Chesapeake, Virginia · General provision
§ 12-720 - § 12-723
Historic PreservationAll Chesapeake districts0
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Those properties located on each side of Hull Street from Holly Street to just south of Poindexter Street; those properties just south of Poindexter Street from just west of Hull Street to just south of Phillips Street; those properties on each side of Seaboard Avenue from just south of Phillips Street to just north of Richmond Street; those properties just north of Richmond Street from Seaboard Avenue to just east of Rodgers Street; Properties just north of Byrd Street including Lakeside Park and Truitt Intermediate School.
Uses
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Design guidelines
Architectural guidelines entitled, 'South Norfolk Historic District Design Guidelines,' dated December 6, 2024, shall apply...
Other
- Certificate of appropriateness required for exterior alterations
No exterior alteration to any building or structure, signage, lighting or parking area shall occur without issuance of a certificate of appropriateness in accordance with section 12-708.
Parking
- Off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. not required
Off-street parking is not required but may be provided in a side or rear yard only...
Signage
- Internal illumination prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No internal illumination shall be permitted.
- Maximum sign area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Signage shall be limited to one sign with a maximum size of four (4) square feet and shall be a wall sign or free-standing...
From the ordinance
The South Norfolk historic and cultural preservation overlay district ('South Norfolk historic district') shall include all of those properties located within the area identified on the map entitled 'South Norfolk local historic district,' dated February 28, 2001...