Roanoke City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 1
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- Sec. 36.2-100.- Title.
- Sec. 36.2-101. - General purpose and intent.
- Sec. 36.2-102. - Applicability.
- Sec. 36.2-103. - Consistency with Comprehensive Plan.
- Sec. 36.2-104. - Coordination with other regulations.
- Sec. 36.2-105. - Rules of interpretation and construction.
- Sec. 36.2-106. - Permits and certificates.
- Sec. 36.2-107. - Severability.
- Sec. 36.2-108. - Vested rights.
ARTICLE 3
- REGULATIONS FOR SPECIFIC ZONING DISTRICTS2
Sections
- Sec. 36.2-300.- Purpose.
- DIVISION 1. - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
- DIVISION 2. - MULTIPLE PURPOSE DISTRICTS
- Sec. 36.2-314. - Purposes of multiple purpose districts.
- Sec. 36.2-315. - Use table for multiple purpose districts.
- Sec. 36.2-316. - Dimensional regulations for multiple purpose districts.
- Sec. 36.2-317. - Civic space yard option.
- Sec. 36.2-318. - Pedestrian access.
- Sec. 36.2-319. - Building placement and façade transparency standards for multiple purpose districts.
- DIVISION 3. - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
- DIVISION 4. - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
- Sec. 36.2-324. - Purpose of planned unit development districts.
- Sec. 36.2-325. - Applicability of planned unit development districts.
- Sec. 36.2-326. - Procedural requirements for planned unit development districts.
- Sec. 36.2-327. - Use table for planned unit development districts.
- Sec. 36.2-328. - Dimensional regulations for planned unit development districts.
- DIVISION 5. - OVERLAY DISTRICTS
- Sec. 36.2-330. - Historic Downtown Overlay District (H-1).
- Sec. 36.2-331. - Historic Neighborhood Overlay District (H-2).
- Sec. 36.2-332. - Neighborhood Design Overlay District (ND).
- Sec. 36.2-333. - Floodplain Overlay District (F).
- Sec. 36.2-334. - Airport Navigation Overlay District (AN).
- Sec. 36.2-335. - River and Creek Corridors Overlay District (RCC).
- Sec. 36.2-336. - Comprehensive Sign Overlay District.
ARTICLE 4
- SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 36.2-400.- Purpose.
- Sec. 36.2-401. - Applicability.
- Sec. 36.2-402. - Reserved.
- Sec. 36.2-403. - Accessory uses and structures.
- Sec. 36.2-404. - Adult uses.
- Sec. 36.2-405. - Bed and breakfast, homestay, and short-term rental establishments.
- Sec. 36.2-406. - Car wash.
- Sec. 36.2-407. - Commercial motor vehicle sales and service, new or used.
- Sec. 36.2-407.1. - Community gardens.
- Sec. 36.2-407.2. - Composting facilities.
- Sec. 36.2-408. - Day care centers, child.
- Sec. 36.2-409. - Drive-through facilities.
- Sec. 36.2-409.1. - Dwellings.
- Sec. 36.2-410. - Fences, walls, arbors, and trellises.
- Sec. 36.2-410.1. - Fill or borrow sites.
- Sec. 36.2-411. - Gasoline stations.
- Sec. 36.2-412. - Reserved.
- Sec. 36.2-413. - Home occupations.
- Sec. 36.2-414. - Junkyards, wrecker yards, and recycling centers.
- Sec. 36.2-415. - Reserved.
- Sec. 36.2-416. - Mixed use buildings and live-work units.
- Sec. 36.2-417. - Mobile homes.
- Sec. 36.2-418. - Motor vehicle or trailer painting and body repair.
- Sec. 36.2-419. - Motor vehicle repair or service establishment.
- Sec. 36.2-420. - Motor vehicle sales and service establishment, new.
- Sec. 36.2-421. - Motor vehicle sales and service establishment, used.
- Sec. 36.2-422. - Outdoor display areas.
- Sec. 36.2-423. - Outdoor storage.
- Sec. 36.2-424. - Parking of motor vehicles in residential districts.
- Sec. 36.2-425. - Parking or storage of recreational vehicles, motor homes, boats, campers, or trailers.
- Sec. 36.2-426. - Parking structures.
- Sec. 36.2-427. - Satellite dish antennas.
- Sec. 36.2-428. - Stables, commercial.
- Sec. 36.2-429. - Temporary uses.
- Sec. 36.2-430. - Towing services.
- Sec. 36.2-431. - Reserved.
- Sec. 36.2-432. - Wireless telecommunications facilities and broadcasting towers.
- Sec. 36.2-433. - Workshops.
ARTICLE 5
- PROCEDURES
Sections
- Sec. 36.2-500.- Purpose.
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - ADMINISTRATIVE PERMITS
- DIVISION 3. - CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS
- DIVISION 4. - ZONING AMENDMENTS AND CONDITIONAL REZONING
- DIVISION 5. - DEVELOPMENT PLANS
- DIVISION 6. - SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, VARIANCES, AND APPEALS
- DIVISION 7. - ENFORCEMENT
ARTICLE 6
- DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 36.2-600.- Applicability.
- DIVISION 1. - UTILITIES
- DIVISION 2. - OUTDOOR LIGHTING
- DIVISION 3. - GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- DIVISION 4. - LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING
- Sec. 36.2-640. - Purpose.
- Sec. 36.2-641. - Applicability.
- Sec. 36.2-642. - General landscaping and screening standards.
- Sec. 36.2-643. - Preservation of existing landscape features.
- Sec. 36.2-644. - Overall tree canopy requirements.
- Sec. 36.2-645. - Reserved.
- Sec. 36.2-646. - Façade planting.
- Sec. 36.2-647. - Buffering and screening.
- Sec. 36.2-648. - Parking area landscaping.
- Sec. 36.2-649. - Standards for buffering, screening, and parking area landscaping materials.
- DIVISION 5. - PARKING AND LOADING[3]
- DIVISION 6. - SIGNS
- Sec. 36.2-660. - Purpose.
- Sec. 36.2-661. - Applicability.
- Sec. 36.2-662. - Definitions.
- Sec. 36.2-663. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 36.2-664. - Zoning permits for signs.
- Sec. 36.2-665. - Removal of abandoned nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 36.2-666. - Illuminated signs.
- Sec. 36.2-667. - Calculation of sign area and number of on-premises signs.
- Sec. 36.2-668. - On-premises signs, generally.
- Sec. 36.2-669. - Changeable copy signs and electronic readerboard signs.
- Sec. 36.2-670. - Freestanding signs.
- Sec. 36.2-671. - Building-mounted signs.
- Sec. 36.2-672. - Upper-story wall signs.
- Sec. 36.2-673. - Temporary on-premises signs.
- Sec. 36.2-674. - Public service message boards.
- Sec. 36.2-675. - Outdoor advertising signs.
- Sec. 36.2-676. - On-premises signs for nonconforming uses in residential districts.
- Sec. 36.2-677. - Allocation of permitted sign area.
ARTICLE 7
- NONCONFORMING USES, STRUCTURES, AND LOTS
Sections
- Sec. 36.2-700.- Purpose.
- Sec. 36.2-701. - Generally.
- Sec. 36.2-702. - Actual construction begun prior to adoption or amendment of chapter.
- Sec. 36.2-703. - Nonconforming lots.
- Sec. 36.2-704. - Nonconforming structures.
- Sec. 36.2-705. - Nonconforming uses.
- Sec. 36.2-706. - Repairs and maintenance.
- Sec. 36.2-707. - Change of nonconforming use to another use.
- Sec. 36.2-708. - Nonconforming characteristics of use.
- Sec. 36.2-709. - Certain uses deemed not nonconforming.
ARTICLE 8
- ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, AND OFFICIALS
Sections
- Sec. 36.2-800.- Purpose.
- DIVISION 1. - CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
- DIVISION 2. - ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD
- DIVISION 3. - BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
- DIVISION 4. - ZONING ADMINISTRATOR