Queen Annes County Unincorporated City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
PART 1
Definitions and Word Usage
Sections
- Article I Definitions; Rules of Interpretation; Abbreviations
PART 2
Purpose and Scope
Sections
- Article II Purpose; Scope; Applicability; When Effective
PART 3
Zoning Districts
Sections
- Article III Establishment of Zoning Districts
- Article IV Zoning Maps
- Article V District Standards
- § 18:1-13 General district regulations.
- § 18:1-14 Agricultural (AG) District.
- § 18:1-15 Countryside (CS) District.
- § 18:1-16 Estate (E) District.
- § 18:1-17 Suburban Estate (SE) District.
- § 18:1-18 Suburban Residential (SR) District.
- § 18:1-19 Neighborhood Conservation (NC) District.
- § 18:1-20 Urban Residential (UR) District.
- § 18:1-21 Suburban Commercial (SC) District.
- § 18:1-21.1 Kent Island Suburban Commercial (KISC) District.
- § 18:1-22 Urban Commercial (UC) District.
- § 18:1-23 Suburban Industrial (SI) District.
- § 18:1-24 Light Industrial Highway Service (LIHS) District.
- § 18:1-25 Village Center (VC) District.
- § 18:1-26 Waterfront Village Center (WVC) District.
- § 18:1-27 Chester Master-Planned Development (CMPD) District.
- § 18:1-27.1 Neighborhood and Village Center (NVC) District.
- § 18:1-28 Town Center (TC) District.
- § 18:1-29 Stevensville Master-Planned Development (SMPD) District.
- § 18:1-30 Grasonville Planned Residential Neighborhood (GPRN) District.
- § 18:1-31 Stevensville Historic Village Center (SHVC) District.
- § 18:1-32 Grasonville Neighborhood Commercial (GNC) District.
- § 18:1-33 Grasonville Village Commercial (GVC) District.
- § 18:1-34 Airport Protection and Kent Island Gateway (APKIG) District.
- § 18:1-35 Suburban Industrial Business Employment (SIBE) District.
- § 18:1-35.1 Grasonville Gateway and Medical Center (GGMC) District.
- § 18:1-36 Planned residential development standards.
- § 18:1-37 Design guidelines for the LIHS, VC, and SC Districts.
- § 18:1-38 Development phasing for the CMPD, SMPD, GPRN, SHVC, GNC, GVC,, and VC Districts.
- § 18:1-38.1 (Reserved) [1]
- Article VI Accessory Uses
- § 18:1-39 Scope of article.
- § 18:1-40 Exempt accessory structures and architectural features.
- § 18:1-41 Piers.
- § 18:1-42 Private piers on residential lots.
- § 18:1-43 Community piers.
- § 18:1-44 Accessory dock facilities.
- § 18:1-45 Residential accessory structures.
- § 18:1-46 Accessory caretaker dwellings.
- § 18:1-47 Institutional uses and structures; sale of goods.
- § 18:1-48 Accessory apartments.
- § 18:1-49 Outside storage and display.
- § 18:1-49.1 Small-scale solar arrays.
- Article VII Supplemental Uses
- § 18:1-50 Supplemental use regulations, generally.
- § 18:1-51 Public services.
- § 18:1-52 Commercial apartments.
- § 18:1-53 Temporary uses.
- § 18:1-54 Migrant labor camps.
- § 18:1-55 Farm employee dwellings
- § 18:1-56 Home occupations.
- § 18:1-57 Miniwarehouses.
- § 18:1-57.1 Cannabis licensed: grower, processor, and dispensary.
- § 18:1-57.2 Solar energy generating stations.
- § 18:1-58 Additional uses and regulations.
PART 4
Site Development Standards
Sections
- Article VIII General Requirements
- Article IX Resource Protection Standards
- Article X Landscaping Standards
- Article XI Buffer Yards
- Article XII Signs
- Article XIII Off-Street Parking and Loading
- Article XIV Exterior Lighting Standards
- Article XV Road Standards
PART 5
Conditional Uses
Sections
- Article XVI Historic Structures
- Article XVII Procedures and Standards
PART 6
Development Alternatives and Bonuses
Sections
- Article XVIII General Requirements
- Article XIX Noncontiguous Development
- Article XIXA Scenic Corridor Development
- Article XX Transferable Development Rights
- § 18:1-100 Right of transfer.
- § 18:1-101 Effect of transfer.
- § 18:1-102 Certificate of Planning Director.
- § 18:1-103 Instruments of transfer.
- § 18:1-104 Original instruments of transfer.
- § 18:1-105 Application for use on receiving parcel.
- § 18:1-106 Consideration of application for use.
- § 18:1-107 Final approval of use.
- Article XXI Inclusionary Housing
PART 7
Administration, Enforcement and Special Procedures
Sections
- Article XXII General and Administrative Provisions
- § 18:1-109 Planning Commission.
- § 18:1-110 Department of Planning and Zoning.
- § 18:1-111 Planning Director.
- § 18:1-112 Deputy Planning Director.
- § 18:1-113 Zoning Administrator.
- § 18:1-114 Board of Appeals.
- § 18:1-115 Powers of Board.
- § 18:1-116 Meetings of Board.
- § 18:1-117 Hearings before Board.
- § 18:1-118 Effect of final decision of Board.
- § 18:1-119 Appeals.
- § 18:1-120 Powers with respect to appeals.
- § 18:1-121 Limitations with respect to variance.
- § 18:1-122 Decisions with respect to variance.
- § 18:1-123 Conditional uses.
- Article XXIII Nonconforming Uses
- Article XXIV Required Permits and Certificates
- Article XXIVA Development in Conformity with Comprehensive Plan
- Article XXV Site Plans
- § 18:1-139 Applicability.
- § 18:1-140 Burden of applicant.
- § 18:1-141 Minor site plans.
- § 18:1-142 Optional preliminary review.
- § 18:1-143 Special application.
- § 18:1-144 Preliminary determination by Commission.
- § 18:1-145 Effect of determination.
- § 18:1-146 Procedure after determination.
- § 18:1-147 Preliminary determination of variances.
- § 18:1-148 Application for site plan approval.
- § 18:1-149 Contents of plat.
- § 18:1-150 Other contents of site plan.
- § 18:1-151 Administrative review of site plan.
- § 18:1-152 Report to Commission.
- § 18:1-153 Consideration by Commission.
- § 18:1-154 Conditions of approval by Commission.
- § 18:1-155 Form and duration of approval.
- § 18:1-156 Recording.
- § 18:1-157 Amendment of approved site plans.
- Article XXVI Subdivisions
- § 18:1-158 General requirements.
- § 18:1-159 Objectives.
- § 18:1-160 Responsibility of developers.
- § 18:1-161 General standards of design.
- § 18:1-162 Delegation of power of approval.
- § 18:1-163 Application for subdivision approval.
- § 18:1-164 Effect of approval of final plat.
- § 18:1-165 Administrative subdivisions.
- § 18:1-166 Applicability of provisions to administrative subdivisions.
- § 18:1-167 Purposes and limitations of administrative subdivisions.
- § 18:1-168 Application methods for administrative subdivisions.
- § 18:1-169 Application for administrative subdivision with plat.
- § 18:1-170 Approval of final administrative plat.
- § 18:1-171 Approval of administrative subdivision without plat.
- § 18:1-172 Major and minor subdivisions; required improvements.
- § 18:1-173 Connectivity.
- § 18:1-174 Design guidelines for major cluster subdivisions in AG, CS, NC, E, SE, SR and VC Districts
- § 18:1-175 Road names.
- § 18:1-176 (Reserved) [1]
- § 18:1-177 (Reserved) [1]
- § 18:1-178 Optional preliminary sketch; application.
- § 18:1-179 Special application.
- § 18:1-180 Preliminary subdivision requirements.
- § 18:1-181 Preliminary subdivision engineering plan.
- § 18:1-182 Administrative review of major subdivision plans.
- § 18:1-183 Agency reports.
- § 18:1-184 Preliminary review by Commission.
- § 18:1-185 Final engineering plans; general requirements.
- § 18:1-186 Final plat approval; submission of final plats.
- § 18:1-187 Required certifications.
- § 18:1-188 Administrative review of final plats.
- § 18:1-189 Completion of required improvements.
- § 18:1-190 Final consideration by Commission.
- § 18:1-191 Extension of time for completing improvements.
- § 18:1-192 Recording and distribution of plats generally.
- Article XXVII Guarantees and Covenants
- § 18:1-193 Guarantees; scope.
- § 18:1-194 Effect of requirement of guarantee.
- § 18:1-195 Liability of County; benefit guarantee.
- § 18:1-196 Rules.
- § 18:1-197 General requirements.
- § 18:1-198 Surety bonds.
- § 18:1-199 Letters of credit.
- § 18:1-200 Cash deposits.
- § 18:1-201 Change in authorized surety.
- § 18:1-202 Amendments to authorized sureties.
- § 18:1-203 Covenants; duties of developer or applicant.
- § 18:1-204 Requirements for covenants.
- § 18:1-205 Contents of instruments.
- § 18:1-206 Covenants relating to common areas.
- § 18:1-207 Recording of covenants.
- Article XXVIII Enforcement and Penalties
- Article XXIX Amendments
- § 18:1-215 Scope of article.
- § 18:1-216 Comprehensive amendment.
- § 18:1-217 Notice of hearings.
- § 18:1-218 Proposal of amendment.
- § 18:1-219 Resolutions and petitions for map amendment.
- § 18:1-220 Action by Planning Commission.
- § 18:1-221 Consideration by County Commissioners.
- § 18:1-222 Consideration of map amendments.