In order to regulate and redistrict the location of trades and industries, and the location of buildings erected or altered for specific uses; to regulate and limit the height and bulk of buildings hereafter erected or structurally altered; to regulate and limit population density and the intensity of the use of lot areas; and to regulate and determine the areas of yards, courts and other open spaces within and surrounding such buildings; the City of Petersburg is hereby divided into districts, of which there shall be twenty (20) in number, known as:

"A" Agricultural District

"R-1A" Single-Family Residence District

"R-1" Single-Family Residence District

"R-2" Single-Family Residence District

"RMH" Residential Mobile Homes District

"R-3" Two-Family Residence District

"R-4" Multiple Dwelling District

"R-5" Multiple Dwelling District

"R-6" High Rise District

"RTH" Residential Town House District

"RB" Office-Apartment District

"B-1" Shopping Center District

"B-2" General Commercial District

"B-3" Central Commercial District

"M-1" Light Industrial District

"M-2" Heavy Industrial District

"MXD-1" Mixed Use District

"MXD-2" Mixed Use District

"MXD-3" Mixed Use District

"PUD" Planned Unit Development District

(Ord. No. 21-79, Exh. A, 3-21-2023)

Editor's note— This section has been updated, at the editor's discretion, to reflect the current number of zoning districts and to list the "MXD-1" and MXD-2" districts established by Ord. No. 82-111, adopted Dec. 7, 1982.
  Subsequently, the number of zoning districts was updated to 20, at the editor's discretion, with the addition of the "MXD-3" district established by Ord. No. 21-79, adopted March 21, 2021.