Richmond City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 1
- ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- Sec. 1.01.- Intent and purpose.
- Sec. 1.02. - Scope.
- Sec. 1.03. - Short title.
- Sec. 1.04. - Enabling authority.
- Sec. 1.05. - Compliance required.
- Sec. 1.06. - Administration.
- Sec. 1.07. - Enforcement.
- Sec. 1.08. - Zoning permits.
- Sec. 1.09. - Certificates.
- Sec. 1.10. - Fees.
- Sec. 1.11. - Performance guarantees.
- Sec. 1.12. - Public hearing procedures.
- Sec. 1.13. - Violation and penalties.
ARTICLE 2
- ZONING DISTRICTS AND MAP
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - PURPOSE OF DISTRICTS
- Sec. 2.101 - Zoning districts.
- Sec. 2.102. - Zoning map.
- Sec. 2.103. - Single-family residential (R-1, R-2 and R-3) districts.
- Sec. 2.104. - Two-family residential (R-T) district.
- Sec. 2.105. - Multiple-family residential (RM-1) district.
- Sec. 2.106. - Manufactured housing park (R-4) district.
- Sec. 2.107. - Office (O) district.
- Sec. 2.108. - Local business (B-1) district.
- Sec. 2.109. - Downtown business (B-2) district.
- Sec. 2.110. - General business (B-3) district.
- Sec. 2.111. - Limited industrial (I-1) district.
- Sec. 2.112. - General industrial (I-2) district.
- Sec. 2.113. - Public/semi-public services (PSP) district.
- DIVISION 2. - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS
- Sec. 2.201. - Principal uses and special condition uses.
- Sec. 2.202. - Prohibited uses.
- Sec. 2.203. - Design and development requirements.
- Sec. 2.204. - District boundaries.
- Sec. 2.205. - Street, alley and railroad rights-of-way.
- Sec. 2.206. - Zoning of annexed areas.
- Sec. 2.207. - Zoning of vacated areas.
ARTICLE 5
- DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - TABLE OF DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS BY DISTRICT
- DIVISION 2. - SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
- DIVISION 3. - GENERAL DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS
ARTICLE 6
- DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC USES
Sections
- Sec. 6.001.- Intent and scope of regulations.
- Sec. 6.002. - Organization.
- DIVISION 1. - ANIMAL AND AGRICULTURAL USES
- DIVISION 2. - RESIDENTIAL USES
- Sec. 6.201. - Accessory dwelling units.
- Sec. 6.202. - Adult foster care large group homes, and other managed or state-licensed residential facilities.
- Sec. 6.203. - Bed and breakfast inns.
- Sec. 6.204. - Family and group child day care homes.
- Sec. 6.205. - Home occupations.
- Sec. 6.206. - Manufactured housing parks.
- Sec. 6.207. - Multiple-family dwellings and developments.
- Sec. 6.208. - Senior and elderly housing.
- Sec. 6.209. - Single-family dwellings, detached.
- DIVISION 3. - OFFICE AND SERVICE USES
- DIVISION 4. - COMMUNITY USES
- DIVISION 5. - COMMERCIAL USES
- Sec. 6.501. - Amusement centers.
- Sec. 6.502. - Car washes.
- Sec. 6.503. - Drive-in or drive-through lanes or facilities.
- Sec. 6.504. - Hotels and inns.
- Sec. 6.505. - Medical marihuana dispensary, compassion centers, grow facilities, or other similar operations for the use, consumption, or distribution of medicinal marihuana.
- Sec. 6.506. - Motion picture cinemas.
- Sec. 6.507. - Motor vehicle service centers, repair stations, and fueling stations.
- Sec. 6.508. - Outdoor cafes and eating areas.
- Sec. 6.509. - Open air businesses, outdoor display areas, and dealership sales lots.
- Sec. 6.510. - Reserved.
- Sec. 6.511. - Pawnshops.
- Sec. 6.512. - Recording studios.
- Sec. 6.513. - Retail stores and commercial uses with 40,000 square feet or more of gross floor area.
- DIVISION 6. - INDUSTRIAL, RESEARCH, AND LABORATORY USES
- Sec. 6.601. - Hazardous materials storage.
- Sec. 6.602. - Intensive industrial operations.
- Sec. 6.603. - Outdoor storage, general.
- Sec. 6.604. - Outdoor storage, dismantling or recycling of motor vehicles, recreational vehicles, manufactured houses, and similar items.
- Sec. 6.605. - Recycling collection facilities and composting centers.
- Sec. 6.606. - Self-storage warehouses.
- Sec. 6.607. - Slaughterhouses, rendering plants, tanneries, stock yards, glue or soap factories, and similar uses.
- Sec. 6.608. - Warehouses and other storage facilities, distribution plants, freezers and lockers, truck terminals, and distribution facilities.
- DIVISION 7. - TEMPORARY, SPECIAL EVENT AND OTHER USES
- Sec. 6.701. - Adult regulated uses.
- Sec. 6.702. - Airports, heliports, and related uses.
- Sec. 6.703. - Circuses, fairs, carnivals, and similar uses.
- Sec. 6.704. - Garage sales, estate sales, and private auctions.
- Sec. 6.705. - Mining and extraction uses.
- Sec. 6.706. - Non-enclosed multiple-family and non-residential parking structures.
- Sec. 6.707. - Temporary structures and uses.
- Sec. 6.708. - Topsoil removal or stockpiling.
ARTICLE 8
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- SECTION 8.100.- LAND AND ENVIRONMENT
- SECTION 8.200. - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- SECTION 8.300. - OTHER PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 9
- OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
Sections
- Sec. 9.01.- Purpose.
- Sec. 9.02. - Scope.
- Sec. 9.03. - General standards.
- Sec. 9.04. - Residential parking standards.
- Sec. 9.05. - Schedule of required parking by use.
- Sec. 9.06. - Design requirements.
- Sec. 9.07. - Construction.
- Sec. 9.08. - Off-street loading.
- Sec. 9.09. - Modification of standards.
- Sec. 9.10. - Maintenance.
ARTICLE 10
- ACCESS MANAGEMENT
Sections
ARTICLE 11
- LANDSCAPING, SCREENING AND BUFFERING
Sections
- Sec. 11.01.- Purpose.
- Sec. 11.02. - Objectives.
- Sec. 11.03. - General standards.
- Sec. 11.04. - Methods of screening and buffering.
- Sec. 11.05. - Standards for specific areas.
- Sec. 11.06. - Existing plant materials.
- Sec. 11.07. - Prohibited plant materials.
- Sec. 11.08. - Installation.
- Sec. 11.09. - Maintenance.
- Sec. 11.10. - Alternatives, exceptions and existing sites.
ARTICLE 13
- SIGNS
Sections
- Sec. 13.01.- Purpose.
- Sec. 13.02. - General standards.
- Sec. 13.03. - Signs allowed without a permit.
- Sec. 13.04. - Signs allowed with a permit.
- Sec. 13.05. - Building-mounted signs.
- Sec. 13.06. - Ground signs.
- Sec. 13.07. - Billboards.
- Sec. 13.08. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 13.09. - Sign permit.
- Sec. 13.10. - Nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 13.11. - Sign removal by city action.
- Sec. 13.12. - Exceptions.
ARTICLE 14
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Sections
ARTICLE 15
- WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES
Sections
- Sec. 15.01.- Purpose.
- Sec. 15.02. - Application.
- Sec. 15.03. - Type of review required.
- Sec. 15.04. - Planning commission review.
- Sec. 15.05. - General standards.
- Sec. 15.06. - Standards for wireless communications towers.
- Sec. 15.07. - Standards for antennae located on structures.
- Sec. 15.08. - Standards for satellite dish antennae.
- Sec. 15.09. - Standards for amateur radio antennae.
- Sec. 15.10. - Criteria for approval.
- Sec. 15.11. - Existing towers and antennae.
- Sec. 15.12. - Rescinding approval of wireless communications facilities.
- Sec. 15.13. - Removal of wireless communications facilities.
- Sec. 15.14. - Metro act telecommunication facilities.
ARTICLE 16
- WIND ENERGY STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES
Sections
- Sec. 16.01.- Purpose.
- Sec. 16.02. - Definitions.
- Sec. 16.03. - Type of review required.
- Sec. 16.04. - Planning commission review.
- Sec. 16.05. - Application requirements.
- Sec. 16.06. - Temporary uses.
- Sec. 16.07. - Small structure mounted wind energy turbines and small tower mounted wind energy turbines.
- Sec. 16.08. - Medium wind energy turbine (M-WET) and large wind energy turbine (L-WET).
ARTICLE 17
- SPECIAL CONDITION USES
Sections
- Sec. 17.01.- Purpose.
- Sec. 17.02. - Application requirements.
- Sec. 17.03. - Special condition use review.
- Sec. 17.04. - Special condition use resubmission.
- Sec. 17.05. - Appeals.
- Sec. 17.06. - Special condition use expiration.
- Sec. 17.07. - Rescinding approval of special condition uses.
- Sec. 17.08. - Standards for special condition use approval.
- Sec. 17.09. - Compliance required.
ARTICLE 18
- SITE PLAN REVIEW
Sections
- Sec. 18.01.- Purpose.
- Sec. 18.02. - Site plan review required.
- Sec. 18.03. - Required information for site plans.
- Sec. 18.04. - Site plan review procedure.
- Sec. 18.05. - Outside agency permits or approvals.
- Sec. 18.06. - Construction plans.
- Sec. 18.07. - Approval of phased developments.
- Sec. 18.08. - Site plan resubmission.
- Sec. 18.09. - Appeals.
- Sec. 18.10. - Site plan expiration.
- Sec. 18.11. - Rescinding approval of site plans.
- Sec. 18.12. - Revisions to approved site plans.
- Sec. 18.13. - Standards for site plan approval.
- Sec. 18.14. - Compliance with an approved site plan.
ARTICLE 20
- PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD OVERLAY DISTRICT
Sections
- Sec. 20.01.- Intent.
- Sec. 20.02. - Scope.
- Sec. 20.03. - Eligibility criteria.
- Sec. 20.04. - PUD project use standards.
- Sec. 20.05. - PUD project design standards.
- Sec. 20.06. - Project phasing.
- Sec. 20.07. - Preliminary PUD review procedures.
- Sec. 20.08. - Outside agency permits and approvals.
- Sec. 20.09. - Final PUD review and authorization.
- Sec. 20.10. - Appeals and amendments.
- Sec. 20.11. - Expiration of final PUD approval.
- Sec. 20.12. - Fees and performance guarantees.
- Sec. 20.13. - Compliance required.
- Sec. 20.14. - Violations.
- Sec. 20.15. - Rescinding approval of a PUD.
ARTICLE 22
- NONCONFORMITIES
Sections
- Sec. 22.01.- Intent and purpose.
- Sec. 22.02. - Nonconforming structures.
- Sec. 22.03. - Nonconforming lots.
- Sec. 22.04. - Nonconforming sites.
- Sec. 22.05. - Nonconforming uses.
- Sec. 22.06. - Preferred class designations.
- Sec. 22.07. - Nonconforming use determinations.
- Sec. 22.08. - Unlawful uses.
- Sec. 22.09. - Change of tenancy or ownership.
- Sec. 22.10. - Cessation of a nonconforming use by city action.
ARTICLE 24
- BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Sections
- Sec. 24.01.- Authority.
- Sec. 24.02. - Membership.
- Sec. 24.03. - Alternates.
- Sec. 24.04. - Rules of procedure.
- Sec. 24.05. - Applications.
- Sec. 24.06. - Administrative appeals.
- Sec. 24.07. - Interpretation of zoning district boundaries.
- Sec. 24.08. - Interpretation of zoning ordinance provisions.
- Sec. 24.09. - Variances.
- Sec. 24.10. - Exceptions.
- Sec. 24.11. - Hearings and decisions.
- Sec. 24.12. - Limitations of authority.