Portsmouth, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 40.2-304(G)

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
Citywide

Extracted standards

2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • Shrub placement requirements

    Required shrubs shall be placed around the building perimeter, a minimum of three feet from the building, with emphasis on the building foundation visible from the public right-of-way; may be planted up to 15 feet from the building if sidewalk between; at least one-half of required shrubs shall be evergreen.

  • Tree placement

    Trees serving as site landscaping shall be dispersed across a site in accordance with good planting practice.

From the ordinance

Site landscaping shall be required for all development including free-standing ATMs, Ice Dispensers, coffee kiosks, and similar uses, and parking structures, except single-family detached dwellings, two-family dwellings, and development in Downtown D1 sub-districts T4, T5, T6 if building façade is less than 5 feet from property line.
Sec. 40.2-304(G)