Roanoke
Zoning districts
10 districts, grouped by category.
Overlay
2Industrial
2Residential
6R-12 District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 150 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-3 District
R-5 District
R-7 District
RM-1 District
RM-2 District
General provisions
298 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates a use permitted as of right. S indicates a use permitted only by special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates a use permitted as of right. S indicates a use permitted only by special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates a use permitted as of right. S indicates a use permitted only by special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates a use permitted as of right. S indicates a use permitted only by special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates a use permitted as of right. S indicates a use permitted only by special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates a use permitted as of right. S indicates a use permitted only by special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates a use permitted as of right. S indicates a use permitted only by special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates a use permitted as of right. S indicates a use permitted only by special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates permitted as of right; S indicates special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates permitted as of right; S indicates special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates permitted as of right; S indicates special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates permitted as of right; S indicates special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates permitted as of right; S indicates special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates permitted as of right; S indicates special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates permitted as of right; S indicates special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates permitted as of right; S indicates special exception.
Use table for multiple purpose districts. P indicates permitted as of right; S indicates special exception.
Minimum façade transparency for any building containing only residential uses is 20 percent.
In districts where indicated as applicable in Section 36.2-316, a building may be exempted from the maximum front yard requirement set forth in Table 205-2 of this chapter, if a civic space accessible to the general public is provided along the entire frontage(s) where the maximum frontage would otherwise be applicable.
In districts where indicated as applicable in Section 36.2-316, designated pedestrian pathways of a minimum unobstructed width of five (5) feet shall be provided and clearly defined from the public sidewalk, or the public right-of-way where there is no public sidewalk, to the public entrance of any principal building.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.