Chesterfield County Unincorporated City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 2
Zoning Districts
Sections
- Division 1 Generally
- Division 2 Residential Districts
- Division 3 Commercial / Mixed-Use Districts
- Division 4 Employment Districts
- Division 5 Overlay Districts
ARTICLE 3
Uses
Sections
- Division Placeholder
- 19.2-28 Principal and Accessory Uses Generally
- 19.2-29 Principal Use Matrix
- 19.2-30 Principal Use Restrictions
- 19.2-30-1 Adult Business
- 19.2-30-2 Agritourism
- 19.2-30-3 Agricultural Farmstand
- 19.2-30-4 Alternative Financial Institution
- 19.2-30-5 Amphitheater
- 19.2-30-6 Animal Shelter
- 19.2-30-7 Artisan Food and Beverage Production
- 19.2-30-8 Artisan Studio Workshop
- 19.2-30-9 Automobile Repair
- 19.2-30-10 Automobile Sales, Rental, and Leasing
- 19.2-30-11 Bed and Breakfast Inn
- 19.2-30-12 Brewery/Distillery/Winery, Farm
- 19.2-30-13 Business Services
- 19.2-30-14 Business or Vocational School
- 19.2-30-15 Car Wash or Auto Detailing
- 19.2-30-16 Catering Service or Facility
- 19.2-30-17 Commercial Stables
- 19.2-30-18 Consumer and Repair Services
- 19.2-30-19 Convenience Store
- 19.2-30-20 Donation Center
- 19.2-30-21 Dwelling, Multi-family
- 19.2-30-22 Dwelling, Single-Family Detached
- 19.2-30-23 Dwelling, Townhouse
- 19.2-30-24 Event Center
- 19.2-30-25 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
- 19.2-30-26 Farm
- 19.2-30-27 Farmers’ Market
- 19.2-30-28 Financial Institution
- 19.2-30-29 Fueling Facility
- 19.2-30-30 Gas Station
- 19.2-30-31 Heliport
- 19.2-30-32 Kennel, Commercial
- 19.2-30-33 Landfill (Construction, Demolition and Debris)
- 19.2-30-34 Manufactured Home (on a single lot)
- 19.2-30-35 Massage Clinic
- 19.2-30-36 Microbrewery/Microdistillery/Microwinery/Micromeadery
- 19.2-30-37 Mobile Food Vending
- 19.2-30-38 Office
- 19.2-30-39 Outdoor Sales
- 19.2-30-40 Parking Lot or Structure, Commercial
- 19.2-30-41 Park
- 19.2-30-42 Plant Nursery or Greenhouse, Wholesale
- 19.2-30-43 Recreational Substances
- 19.2-30-44 Research and Development
- 19.2-30-45 Restaurant
- 19.2-30-46 Retail Sales and Personal Services, General
- 19.2-30-47 Retail Sales, Large Scale
- 19.2-30-48 Seasonal Sales
- 19.2-30-49 Self-Storage
- 19.2-30-50 Solar Energy Facility, Utility-Scale
- 19.2-30-51 Stadium or Arena
- 19.2-30-52 Telecommunication Tower
- 19.2-30-53 Veterinary Clinic/Hospital
- 19.2-31 Accessory Use Matrix
- 19.2-32 Accessory Use Restrictions
- 19.2-32-1 Accessory Building/Use
- 19.2-32-2 Adult Day Care Center
- 19.2-32-3 Animal Run, Outdoor
- 19.2-32-4 Automobile and Motor Vehicle Rental
- 19.2-32-5 Boathouse
- 19.2-32-6 Camp Stay
- 19.2-32-7 Check Cashing
- 19.2-32-8 Child Day Care Center
- 19.2-32-9 Commercial Vehicle Parking
- 19.2-32-10 Construction Trailer or Unit
- 19.2-32-11 Crematorium
- 19.2-32-12 Day Care, Family (Adult)
- 19.2-32-13 Day Care, Family (Child)
- 19.2-32-14 Donation Bin
- 19.2-32-15 Dwelling, Accessory
- 19.2-32-16 Electric Power Wind Energy System
- 19.2-32-17 Electric Vehicle Charging Station
- 19.2-32-18 Family Health Care Unit
- 19.2-32-19 Farm Stay
- 19.2-32-20 Flagpole
- 19.2-32-21 Fueling Facility
- 19.2-32-22 Garage or Yard Sales
- 19.2-32-23 Home Occupation
- 19.2-32-24 Kiosk
- 19.2-32-25 Manufacturing
- 19.2-32-26 Massage Clinic
- 19.2-32-27 Model Home and Model Home Sales Center
- 19.2-32-28 Motorcycle, Go-Cart, All-Terrain Vehicle or Similar Type Vehicle Operation, Non-Commercial
- 19.2-32-29 Neighborhood Clubhouse and Recreation Facility
- 19.2-32-30 Outdoor Dining
- 19.2-32-31 Outdoor Display
- 19.2-32-32 Portable Storage Unit or Container
- 19.2-32-33 Public Address System
- 19.2-32-34 Recreational Vehicle and Trailer Parking
- 19.2-32-35 Retail Sales and Personal Services, General
- 19.2-32-36 Restaurant
- 19.2-32-37 Shipping Container
- 19.2-32-38 Short-Term Rental
- 19.2-32-39 Sign, Changeable Copy
- 19.2-32-40 Solar Energy Facility, Limited
- 19.2-32-41 Storage, Outside
- 19.2-32-42 Warehouse
ARTICLE 4
Development Standards
Sections
- Division Placeholder
- 19.2-33 General Provisions
- 19.2-34 Amenity Space
- 19.2-35 Buffers
- 19.2-36 Building Design
- 19.2-37 Dimensional Standards
- 19.2-38 Exterior Lighting
- 19.2-39 Fences, Retaining Walls, and Visual Obstructions
- 19.2-40 Improvement Guarantees
- 19.2-41 Landscaping and Screening
- 19.2-42 Parking
- 19.2-43 Signs
- 19.2-44 Stormwater Management
- 19.2-45 Streets, Transportation, and Connectivity
- 19.2-46 Upper Swift Creek Watershed
ARTICLE 5
Procedures and Fees
Sections
- Division 1 General Procedural Requirements
- Division 2 Legislative Procedures
- Division 3 Site Plans
- Division 4 Historic Preservation Procedures
- Division 5 Administrative Procedures
- Division 6 Relief
ARTICLE 9
Definitions and Rules of Interpretation
Sections
- Division Placeholder
- 19.2-82 General Rules of Interpretation
- Sec. 19.2-83. Defined Terms
- A
- Access
- Access Point
- Accessory Building/Use
- Adjacent
- Adaptation Measure
- Administrative Modification
- Adult Bookstore/Video Store
- Adult Business
- Adult Day Care Center
- Adult Entertainment
- Adult Merchandise
- Adult Mini-Motion Picture Theater
- Adult Motion Picture Theater
- Adult Store
- Aggrieved Person
- Agricultural Farmstand
- Agritourism
- Airport
- Airstrip, Private
- Alley
- Alternative Financial Institution
- Amenity Space
- Amenity Space, Strategic (SAS)
- Amphitheater
- Animal Run, Indoor
- Animal Run, Outdoor
- Animal Slaughtering and Processing means a facility where livestock and other animals are slaughtered and/or processed.
- Animal Shelter
- Apparel Manufacturing
- Appurtenant or Accessory Structures
- Aquatic Bench
- Artisan Food and Beverage Production
- Artisan Studio Workshop
- Asphalt/Concrete Plant
- Asphalt or Concrete Staging Plant
- Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
- Automobile
- Automobile Consignment
- Automobile Repair
- Automobile Sales, Rental, and Leasing
- Awning
- B
- Backwater
- Basement
- Battery Manufacturing
- Bed and Breakfast Inn
- Best Management Practice (BMP)
- Beverage Manufacturing
- Bikeway
- Block
- Boat
- Boathouse
- Brewery/Distillery/Winery/Meadery
- Brewery/Distillery/WInery, Farm
- Buffer
- Buffer Area
- Building
- Building, Elevated
- Building Envelope
- Building Height
- Building Coverage
- Building Setback Line, Front
- Business or Vocational School
- Business Services
- C
- Campground
- Canopy, Drive-Through
- Canopy Tree
- Camp Stay
- Car Wash or Auto Detailing
- Catering Service or Facility
- Cemetery, Mausoleum, or Columbarium
- Check Cashing, Incidental
- Chemical Manufacturing
- Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area
- Child Day Care Center
- Circuit Court
- Circuit Court Clerk
- Club or Lodge
- College, University, Seminary, and Other Institutions of Higher Education
- Commercial Amusement, Indoor
- Commercial Amusement, Outdoor
- Commercial Contractors/Services
- Commercial Contractors/Services, with Outside Storage and/or Fleet Parking
- Commercial Stables
- Commercial Vehicle Parking
- Communication, Small Cell
- Community Care Facility
- Community Garden
- Complete Application
- Comprehensive Plan
- Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
- Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO)
- Conditional Use
- Conference Center
- Construction Trailer or Unit
- Consumer and Repair Services
- Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC)
- Convenience Store
- Copy
- Corner Entrance
- Correctional Facility
- County
- Courtyard
- Crematorium
- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
- Cul-de-sac
- Cutlery and Handtool Manufacturing
- D
- Data Center
- Day
- Day Care, Family (Adult)
- Day Care, Family (Child)
- Day Labor Facility
- Density
- Detention Basin
- Development
- Director of Planning
- Discarded Material Storage
- Display, Outside
- Distribution Center
- District
- Dog Keeping, Personal
- Donation Bin
- Donation Center
- Drive-Through
- Driveway
- Dwelling or Dwelling Unit
- Dwelling, Duplex
- Dwelling, Accessory
- Dwelling, Live/Work Unit
- Dwelling, Mansion Style Multi-Family
- Dwelling, Multi-family
- Dwelling, Single-Family Detached
- Dwelling, Townhouse
- E
- Easement
- Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
- Electric Power Wind Energy System (WES)
- Electric Vehicle Charging Station
- Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring
- Elevation, Base Flood
- Elevation Certificate
- Encroachment
- Energy Storage Facility
- Engineer
- Environmental Feature
- Environmental Site Assessment
- Event Center
- Existing Structure
- F
- Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
- Family
- Family Graveyard
- Family Health Care Unit
- Family Subdivision
- Farm
- Farm Stay
- Farmers’ Market
- Fascia
- Federal Insurance Administrator
- Fence or Wall, Decorative
- Financial Institution
- Finished Area
- Flag Lot
- Flag, Noncommercial
- Flagpole
- Flea Market
- Fleet Terminal
- Flood or Flooding
- Flood, Base
- Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)
- Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
- Flood, 100-Year
- Floodplain or Flood-Prone Area
- Floodplain Management
- Floodproofing
- Floodway
- Floodway Fringe
- Floor, Lowest
- Food Manufacturing
- Forebay, Sediment
- Fortune Teller
- Frontage
- Frontage Buildout
- Fueling Facility
- Fuel Storage and Distribution
- Funeral Home or Mortuary
- Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing
- G
- H
- Halfway House
- Hardware Manufacturing
- Hazardous Waste Facility
- Health and Fitness Club
- Heavy Equipment
- Heavy Equipment Sales, Service and Repair
- Heliport
- Highly Erodible Soils
- Highly Permeable Soils
- Historic Structures
- Home Occupation
- Hospital
- Hotel
- HUD Manufactured Housing Code
- Hydrologic and Hydraulic Engineering Analysis
- I
- J
- K
- L
- Laboratory
- Landfill, Solid Waste
- Landfill, Construction/Demolition/Debris (CDD Landfill)
- Laundry and Dry Cleaning Plant
- Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing
- Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing
- Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA)
- Letter of Map Change (LOMC)
- Letter of Map Revision (LOMR)
- Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill (LOMR-F)
- Letter of Map Revision, Conditional or Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR)
- Lot
- Lot Area
- Lot, Corner
- Lot, Interior
- Lot, Through
- Lot Depth
- Lot of Record
- Lot Subdivision
- Lot Width
- Lot, Zoning
- Low Impact Development (LID)
- Lumber Yard
- M
- Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing
- Machinery Manufacturing
- Manufactured Home
- Manufactured Home Park
- Manufactured Home Subdivision
- Manufactured Home Temporary
- Manufacturing
- Marina
- Massage Clinic
- Mature Tree
- Medical Clinic or Office
- Medication Assisted Treatment
- Microbrewery/Microdistillery/Microwinery/Micromeadery
- Mini-Storage Warehouse
- Mining/Quarrying
- Miscellaneous Manufacturing
- Mobile Food Vending
- Model Home and Model Home Sales Center
- Motel
- Motorcycle, go-cart, all-terrain vehicle or similar type vehicle operation, non-commercial
- Motor Vehicle
- Motor Vehicle Sales, Repair, Rental, and Leasing
- Motor Vehicle Storage Lot
- Motor Vehicle Tow Lot
- Multimedia Production
- Museum/Gallery
- N
- O
- P
- Paper Manufacturing
- Parapet Wall
- Parcel
- Park
- Park, linear
- Parking
- Parking Structure
- Parking Lot or Structure, Commercial
- Pavement, Private
- Pawn Shop
- Pedestrian Accommodations
- Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
- Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
- Plan of Development
- Plan Review
- Plan, Concept
- Plan, Master Site
- Plan, Schematic
- Plant Nursery, Garden Center, or Greenhouse Commercial
- Plant Nursery or Greenhouse, Wholesale
- Plastics Product Manufacturing
- Pollution, Nonpoint Source
- Port
- Portable Storage Unit or Container
- Postharvest Crop Activities
- Post-FIRM Structures
- Power Generating Facility
- Precious Metals Dealer
- Pre-FIRM Structures
- Premises
- Primary Metal Manufacturing
- Printing and Related Support Activities
- Private School
- Private Well
- Property
- Project
- Public Address System
- Q
- R
- Railway Freight Station
- Rear-Loaded
- Recorded Subdivision
- Recovery Residence
- Recreational Substances
- Recreational Substances, On-Site Use means any establishment, facility, or location whose business operation allows the on-site use of Recreational Substances.
- Recreational Substances, Retail, Off-Site Use
- Recreational Equipment
- Recreational vehicle
- Recreational Equipment and Trailer Parking
- Recreational Equipment Sales, Rental, and Repair
- Recycling Treatment and Processing Facility
- Redevelopment
- Refacing
- Religious Institution
- Repetitive Loss Structure
- Rescue Services, Private
- Research and Development
- Residential Care Home
- Residential Lot
- Resort
- Resource Management Area (RMA)
- Resource Protection Area (RPA)
- Restaurant
- Restaurant, Drive-In or Drive-Through
- Retail Sales and Personal Services, General
- Retail Sales, Large Scale
- Retention Basin
- Right-of-Way
- Road
- Road, Center Line
- Road, Collector
- Road, Internal
- Road, Limited Access
- Road, Local
- Road, Major Arterial
- Road, Residential Collector
- Road, Special-Access
- Roofline
- Rubber Product Manufacturing
- S
- Safety Bench
- Sawmills and Wood Preservation
- Screening
- Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging
- Seasonal Sales
- Self-Storage
- Setbacks
- Severe Repetitive Loss Structure
- Shared Use Path
- Shipping Container
- Shopping Center
- Short-Term Rental
- Sidewalk
- Sign
- Sign Box
- Sign, Building Mounted
- Sign, Changeable Copy
- Sign, Cladded Pole
- Sign, Freestanding
- Sign, Illuminated
- Sign Modernization Area (SMA)
- Sign, Monument
- Sign, New Outdoor Advertising
- Sign, Outdoor Advertising
- Sign, Permanent
- Sign, Projecting
- Sign, Sidewalk
- Sign Structure
- Sign, Temporary
- Sign, Under Canopy
- Sign, Window
- Silvicultural Activities
- Site
- Skill Game
- Soils, Highly Erodible
- Soils, Highly Permeable
- Solar Energy Facility, Utility Scale
- Solar Energy Facility, Limited
- Special Event, Carnival, Festival, Concert - Limited
- Special Exception
- Specified Anatomical Areas
- Specified Sexual Activities
- Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)
- Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing
- Stacking Spaces
- Stadium or Arena
- Start of Construction
- Steep Slope
- Stepback
- Storage, Outside
- Storm Surge
- Stormwater Management
- Street
- Story
- Street, Loop
- Street, Mews
- Structural Alteration
- Structure
- Stub Street
- Subdivision
- Substantial Damage
- Substantial Improvement
- Surveyor
- T
- Telecommunication Tower
- Temporary Turnaround
- Textile Mill
- Textile Product Mill
- Theater
- Theater, Drive-In
- Tidal Shore or Shore
- Tidal Wetlands
- Tiny Home
- Tobacco Manufacturing
- Tow Truck
- Tractor Trailer
- Tractor Trailer Parking and Storage
- Tractor Trailer Sales, Repair, Rental and Leasing
- Transfer Station
- Transit Station or Terminal
- Transitional Housing
- Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
- Truck Stop
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- A