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Newport News City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XVII

O1 OFFICE DISTRICT REGULATIONS

Sec. 45-1701.- General.

The purpose of this article is to establish small scale office settings. Uses appropriate to this district generally include business and professional offices serving localized areas which do not generate high volumes of vehicular traffic.

(Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1)

Sec. 45-1702. - Permitted uses.

(a)

Principal uses. Uses permitted in an O1 Office District are set forth in Article IV, section 45-402.

(b)

Accessory uses and structures. Generally, accessory uses and structures accessory to principal uses allowed in the district are permitted. However, certain accessory areas may have special requirements or need a special exception because of their impact. See Article V and Article XXXII to determine what special requirements may apply.

(Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1)

Sec. 45-1703. - Area and dimensional regulations.

(a)

Minimum lot requirements: None.

(b)

Requirements for main buildings:

(1)

Minimum setback requirements:

a.

Front yard: Twenty-five (25) feet.

b.

Rear yard: Twelve (12) feet.

c.

Side yard:

1.

Interior lot: Five (5) feet.

2.

Corner lot: Twenty-five (25) feet for the side yard along the street.

(2)

Maximum height: Forty (40) feet.

(3)

Minimum buffer area:

a.

When abutting any single-family dwelling district: Thirty (30) feet.

b.

When abutting any multiple-family dwelling district: Twenty (20) feet.

(4)

Maximum floor area: Seventy-five (75) percent of lot area (Article XXVIII).

(5)

Maximum lot coverage: Eighty (80) percent of lot area.

(c)

Requirements for accessory buildings and structures:

(1)

Minimum yard setbacks: Same as for main building.

(2)

Maximum height: Same as for main building.

(3)

See also Article XXVIII.

(Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1)

Sec. 45-1704. - Single-family area and dimensional regulations.

(a)

Maximum density: Six and six-tenths (6.6) dwelling units per acre.

(b)

Minimum lot requirements:

(1)

Minimum lot area: Six thousand six hundred (6,600) square feet.

(2)

Minimum lot width:

a.

Interior lot: Sixty (60) feet.

b.

Corner lot: Eighty (80) feet.

(3)

Minimum lot frontage:

a.

On straight or curvilinear street: Sixty (60) feet.

b.

On a cul-de-sac: Thirty (30) feet.

(c)

Requirements for main building:

(1)

Minimum setback requirements:

a.

Front yard: Thirty (30) feet.

b.

Rear yard: Twenty (20) feet.

c.

Side yard:

1.

Interior lot: Ten (10) percent of lot width; but, no more than ten (10) feet shall be required.

2.

Corner lot: Thirty (30) feet for the side yard along the street.

(2)

Maximum height: Thirty-five (35) feet.

(d)

Requirements for accessory buildings and structures.

(1)

Minimum setback requirements:

a.

Front yard: Prohibited in front yard (See Article XXVIII).

b.

Rear yard: Twelve (12) feet.

c.

Side yard:

1.

Interior lot: Six (6) feet.

2.

Corner lot: Thirty (30) feet for the side yard along the street.

(2)

Maximum height: Height of main building, not to exceed one and one-half (1½) stories.

(3)

Maximum floor area: Ground floor area of main building.

(4)

For special exception to height and floor area requirements, see Article XXXII, section 45-3204.E.1.

(5)

For modifications and adjustments to regulations, see Article XXVIII.

(Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1; Ord. No. 6741-10)

Sec. 45-1705. - Medium density multiple-family area and dimensional regulations.

(a)

Maximum density: Twenty-four (24) dwelling units per acre.

(b)

Minimum requirements:

(1)

For multiple attached single-family dwellings excluding two-family dwellings:

a.

Minimum site area: Twelve thousand (12,000) square [feet].

b.

Minimum site width:

1.

Interior: One hundred (100) feet.

2.

Corner: One hundred twenty (120) feet.

c.

Minimum site frontage: One hundred (100) feet.

d.

Minimum site depth: One hundred twenty (120) feet.

e.

Minimum lot area: One thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet per unit.

f.

Minimum building separation: Twenty (20) feet.

g.

Minimum separation from the front of main buildings: Fifty (50) feet.

h.

Minimum separation from the rear of main building: Forty (40) feet.

i.

Minimum separation from the side of main buildings: Twenty (20) feet.

(2)

Minimum open space:

a.

Open lot area: One thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet per unit.

b.

Recreational/landscaped area: Eighty (80) percent of total dwelling unit floor area.

c.

Recreational open space: Twenty (20) percent of the recreational/landscaped area.

d.

Minimum size of active recreational open space areas:

1.

One to two hundred (200) units: Twenty-five-foot diameter

2.

Two hundred one (201) plus units: Fifty-foot diameter.

e.

All recreational/landscaped areas, recreational open space areas, and active recreational areas shall be shown on the site plan.

(c)

Requirements for main buildings:

(1)

Minimum setback yard requirements:

a.

Front yard: Thirty (30) feet.

b.

Rear yard: Twenty (20) feet.

c.

Side yard:

1.

Interior lot: Twenty (20) feet for multiple-family dwellings.

2.

Corner lot: Thirty (30) feet for the side yard along the street.

(2)

Maximum height: Multiple-family dwellings: forty-five (45) feet; however, buildings may be higher than forty-five (45) feet provided the building is set back from the required side and rear yard one (1) foot for each foot of height above forty-five (45) feet.

(3)

Minimum buffer area: Twenty (20) feet in width when abutting any single-family zoning district.

(4)

Maximum floor area: Fifty (50) percent of lot area

(d)

Requirements for accessory buildings and structures:

(1)

Minimum setback requirements:

a.

Front yard: Thirty (30) feet.

b.

Rear yard: Ten (10) feet.

c.

Side yard: Same as main building.

(2)

Maximum height: Height of main buildings.

(3)

Maximum floor area: None.

(4)

For special exception to height and floor area requirement, see Article XXXII.

(5)

For modifications and adjustments to regulations, see Article XXVIII, section 45-2806.

(Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1)

Sec. 45-1706. - Off-street parking requirements.

See Article XXX, section 45-3004.

(Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1)

Sec. 45-1707. - Sign regulations.

See City Code Chapter 33.01.

(Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1)

Sec. 45-1708. - Landscaping.

A landscaping plan shall be filed with the site plan required by the Site Plan Ordinance of the City Code and shall show all required green areas, buffer areas, trees, parking spaces and aisles, and plantings.

(Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1)