Henrico County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
25 districts, grouped by category.
Other
6B-1 Business District
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
B-2 Business District
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
B-3 Business District
- Max height
- 110 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
C-1 Conservation District
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
O-2 Office District
- Min lot
- 16,000 sq ft (0.37 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
O-3 Office District
- Min lot
- 25,000 sq ft (0.57 ac)
- Max height
- 110 ft
- Front setback
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 9
Industrial
3General Industrial District
- Max height
- 200 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Heavy Industrial District
- Min lot
- 1,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 200 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 10 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 4
Residential
14R-0 One-Family Residence District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-0A One-Family Residence District
- Min lot
- 35,000 sq ft (0.8 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-1 One-Family Residence District
- Min lot
- 25,000 sq ft (0.57 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-1A One-Family Residence District
- Min lot
- 21,500 sq ft (0.49 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-2 One-Family Residence District
- Min lot
- 18,000 sq ft (0.41 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-2A One-Family Residence District
- Min lot
- 13,500 sq ft (0.31 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-3 One-Family Residence District
- Min lot
- 11,000 sq ft (0.25 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-3A One-Family Residence District
- Min lot
- 9,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-4 One-Family Residence District
- Min lot
- 8,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-4A One-Family Residence District
- Min lot
- 7,750 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-5 General Residence District
- Min lot
- 1,260 sq ft
- Max height
- 200 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 12 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 5
General Residence District
- Min lot
- 5,625 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 6 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 7
R-5B General Residence District
- Min lot
- 3,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Max density
- 10 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-6 General Residence District
- Min lot
- 1,260 sq ft
- Max height
- 200 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 12 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 8
General provisions
482 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Outdoor speakers must not produce sound that is audible at lot property lines of an automobile filling station.
An automobile sales use must not have more than one vehicle display pad for every 100 feet of street frontage.
Equipment for vacuuming vehicle interiors must: (b) Be located a minimum of 10 feet from abutting property; and (c) Not produce sound more than 55 dBA above ambient sound at any lot boundary line at the periphery of the site.
Commercial vehicles must not be stored within 100 feet of a Residential District.
The owner or a full-time employee of the bed and breakfast inn must reside on the premises. No guest may rent a room at a bed and breakfast inn for more than 14 consecutive days. ... A campground must have a minimum area of ten acres. ... In the O-3 Office District and O/S Office Service District, a hotel is allowed only within an office development of 50 acres or more. The hotel buildings and accessory uses must not be located within 300 feet of a Residential District.
No guest may rent a room at a bed and breakfast inn for more than 14 consecutive days.
A campground must have a minimum area of ten acres.
In the O-3 Office District and O/S Office Service District, a hotel is allowed only within an office development of 50 acres or more. The hotel buildings and accessory uses must not be located within 300 feet of a Residential District.
In the O-2, O-3, and O/S Districts, any Industrial use that is allowed must: 1. Be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building that has at least 40 percent of its gross floor area occupied by uses in the Offices use category... 2. Not create any hazardous, objectionable, or offensive conditions on neighboring lands... In the B-1, B-2, B-3, and M-1 Districts, any Industrial use must: 1. Be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building, except for parking areas, loading and unloading facilities, and outdoor storage as an accessory use... 2. Not create any hazardous, objectionable, or offensive conditions...
In the O-2, O-3, and O/S Districts, any Industrial use that is allowed must: 1. Be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building that has at least 40 percent of its gross floor area occupied by uses in the Offices use category
Excavation areas must be located at least: (a) 100 feet from any lot boundary line other than a public right-of-way; (b) 200 feet from any public right-of-way; and (c) 400 feet from any Residential district. Any building containing power-driven or power-producing machinery or equipment must be located at least 600 feet from all adjoining property that is in a district other than an Industrial district, and from the right-of-way of any public street.
Excavation areas must be located at least: [table omitted]
Any building containing power-driven or power-producing machinery or equipment must be located at least 600 feet from all adjoining property that is in a district other than an Industrial district, and from the right-of-way of any public street.
Outdoor storage of contractor materials and equipment is prohibited in the B-2 and B-3 districts. ... In the B-2, B-3, and M-1 districts, all contractor services conducted on the site must be conducted within a completely enclosed building. ... A data center must be served by public water and sewer. ... Ground testing of aircraft must not be conducted within 1,200 feet of any Residential district or any lot where the principal use is a dwelling. ... In the B-3, M-1, and M-2 districts, a laundry, dry cleaning, or carpet cleaning plant must use nonflammable liquids in the cleaning processes. ... In all districts except the M-3 District, all research and development operations must be conducted within a completely enclosed building.
A data center must be served by public water and sewer.
Ground testing of aircraft must not be conducted within 1,200 feet of any Residential district or any lot where the principal use is a dwelling.
All heavy manufacturing uses must have a hazard management plan approved by local emergency service agencies... Heavy manufacturing must not be conducted within 600 feet of any Residential district. All light manufacturing activities must be conducted within an enclosed building. In the M-1 District, a brewery must not produce more than 15,000 barrels of beer per calendar year.
Heavy manufacturing must not be conducted within 600 feet of any Residential district.
In the M-1 District, a brewery must not produce more than 15,000 barrels of beer per calendar year.
A mini-warehouse site must include a Transitional Buffer 35 (or greater if required by Table 5310A) along any property line that abuts any use other than an Industrial use.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.