Chesapeake
Zoning districts
19 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
1Commercial
3Neighborhood Business District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
General Business District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Urban Business District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 5 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
Other
3Industrial
3Light Industrial District
- Min lot
- 2,178,000 sq ft (50 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 8
Heavy Industrial District
- Min lot
- 2,178,000 sq ft (50 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 10
Waterfront Industrial District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
Open space
5Residential
4R-10
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
R-6 Residential District
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
R-8
- Min lot
- 8,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
Residential Estate District
General provisions
588 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
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.
Max height 75 ft or 6 floors. FAR 2.5 for mixed use. Min open space 20%. Tree canopy 20%.
Max height 75 ft or 6 floors. FAR 2.5 for mixed use, 1.5 for others. Min open space 20%.
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.
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%.
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.
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.
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.
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: ...
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: ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
There is hereby created the 'Great Bridge Historic Gateway Overlay District' of the City of Chesapeake.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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