Martinsville City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
SECTION I
- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- A.- Purpose and intent.
- B. - Administration.
- C. - Zoning districts.
- D. - Zoning map.
- E. - Interpretation of zoning district boundaries.
- F. - Interpretation of district regulations.
- G. - Effective date.
- H. - Prior approvals.
- I. - Conflicting ordinances.
- J. - Severability.
- K. - Public hearings.
- L. - Violations and penalties.
- M. - Annexation.
- N. - Building permits.
SECTION III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- A.- Purpose and intent.
- B. - Public and private streets.
- C. - Density, open space, and lot coverage.
- D. - Accessory uses and structures.
- E. - Public sanitary sewerage facilities.
- F. - Public water facilities.
- G. - Storm drainage and stormwater management facilities.
- H. - Lot and yard requirements.
- I. - Condominiums.
- J. - Home occupations.
- K. - Communications towers and antennas.
- L. - Yard sales.
- M. - Day care centers.
- N. - Short-term rental occupancy.
SECTION IV
SITE PLAN REGULATIONS
Sections
- A.- Purpose and intent.
- B. - Section administration.
- C. - Uses requiring a site plan or public improvements plan.
- D. - Waiver of requirement for site plan.
- E. - Pre-application conference and concept plan.
- F. - Minimum design and construction standards.
- G. - Site plan review and approval process.
- H. - Site plan requirements.
- I. - Bonding and construction permits.
- J. - Requests for waivers, variations and substitutions.
- K. - Revisions to approved site plans.
- L. - Single family residential lot plans for existing lots of record.
- M. - Acceptance of public facilities.
- N. - Appeals.
- O. - Violations and penalties.
- P. - Hardships.
SECTION V
- NONCONFORMITY
Sections
- A.- Purpose and intent.
- B. - Authority and status.
- C. - Repairs and maintenance.
- D. - Nonconforming lots.
- E. - Nonconforming uses of land.
- F. - Nonconforming structures.
- G. - Nonconforming uses of structures.
- H. - Nonconforming off-street parking and loading.
- I. - Nonconforming signs.
- J. - Relationship to site plan requirements.
SECTION VI
SIGN REGULATIONS
Sections
- A.- Purpose and intent.
- B. - Sign permits.
- C. - Exemptions.
- D. - Prohibited signs.
- E. - Sign area measurements.
- F. - Sign regulations for all districts.
- G. - Sign regulations for residential districts.
- H. - Sign regulations for non-residential districts.
- I. - Historic district signs.
- J. - Entrance corridor overlay district.
- K. - Temporary signs.
- L. - Abandoned signs.
- M. - Nonconforming signs.
SECTION VII
ZONING AMENDMENTS
Sections
- A.- Purpose and intent.
- B. - Initiation of amendments and changes.
- C. - Pre-application conference and concept plan.
- D. - Requirements for zoning amendment application.
- E. - Review procedure.
- F. - Posting of property by applicant.
- G. - Reconsideration of request.
- H. - Withdrawal of application.
- I. - Amendments and variations of conditions.
SECTION VIII
SPECIAL USE PERMITS
Sections
SECTION XX
EC-O, ENTRANCE CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT
Sections
- A.- Purpose and intent.
- B. - Designated entrance corridors.
- C. - Corridor master plans.
- D. - Qualifying development activities.
- E. - Tree protection.
- F. - Minimum visual buffer and screening.
- G. - Yard, height, geometric standards and guidelines.
- H. - Access and internal circulation guidelines.
- I. - General development guidelines.
- J. - Site landscape requirements.
- K. - Corridor signs.
- L. - Exemptions to the requirements of the EC-O District.
- M. - EC-O District development review.
- N. - Waivers.
SECTION XXII
LANDSCAPE STANDARDS
Sections
- A.- Purpose and intent.
- B. - Application of landscape standards.
- C. - Landscape plan requirements.
- D. - General landscape standards.
- E. - Tree canopy requirements.
- F. - Buffer and screening requirements.
- G. - Parking lot landscape requirements.
- H. - Walls and fences.
- I. - Site protection and general planting requirements.
- J. - Recommended plant materials.
SECTION XXIII
OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
Sections
- A.- Purpose and intent.
- B. - Applicability.
- C. - Off-street parking requirements.
- D. - Size of parking spaces.
- E. - Calculation of required parking.
- F. - Minimum number of spaces required.
- G. - Maximum number of spaces permitted.
- H. - Additional regulations for residential uses.
- I. - Procedures for alternative parking arrangements.
- J. - Off-street loading spaces.
- K. - Drive-thru stacking lane requirements.
- L. - Handicap space requirements.
SECTION XXIV
PROFFERS
Sections
- A.- Purpose and intent.
- B. - Proffers: Must be voluntary and reasonable.
- C. - Additional definitions.
- D. - General criteria for application of proffers.
- E. - Proffers for eligible contributions and the dedication of real property.
- F. - Administrative procedures.
- G. - Commission and council action on proffered conditions.
- H. - Recordation of proffers and amendment of zoning map.
- I. - Legal form of proffer statement and title.
- J. - Effect, enforcement, contested action, and remedies.