept in soundproof, air-conditioned buildings, no structure or area occupied by such animals, whether in animal hospitals, pounds, shelters, commercial or residential kennels, shall be within one hundred (100) feet of the property line of any adjacent lot.

Except where animals are kept in soundproof, air-conditioned buildings, no structure or area occupied by such animals... shall be within one hundred (100) feet of the property line of any adjacent lot.