Portsmouth, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 40.2-208(E)

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA25 acMAX HEIGHT200 ftMAX DENSITY60 du/ac
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

Parking

  • Casino gaming parking ratio0.75 spaces per gaming position

    For uses within a casino gaming establishment, required off-street parking shall be provided at a ratio of not less than 0.75 parking spaces for each gaming position.

  • Should a convention center be incorporated within a casino gaming establishment, there shall be in addition not less than one parking space per 500 square feet of convention space.

  • Hotel parking ratio within casino1 spaces per hotel room

    Should a hotel or motel be incorporated within a casino gaming establishment, there shall be in addition not less than one parking space for each hotel room.

  • Maximum distance for off-site parking800 ft

    Requests for off-site parking to meet the minimum off-street parking requirements shall be located no more than 800 feet from the lot line of the parcel of which the parking is required.

Signage

  • Off-premises signs permitted

    Off-premises signs are permitted in the entertainment overlay district.

From the ordinance

An entertainment overlay district shall be at least 25 acres in size. The maximum density for residential development for the entertainment overlay district shall be 60 units per acre. The maximum building height in an entertainment overlay district shall be 200 feet.
Sec. 40.2-208(E)