Stafford County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
24 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
2Commercial
3Industrial
2Other
8Planned Development-1 District
- Max density
- 7 du/ac
Planned Development-2
- Min lot
- 21,780,000 sq ft (500 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 35
T-5 Transect Zone
T-6 Transect Zone
Urban Development Subdistrict 1
Residential
7Suburban Residential
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 14 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 14
Urban Residential—Medium Density
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 3.5 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 19
Urban Residential—High Density
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 7 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 19
Manufactured Homes
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 7 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 12
Age-Restricted Housing
- Max height
- 3 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 15 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 4
T-3 Transect Zone
T-4 Transect Zone
General provisions
259 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The purpose of the RC district is to provide areas of the county located at strategic intersections of arterial and major collector roads where commercial uses in centers of less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross floor area...
provide an overlay zone which requires best management practices (BMPs) and other protective measures in areas critical to the integrity of public water supplies, rivers and streams, and other sensitive features.
The purpose of the RP district is to provide an overlay zone which requires best management practices (BMPs) and other protective measures in areas critical to the integrity of public water supplies, rivers and streams, and other sensitive features.
All uses permitted by right in the underlying district. All conditional uses permitted in the underlying district.
The purpose of the SC district is to establish areas for commercial uses designed and intended primarily to serve the needs of the immediate neighborhood in which they are located.
The purpose of the SC district is to establish areas for commercial uses designed and intended primarily to serve the needs of the immediate neighborhood in which they are located.
Sign permit required; certain types prohibited; clearance for projecting signs; setback exemption; repair and removal.
Types permitted in commercial and office districts (B-1, B-2, B-3, RBC, RC, SC and HI).
Types permitted in commercial and office districts (B-1, B-2, B-3, RBC, RC, SC and HI).
Types permitted in commercial and office districts (B-1, B-2, B-3, RBC, RC, SC and HI).
Types permitted in commercial and office districts (B-1, B-2, B-3, RBC, RC, SC and HI).
Types permitted in planned development and urban development districts (LC, PD-1, PD-2, PTND, RDA-1 and UD).
Types permitted in planned development and urban development districts (LC, PD-1, PD-2, PTND, RDA-1 and UD).
Types permitted in planned development and urban development districts (LC, PD-1, PD-2, PTND, RDA-1 and UD).
The owner of a principal building shall post the building's assigned number in a manner so as to be visible and distinguishable from the road on which the building fronts.
No building or structure shall be erected, constructed, altered, moved, converted, extended or enlarged without a zoning permit issued by the zoning administrator or his designee.
The height limitations contained in Table 3.1 shall not apply to spires, belfries, cupolas, antennas, communication towers, silos, barns, water towers, ventilators, chimneys, or other appurtenances usually required to be placed above the roof level and not intended for human occupancy.
Lot frontage shall be a minimum of eighty (80) percent of the designated lot width. Lots on any cul-de-sac shall have a minimum frontage of fifty (50) feet.
Lots on any cul-de-sac shall have a minimum frontage of fifty (50) feet.
Porches, balconies, chimneys, eaves, outside basement entrances, emergency ingress/egress window wells and like architectural features may project not more than six (6) feet into any required yard; provided that no such features shall be located closer than six (6) feet to any lot line.
Source documents
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- Chapter 17.4K charsRead →
- Chapter 1024.8K charsRead →
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- Chapter 139.6K charsRead →
- Chapter 1466.9K charsRead →
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- Chapter 1612.5K charsRead →
- Chapter 1717.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 188.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 1941.1K charsRead →
- Chapter 2317.4K charsRead →
- Chapter 2073.5K charsRead →
- Chapter 3553.9K charsRead →
- Chapter 4299.4K charsRead →
- Chapter 52.5K charsRead →
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