Mathews County Unincorporated City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 5
Rural District RU
Sections
- § 175-5.1 Intent.
- § 175-5.2 Uses permitted by right.
- § 175-5.3 Conditional use permits.
- § 175-5.4 Area regulations for all permitted uses, except as otherwise required in Article 15.
- § 175-5.5 Height regulations.
- § 175-5.6 Special provisions for corner lots.
- § 175-5.7 Sign regulations.
- § 175-5.8 Off-street parking regulations.
ARTICLE 6
Residential-1 District R-1
Sections
- § 175-6.1 Intent.
- § 175-6.2 Uses permitted by right.
- § 175-6.3 Conditional use permits.
- § 175-6.4 Area regulations for all permitted uses, except as otherwise required in Article 15.
- § 175-6.5 Height regulations.
- § 175-6.6 Special provisions for corner lots.
- § 175-6.7 Sign regulations.
- § 175-6.8 Off-street parking regulations.
ARTICLE 7
Residential-2 District R-2
Sections
- § 175-7.1 Intent.
- § 175-7.2 Uses permitted by right.
- § 175-7.3 Conditional use permits.
- § 175-7.4 Area regulations for all permitted uses, except as otherwise required in Article 15.
- § 175-7.5 Height regulations.
- § 175-7.6 Special provisions for corner lots.
- § 175-7.7 Sign regulations.
- § 175-7.8 Off-street parking regulations.
ARTICLE 8
Business-1 District B-1
Sections
- § 175-8.1 Purpose.
- § 175-8.2 Permitted uses.
- § 175-8.3 Conditional use permits.
- § 175-8.4 Requirements for permitted uses.
- § 175-8.5 Area regulations for all permitted uses, except as otherwise required in Article 15.
- § 175-8.6 Height regulations.
- § 175-8.7 Special provisions for corner lots.
- § 175-8.8 Sign regulations.
- § 175-8.9 Off-street parking regulations.
ARTICLE 9
Business-2 District B-2
Sections
- § 175-9.1 Intent.
- § 175-9.2 Uses permitted by right.
- § 175-9.3 Conditional use permits.
- § 175-9.4 Requirements for permitted uses.
- § 175-9.5 Area regulations for all permitted uses, except as otherwise required in Article 15.
- § 175-9.6 Height regulations.
- § 175-9.7 Sign regulations.
- § 175-9.8 Off-street parking regulations.
ARTICLE 10
Industrial District I
Sections
- § 175-10.1 Intent.
- § 175-10.2 Uses permitted by right.
- § 175-10.3 Conditional use permits.
- § 175-10.4 Requirements for permitted uses.
- § 175-10.5 Area regulations for all permitted uses, except as otherwise required in Article 15.
- § 175-10.6 Height regulations.
- § 175-10.7 Sign regulations.
- § 175-10.8 Off-street parking regulations.
ARTICLE 11
Conservation District C
Sections
- § 175-11.1 Intent.
- § 175-11.2 Uses permitted by right.
- § 175-11.3 Conditional use permits.
- § 175-11.4 Requirements for permitted uses.
- § 175-11.5 Area regulations for all permitted uses, except as otherwise required in Article 15.
- § 175-11.6 Height regulations.
- § 175-11.7 Special provisions for corner lots.
- § 175-11.8 Sign regulations.
- § 175-11.9 Off-street parking regulations.
ARTICLE 15
Supplemental District Regulations
Sections
- § 175-15.1 General.
- § 175-15.2 Conversion of dwellings to a greater number of units.
- § 175-15.3 Temporary buildings, construction trailers, and manufactured homes.
- § 175-15.4 Architectural projections.
- § 175-15.5 Home occupations and home enterprises.
- § 175-15.6 Required screening for trash areas.
- § 175-15.7 Side and rear yard requirements.
- § 175-15.8 Special provisions for commercial and industrial uses.
- § 175-15.9 Hazardous, toxic or obnoxious elements.
- § 175-15.10 Inoperable/junk vehicles.
- § 175-15.11 Emergency permits.
- § 175-15.12 Widening of highways and street.
- § 175-15.13 Cluster development.
- § 175-15.14 Requirements for condominiums.
- § 175-15.15 Supplemental regulations for multifamily residential and flexible residential/business uses.
- § 175-15.16 Minimum setback and distance requirements for certain permitted agricultural and forestal uses.
- § 175-15.17 Measuring of lot width.
- § 175-15.18 Measuring of shoreline setback.
- § 175-15.19 Wetlands and water areas excluded from lot area.
- § 175-15.20 Greater setback required for portions of Route 14 and Route 198.
- § 175-15.21 Interpretation of area requirements for multiple uses.
- § 175-15.22 Open dumps.
- § 175-15.23 Special regulations for therapeutic massage facilities.
- § 175-15.24 Special regulations for certain adult uses.
- § 175-15.25 Conditional use permit requirement for certain commercial uses.
- § 175-15.26 Lighting.
- § 175-15.27 Special regulations for owner-operator auto service.
- § 175-15.28 Special regulations for short-term vacation rentals.
- § 175-15.29 Special regulations for small scale alcohol production facilities.
- § 175-15.30 Special regulations for mobile food vending vehicles (food trucks).
ARTICLE 17
Site Development Plan Final Development Plan
Sections
- § 175-17.1 Purpose and intent.
- § 175-17.2 Development or land use requiring a site development plan.
- § 175-17.3 Site development plan information required.
- § 175-17.4 Preparation procedure and specific items, to be shown preparation procedure and specific items to be shown for the site development plan are as follows.
- § 175-17.5 Minimum standards and improvements required.
- § 175-17.6 Administration and procedures for processing site development plans.
ARTICLE 19
Administrative Procedures
Sections
- § 175-19.1 Procedure for amendments or district changes.
- § 175-19.2 General.
- § 175-19.3 Initiation of zoning amendments.
- § 175-19.4 Contents of application.
- § 175-19.5 Transmittal to Planning Commission.
- § 175-19.6 Public hearing.
- § 175-19.7 Recommendation by Planning Commission.
- § 175-19.8 Final action by governing body.
- § 175-19.9 Limitation on zoning amendments.
- § 175-19.10 Appeals to Board of Zoning Appeals and Circuit Court.
- § 175-19.11 Variances.
- § 175-19.12 Conditional use permit.
- § 175-19.13 Uses not provided for.
- § 175-19.14 Petitions.
ARTICLE 20
Enforcement
Sections
- § 175-20.1 Zoning permits (clearances) required.
- § 175-20.2 Contents of application for zoning permits.
- § 175-20.3 Approval of zoning permits.
- § 175-20.4 Expiration of zoning permit.
- § 175-20.5 Building permits.
- § 175-20.6 Certificate of occupancy.
- § 175-20.7 Compliance with applications, plans, permits and certificates.
- § 175-20.8 Enforcement procedures.
- § 175-20.9 Permits and licenses. [1]
- § 175-20.11 Schedule of fees, charges, expenses and required materials.
ARTICLE 22
Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Overlay District
Sections
- DIVISION I General Provisions and Application of District
- § 175-22.1 Findings of fact.
- § 175-22.2 Purpose and intent.
- § 175-22.3 Authority.
- § 175-22.4 Application of district.
- § 175-22.5 Definitions.
- § 175-22.6 Conflict with other regulations.
- § 175-22.7 Designation of Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Overlay District.
- § 175-22.8 Interpretation of resource protection area boundaries.
- DIVISION II Land Use and Development Performance Criteria
- § 175-22.9 Purposes of performance criteria.
- § 175-22.10 General performance criteria.
- § 175-22.11 Performance criteria for RPA.
- § 175-22.12 Buffer area requirements: purpose.
- § 175-22.13 Buffer area delineation.
- § 175-22.14 Buffer area width and performance standards.
- § 175-22.15 Buffer area supplemental performance standards.
- § 175-22.16 Buffer area modification.
- § 175-22.17 Buffer area modifications on agricultural lands.
- DIVISION III Water Quality Impact Assessments
- DIVISION IV Plan of Development Process
- § 175-22.22 Purpose of plan of development process.
- § 175-22.23 Applicability of plan of development.
- § 175-22.24 Pre-submission conference.
- § 175-22.25 Required plans and studies.
- § 175-22.26 Site plan.
- § 175-22.27 Landscape plan.
- § 175-22.28 Contents of landscape plan.
- § 175-22.29 Landscape plan plant specifications.
- § 175-22.30 Maintenance of plant materials.
- § 175-22.31 Stormwater management plan.
- § 175-22.32 Contents of stormwater management plan.
- § 175-22.33 Coordination with future plans.
- § 175-22.34 Stormwater calculations.
- § 175-22.35 Inspection and maintenance.
- § 175-22.36 Environmental site assessment.
- § 175-22.37 Content of environmental site assessment.
- § 175-22.38 Wetlands delineation.
- § 175-22.39 Approval of plan of development elements.
- § 175-22.40 Zoning permits.
- § 175-22.41 Certificates of occupancy.
- § 175-22.42 Expiration of final approvals.
- § 175-22.43 Modifications to approved plans.
- DIVISION V Appeals, Nonconforming Use, Exemptions and Variances
- § 175-22.44 Appeals.
- § 175-22.45 Nonconforming buildings and structures.
- § 175-22.46 Waiver for nonconforming structure.
- § 175-22.47 Exemptions for utilities, railroads and facilities.
- § 175-22.48 Exemptions for silviculture activities.
- § 175-22.49 Exemptions in RPA.
- § 175-22.50 Variances.
- § 175-22.51 Enforcement of this article.