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Suffolk City Zoning Code

SEC. 31-402

ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS.

(a)

In accordance with the requirement of Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2280 that zoning regulations be by districts, the City Council, as shown on the official zoning map accompanying this Ordinance and incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby divided into the following zoning districts which shall be governed by all of the uniform use and area requirements of this Ordinance, the respective symbol for each type of district being set forth opposite its title:

C Conservation District
A Agricultural District
RE Rural Estate District
RR Rural Residential District
RL Residential Low Density
RLM Residential Low-Medium Density
RM Residential Medium Density
RC Residential Compact
RU Residential Urban
RU-12 Residential Urban-12
RU-18 Residential Urban-18
RU-24 Residential Urban-24
MUC-40 Mixed Use Core-40
B-1 Neighborhood Commercial District
B-2 General Commercial District
O-I Office-Institutional District
CP Commerce Park
M-1 Light Industrial District
M-2 Heavy Industrial District
CBD Central Business District
VC Village Center District
PD Planned Development Overlay District
TND Traditional Neighborhood Development
F Flood Plain Overlay District
CB Chesapeake Bay Protection Overlay District
HC Historic Conservation Overlay District
SCOD Special Corridor Overlay District
AO Airport Overlay District
MUD Mixed Use Development Overlay District
FFRD Fairgrounds Revitalization and Redevelopment District
W Wetlands District

 

(b)

Additional zoning districts may be added from time to time upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission to the City Council pursuant to § 31-304 of this Ordinance. Proposed changes to the zoning district regulations or the Official Zoning Map, including the addition of new zoning districts, may be submitted by the Planning Commission or any other interested party.

(Ord. No. 16-O-014, § 2(Exh. B), 2-17-2016; Ord. No. 23-O-110, § 2(Exh. B), 8-16-2023)