Petersburg City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 22
- HEIGHT, AREA AND BULK REQUIREMENTS
Section 1. - [Requirements for various districts.]
Height, area and bulk requirements for the various districts shall be as indicated in the chart below, together with other height, area and bulk requirements contained in this ordinance.
Article | District | Maximum Height |
Minimum Depth Front Yard
In Feet |
Minimum Width
Side Yards In Feet |
Number of Side
Yards |
Minimum Aggregate Width of Side Yards
In Feet |
Minimum Depth of Rear Yard
In Feet | Minimum Lot Area Per Dwelling Unit Square Feet |
Minimum Lot Area Square
Feet | Minimum Width of Lot In Feet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feet | Stories | ||||||||||
| 4A |
"A", Agricultural
District | 45 | 3 | 35 |
10% of total
width | 2 | Varies | 30 | Lot is to be within a minimum contiguous area of eight (8) acres, all of which is zoned as agricultural. | ||
| 5 | "R-1A", Single-Family Residence | 35 | 2½ | 35 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 30 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 100 |
| 6 |
"R-1", Single-Family
Residence | 35 | 2½ | 35 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 30 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 75 |
| 7 | "R-2", Single-Family Residence | 35 | 2½ | 35 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 50 |
| 7A |
"RMH", Residential
Mobile Home | 15 | 1 | 15 | 7½ | 2 | 15 | 15 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 40 |
| 8 | "R-3", Two-Family Residence | 35 | 2½ | 35 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
1 family: 5,000
2 family: 3,000 |
5,000
6,000 |
50
60 |
| 9 | "R-4", Multiple Dwelling District | 40 | 3 | 35 |
1 and 2 family: 5
3 plus family: 10 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
1 family: 5,000
2 family: 3,000 3+family: 3,000 |
5,000
6,000 9,000 |
50
60 75 |
| 10 | "R-5", Multiple Dwelling District | 45 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
Number of Rooms
1-250 2-500 3-750 4 plus-1000 | 5,000 | 50 |
| 11 | "R-6", | 150 | See special regulations as contained in Article 11 | Same as "R-5" | 5,000 | 50 | |||||
| 12 | "RTH", Residential Town House | 35 | See special regulations as contained in Article 12 | Same as "R-5" | 5,000 | 15 | |||||
| 13 |
"RB", Office
Apartment District | Same as R-5 | |||||||||
| 14 | "B-1", Shopping Center District | See special regulations as contained in Article 11 | |||||||||
| 15 |
"B-2", General
Business | 45 | 3 | None | For Dwellings: 5 | 2 | 12 | 25 | Same as "R-5" | 5,000 | 50 |
| None except as required in Article 15 | |||||||||||
| 16 | "B-3", Central Business District | 90 | 8 | None | None except as required in Article 16 | None | None | None | |||
| 17 |
"M-1", Light
Industrial District | 75 | 6 | None | None except as required in Article 17 | None | None | None | |||
| 18 | "M-2", Heavy Industrial District | 75 | 6 | None | None except as required in Article 18 | None | None | None | |||
| 18.1 |
"MXD-1", Mixed
Use District | 35 | 2½ | Refer to Article 18.1, Sections 5,6, 7 | |||||||
| 18.2 | "MXD-2", Mixed Use District | 35 | 2½ | Refer to Article 18.2, Sections 5,6, 7 | |||||||
*Room Count: All rooms in a dwelling unit except those used exclusively for kitchen, bath or utility purposes. Any floor space exceeding 70 square feet in area and enclosed by partitions or walls having cased openings, or doors of any type shall be deemed a room.