Municipality · Virginia

Chesapeake

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Extracted rules
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Chapters read

Zoning districts

19 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

588 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

§ 6-9022 standards

Minimum lot sizes may vary to a minimum of 12,000 square feet, provided that no more than 25 percent of the lots in any single development are less than 15,000 square feet in lot area. All other dimensional and development requirements for R-15s lots shall apply.

§ 7-511, § 7-5127 standards

Max height 75 ft or 6 floors. FAR 2.5 for mixed use. Min open space 20%. Tree canopy 20%.

§ 7-5126 standards

Max height 75 ft or 6 floors. FAR 2.5 for mixed use, 1.5 for others. Min open space 20%.

§ 7-51210 standards

Minimum lot size: none. Side yards: 8 feet. Building height: max 75 feet or 6 floors. FAR: 2.5 for mixed use, 1.5 for others. Open space: 20% of total development acreage. Permitted only in areas served by public utility facilities.

§ 7-5128 standards

Building setbacks: front and rear between 0 and 10% of lot depth; side 8 feet. Building height max 75 feet or 6 floors. Floor area ratio max 2.5 for mixed use, 1.5 for others. Minimum open space 20%.

§ 9-2002 standards

Floodplain standards for all developments are set out in chapter 26, article IV (section 26-86 et seq.), of the city Code. Erosion and sediment control standards are set out in chapter 26, article III (section 26-51 et seq.), of the city Code.

§ 9-30215 standards

Minimum lot size, 10,000 square feet. Minimum lot width, 80 feet. Minimum lot frontage, 64 feet. Principal building setback (required yards). From streets (front yards), 30 feet. From property zoned for residential use. Side yard, 20 feet. Rear yard, ten percent of the average lot depth or 35 feet, whichever is greater. Maximum lot coverage of building, 30 percent. Maximum building heights: Any building or silo may be constructed to a maximum height of seventy-five (75) feet, except as otherwise stated below. Buildings and silos located on lots abutting residential property. Any building or silo located on a lot that abuts property zoned or used for residential purposes may be constructed to a maximum height of thirty-five (35) feet.

§ 9-40213 standards

Minimum lot size, 10,000 square feet. Minimum lot width, 80 feet. Minimum lot frontage, 64 feet. Principal building setback (required yards). From streets (front yards), 30 feet. From property zoned for residential use. Side yard, 20 feet. Rear yard, ten percent of the average lot depth or 35 feet, whichever is greater. Maximum lot coverage of building, 30 percent. Maximum building heights: Any building or silo may be constructed to a maximum height of seventy-five (75) feet, except as otherwise stated below. Buildings and silos located on lots abutting residential property. Any building or silo located on a lot that abuts property zoned or used for residential purposes may be constructed to a maximum height of thirty-five (35) feet.

§ 9-5016 standards

In addition to the permitted and conditional uses set out in section 9-502, all permitted and conditional uses for properties in the M-1 light industrial district as set out in section 8-602 of this ordinance shall also be permitted and conditional uses for a single lot or for two (2) or more contiguous lots located in the O&I district, when such lot or lots meet the following criteria: ...

§ 9-5015 standards

A conditional use permit shall be required if the parking facility is located adjacent to property zoned or used for residential purposes. ... probation, parole and similar correctional or penal services shall be prohibited if any property, structure, or improvement containing such use will be located within one thousand (1,000) feet of the line of any property that: ...

§12-6078 standards

The following table sets out all uses which are permitted or which may be allowed through the granting of a conditional use permit by city council in the overlay district.

§12-7083 standards

No building, structure (including signs), or landmark, or portion thereof, that is or will be visible from a paved public street shall be constructed, erected, extended, enlarged, altered, repaired, renovated, dismantled, demolished or moved unless and until a certificate of appropriateness has been issued by the review board, or in the case of administrative certificates of appropriateness, by the director of planning.

§12-7233 standards

The following uses may be permitted with the approval of a conditional use permit in accordance with Article 17 subject to the development standards set out in subparagraph B.

§12-7321 standards

Prior to any alteration, renovation, dismantling, modification, relocation or demolition to the Caleb Williamson House, the board of historic and architectural review and the Chesapeake Historic Preservation Commission shall be consulted and asked to review the proposed action and provide comments and input to assure that the historic character of the structure is preserved.

§12-801

There is hereby created the 'Great Bridge Historic Gateway Overlay District' of the City of Chesapeake.

§12-805(A)(vi), §12-807(F)7 standards

Signs in the Great Bridge Business Character District shall comply with the adopted Great Bridge Village Design Guidelines... The total sign area for all signs on premises shall not exceed one (1) square foot of sign area for each linear foot of public right-of-way frontage.

§12-805(E), §12-807(F)3 standards

All new construction of a principal structure shall feature Colonial architecture... All landscape buffers and vegetation shall consist of native vegetation... Only city-sponsored farmers markets shall be permitted.

§12-805(F)6 standards

Development shall be Southern Colonial, French Colonial, or Coastal Colonial... All new construction of a principal structure shall install an enhanced landscape buffer consisting of twenty-five (25) percent more plant material than required along the property line abutting Battlefield Boulevard South.

§12-805, §12-806, §12-80711 standards

Developments abutting residentially zoned or used properties shall install an enhanced landscape buffer... No building or zoning permit shall be issued... Exterior painting and signage shall conform to the color palette...

§12-807(D)

In addition to the permitted and conditional uses specified in the Table of Permitted and Conditional Uses below, a conditional use permit shall be required for residential uses on the upper floor levels of buildings located in the Causeway Character District.

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.