Covington, VA Zoning Ordinance#
ARTICLE I - TITLE, AUTHORITY, PURPOSE#
ARTICLE II - CLASSIFICATION AND ESTABLISHMENT#
ARTICLE III - DEFINITIONS#
ARTICLE III A. - UNDEVELOPED RURAL DISTRICT UR RURAL RESIDENTIAL#
ARTICLE IV - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R-1#
ARTICLE V - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R-2#
ARTICLE VI - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R-3#
ARTICLE VII - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R-4#
ARTICLE VIII - OFFICE AND INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT C-1#
ARTICLE IX - NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT C-2#
ARTICLE X - GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT C-3#
ARTICLE XI - LIGHT INDUSTRY DISTRICT M-1#
ARTICLE XII - HEAVY INDUSTRY DISTRICT M-2#
ARTICLE XIII - CONSERVATION DISTRICT CN#
ARTICLE XIII A. - FLOODPLAIN DISTRICTS#
ARTICLE XIV - PARKING REGULATIONS#
ARTICLE XV - SIGN REGULATIONS#
ARTICLE XVI - SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS#
ARTICLE XVII - NONCONFORMING LOTS, NONCONFORMING USES OF LAND, NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES, NONCONFORMING USES OF STRUCTURES AND PREMISES, AND NONCONFORMING CHARACTERISTICS OF USE#
ARTICLE XVIII - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT#
ARTICLE XIX - PROVISIONS FOR APPEAL#
ARTICLE XX - SITE PLAN REVIEW PROVISIONS#
ARTICLE XXI - AMENDMENTS#
ARTICLE XXII - VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES#
ARTICLE XXIII - GENERAL PROVISIONS#
Section 1. - Effective date.#
The effective date of this ordinance shall be from and after its passage and legal application, and its provisions shall be in force thereafter until repealed.
Section 2. - Severability.#
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the city council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this code are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this code shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid by the valid judgement or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this code, since the same would have been enacted by the city council without the incorporation in this code of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
Section 3. - Conflicting ordinances.#
(3-1)
All conflicting ordinances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
(3-2)
This zoning ordinance of the City of Covington shall be effective at and after February 15, 1983, and any portion of any other ordinance in conflict with the ordinance is hereby repealed.
Section 4. - Certified copy.#
A certified copy of the foregoing zoning ordinance of Covington, Virginia, shall be filed in the office of the zoning administrator and in the office of the clerk of city council.