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.
Each wind turbine permitted in sections 14-401 and 14-402 shall comply with the following requirements: 1. No signage shall be posted or displayed on any turbine... 2. No turbine shall be illuminated unless required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
All trash receptacles shall be screened from view from any public right-of-way and from property zoned or used for residential purposes... No trash receptacle areas may be located in any required yard.
All trash receptacles shall be screened from view from any public right-of-way and from property zoned or used for residential purposes... No trash receptacle areas may be located in any required yard.
Except as provided below, radio, television, satellite dish and other communication towers and antennas used as accessory structures shall comply with the requirements of this article regarding accessory structures.
Communication towers and antennas used as accessory structures may exceed the height of the principal structure, up to a maximum height of fifty (50) feet... provided that (1) the property on which the principal structure and the tower or antenna are located is zoned M-1 light industrial or M-2 general industrial district
Unless a sign is specifically exempted from a permit requirement by the other provisions of this ordinance, no person shall erect, alter, repair, relocate or modify any sign without first obtaining a permit for such work from the zoning administrator of the city.
Unless a sign is specifically exempted from a permit requirement by the other provisions of this ordinance, no person shall erect, alter, repair, relocate or modify any sign without first obtaining a permit for such work from the zoning administrator of the city.
Each commercial/industrial center and park shall be permitted the following: 1. Types of signs. Commercial/industrial center or park sign may be a freestanding sign, a wall sign or a projecting sign.
Each establishment having an exclusive and direct public entrance within a commercial/industrial center or park shall be permitted to have wall signs or projecting signs... One (1) directory sign shall be permitted for commercial/industrial centers or parks.
Signs for gasoline supply stations shall comply with the following requirements: 1. Signs on top of pumps shall be permitted, provided that the sign area does not exceed one (1) square foot. 2. Gasoline supply stations which are authorized to perform state safety and/or emission control inspections may display a sign, not to exceed ten (10) square feet in sign area.
Signs located on development, construction and sales sites that are under active construction shall be allowed in addition to other permitted signs...
Signs in residential developments and subdivisions shall be installed on private property included in the subdivision or development... Off-site residential development and subdivision signs...
Where a business establishment, assembly use or commercial/industrial center or park is located in a residential or agricultural zone and is two (2) or more acres in size, the sign area, the sign height and setback requirements for the freestanding signs on the site shall be those that are set out in the table of basic design elements...
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, where two (2) or more detached public buildings are occupied for different purposes and are located on one (1) parcel of land, a maximum sign area of sixty-four (64) square feet per street frontage shall be permitted for freestanding signs.
One (1) directional sign, which belongs to one or more establishments which existed prior to the re-routing of a public thoroughfare and providing directions to such establishment, shall be permitted onsite or on offsite private property...
The overall size and dimensions of an authorized utility pole snipe sign shall be no greater than sixty (60) inches in length and thirty (30) inches in width.
One (1) sign for one or more establishments which were existing prior to the re-routing of Dominion Boulevard, shall be permitted off-site near access roads along the Dominion Boulevard Corridor...
No signs including but not limited to overhanging signs extending out from the building and overhanging a sidewalk, street, alley or other passageway; shall be permitted within the public rights-of-way unless such sign is a public service sign approved by the city manager or designee or a special permit is approved by the director of development and permits or designee...
Murals shall be permitted in the Great Bridge Historic Gateway Overlay District, as defined by this ordinance, and in the Dollar Tree Planned Unit Development, as approved by city council, with the issuance of a zoning permit certifying compliance with the requirements of this section.
Billboard signs within the city may be approved through the granting of a conditional use permit by city council... The property on which the sign is located must be zoned B-2 general business district, B-3 highway service district, M-1 light industrial district, or M-2 general industrial district.
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