Virginia Beach City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 1
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- Sec. 100.- Title.
- Sec. 101. - Legislative intent.
- Sec. 102. - Establishment of districts and official zoning maps.
- Sec. 103. - Administration.
- Sec. 104. - Violations and penalties.
- Sec. 105. - Nonconformity.
- Sec. 106. - Appeals and variances.
- Sec. 107. - Amendments.
- Sec. 107.1. - Alternative compliance in certain districts.
- Sec. 108. - Posting of signs relating to applications for rezoning, etc.
- Sec. 109. - Transmittal of planning commission's recommendations.
- Sec. 110. - Validity, repeal of conflicting ordinances; effective date.
- Sec. 111. - Definitions.
ARTICLE 2
- GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO ALL DISTRICTS
Sections
- A.- REGULATIONS RELATING TO LOTS, YARDS, HEIGHTS, OFF-STREET PARKING, OFF-STREET LOADING, AND CERTAIN USES
- Sec. 200.- Lots.
- Sec. 201. - Yards.
- Sec. 202. - Height regulations.
- Sec. 203. - Off-street parking requirements.
- Sec. 204. - Off-street loading requirements.
- Sec. 205. - Reserved.
- Sec. 206. - Public and private pump stations, water tanks and other unmanned utility facilities.
- Sec. 207. - Building-mounted antennas, small wireless facilities and temporary communication towers.
- Sec. 208. - Portable storage containers.
- Sec. 209. - Wind energy conversion systems.
- Sec. 209.1. - Farm wineries, farm breweries and farm distilleries.
- Sec. 209.2. - Temporary family health care structures.
- Sec. 209.3. - Live-work units.
- Sec. 209.4. - Wine-tasting rooms.
- Sec. 209.6. - Home sharing.
- Sec. 209.7. - Dwelling unit—Exchange visitor program participant housing.
- Sec. 209.8. - Permanent cosmetic tattooing.
- B.- SIGN REGULATIONS[2]
- Sec. 210.- Purpose and intent; findings.
- Sec. 210.01. - General regulations.
- Sec. 210.1. - Sign permits.
- Sec. 210.2. - Definitions.
- Sec. 211. - Signs permitted in all districts.
- Sec. 212. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 213. - Illumination.
- Sec. 214. - Sign height, setback and landscaping.
- Sec. 215. - Nonconforming signs.
- Sec. 216. - Outdoor advertising structures, billboards, signboards and poster panels.
- Sec. 217. - Electronic displays by automobile service stations.
- Sec. 218. - Major entertainment venue and major retail signs.
- C. - CONDITIONAL USES AND STRUCTURES
- Sec. 220.- Purpose.
- Sec. 221. - Procedural requirements and general standards for conditional uses.
- Sec. 221.1. - Reserved.
- Sec. 222. - Specific standards for certain conditional uses.
- Sec. 223. - Animal hospitals, pounds, shelters, commercial and residential kennels.
- Sec. 223.1. - Automobile museums.
- Sec. 224. - Automobile repair garages.
- Sec. 225. - Automobile service stations.
- Sec. 225.01. - Bars or nightclubs.
- Sec. 225.02. - Battery storage facilities/energy storage facilities.
- Sec. 225.1. - Bed and breakfast inns.
- Sec. 226. - Bicycle and moped rental establishments.
- Sec. 227. - Borrow pits.
- Sec. 228. - Bulk storage, auto storage and contractor storage yards.
- Sec. 228.1. - Car wash facilities.
- Sec. 229. - Cemeteries, columbariums, crematories, mausoleums.
- Sec. 230. - Craft breweries, craft distilleries and craft wineries.
- Sec. 231. - Collection depots for recyclable materials.
- Sec. 232. - Communication towers; communication towers affixed to electric transmission line structures; small cell facilities.
- Sec. 233. - Drive-in theatres.
- Sec. 233.01. - Reserved.
- Sec. 233.02. - Drugstores with drive-through facilities in the B-4K Historic Kempsville Area Mixed Use District.
- Sec. 233.1. - Eating and drinking establishments with drive-through windows.
- Sec. 233.1.1. - Environmental education centers.
- Sec. 233.2. - Firewood preparation facility.
- Sec. 233.3. - Reserved.
- Sec. 233.15. - Fiber-optics transmission facilities.
- Sec. 234. - Home occupations.
- Sec. 235. - Housing for seniors and disabled persons.
- Sec. 236. - Marinas, commercial, noncommercial and community boat docks.
- Sec. 237. - Mini-warehouses.
- Sec. 238. - Mobile homes.
- Sec. 239. - Motor vehicle sales and rentals.
- Sec. 239.01. - Reserved.
- Sec. 239.02. - Mulch processing facilities.
- Sec. 239.03. - Open-air markets.
- Sec. 239.05. - Parking structures and parking garages.
- Sec. 239.1. - Private sewage treatment facilities.
- Sec. 240. - Recreational campgrounds.
- Sec. 240.1. - Religious uses.
- Sec. 241. - Recreational resort community.
- Sec. 241.1. - Single room occupancy facility.
- Sec. 241.2. - Short-term rental.
- Sec. 242. - Storage or processing of salvage, scrap or junk.
- Sec. 242.1. - Tattoo parlors and body piercing establishments.
- Sec. 242.2. - Truck and trailer rentals.
- Sec. 242.3. - Home-based wildlife rehabilitation facility.
- Sec. 242.4. - Wildlife rehabilitation center.
- Sec. 242.5. - Wind energy conversion systems.
- D. - DESIGN, ETC. STANDARDS FOR RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS AND SHOPPING CENTERS
- E. - LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS
- F. - CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT
- G. - LANDSCAPE SCREENING AND BUFFERING
- H. - OPTIONAL STREET SETBACKS IN STRATEGIC GROWTH AREAS
ARTICLE 5
- RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
Sections
ARTICLE 7
- HOTEL DISTRICT
Sections
ARTICLE 9
- BUSINESS DISTRICTS
Sections
ARTICLE 10
- INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
Sections
ARTICLE 11
- PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
Sections
- Sec. 1100.- General legislative intent.
- A. - PD-H1 PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
- B. - PD-H2 PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
ARTICLE 13
- HISTORIC AND CULTURAL DISTRICT5
Sections
- Sec. 1300.- Findings; intent.
- Sec. 1301. - Establishment.
- Sec. 1302. - Applicability of regulations.
- Sec. 1303. - Certificates of appropriateness.
- Sec. 1304. - Special rules for demolition.
- Sec. 1305. - General certificate of appropriateness for specified classes or cases.
- Sec. 1306. - Conditional uses.
- Sec. 1307. - Historical review board; historic preservation commission.
ARTICLE 14
- WETLANDS ZONING ORDINANCE6
Sections
- Sec. 1400.- Intent.
- Sec. 1401. - Definitions.
- Sec. 1402. - Uses.
- Sec. 1403. - Applications for permits.
- Sec. 1404. - Public inspection of permit applications, maps, etc.
- Sec. 1405. - Public hearing procedure on permit applications [wetlands permit applications].
- Sec. 1406. - Action of Board on permit application.
- Sec. 1407. - Bonding requirements; suspension or revocation of permit.
- Sec. 1407.1. - Duties of Board.
- Sec. 1408. - Standards for grant or denial of permit.
- Sec. 1408.1. - Standards for use and development of wetlands.
- Sec. 1409. - Permits to be in writing, signed.
- Sec. 1409.1. - Private rights, zoning and land use ordinances not affected.
- Sec. 1410. - Expiration date and extensions of permit.
- Sec. 1411. - Emergency sand grading activities on nonvegetated wetlands located on the Atlantic shoreline of Virginia Beach.
- Sec. 1412. - Conducting activity without permit.
- Sec. 1413. - Investigations and prosecutions.
- Sec. 1414. - Reporting, monitoring, site inspections and notice to comply; stop-work orders.
- Sec. 1415. - Violations; penalty.
- Sec. 1416. - Injunctions.
- Sec. 1417. - Reserved.
- Sec. 1418. - Civil penalties; civil charges.
ARTICLE 15
- RESORT TOURIST DISTRICTS
Sections
- A.- RT-1 RESORT TOURIST DISTRICT
- B. - RESERVED[7]
- C. - RT-3 RESORT TOURIST DISTRICT
- D. - RT-4 RESORT TOURIST DISTRICT
- E. - RESERVED[8]
ARTICLE 16
- COASTAL PRIMARY SAND DUNE ZONING ORDINANCE9
Sections
- Sec. 1600.- Intent.
- Sec. 1601. - Definitions.
- Sec. 1602. - Uses.
- Sec. 1603. - Applications for permits.
- Sec. 1604. - Public inspection of permit applications, maps, etc.
- Sec. 1605. - Public hearing procedure on permit applications [coastal primary sand dune permit applications].
- Sec. 1606. - Action of Board on permit application.
- Sec. 1607. - Bonding requirements; suspension or revocation of permit.
- Sec. 1607.1. - Duties of Board.
- Sec. 1608. - Review procedure; grant or denial of permit.
- Sec. 1608.1. - Standards for use of coastal primary sand dunes.
- Sec. 1609. - Permits to be in writing and signed.
- Sec. 1609.1. - Private rights, zoning and land use ordinances not affected.
- Sec. 1610. - Expiration date and extensions of permit.
- Sec. 1611. - Emergency sand grading activities on sand dunes located on the Atlantic shoreline of Virginia Beach.
- Sec. 1611.1. - Reserved.
- Sec. 1612. - Conducting activity without permit.
- Sec. 1613. - Administrative and appellate provisions.
- Sec. 1614. - Investigations and prosecution.
- Sec. 1615. - Reporting, monitoring, site inspections and notice to comply; stop-work orders.
- Sec. 1616. - Violations; penalty.
- Sec. 1617. - Injunctions.
- Sec. 1618. - Exemptions.
- Sec. 1619. - Civil penalties; civil charges.
ARTICLE 18
- SPECIAL REGULATIONS IN AIR INSTALLATIONS COMPATIBLE USE ZONES AICUZ
Sections
- A.- OVERLAY DISTRICT REGULATIONS
- Sec. 1800. - Title.
- Sec. 1801. - Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 1802. - Findings.
- Sec. 1803. - Applicability.
- Sec. 1804. - Discretionary development applications; city council policy.
- Sec. 1805. - Sound attenuation.
- Sec. 1806. - Allowable residential density in Interfacility Traffic Area.
- Sec. 1807. - Reservation of powers; severability.
- B. - ACCIDENT POTENTIAL ZONE 1 (APZ-1)
ARTICLE 21
- WORKFORCE HOUSING
Sections
ARTICLE 22
- CENTRAL BUSINESS CORE DISTRICT
Sections
- A.- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- B. - DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
- C. - SIGN REGULATIONS
- D. - DESIGN GUIDELINES
- E. - VEHICULAR PARKING REGULATIONS
ARTICLE 24
- PEMBROKE SGA OVERLAY DISTRICTS—WESTERN CAMPUS OVERLAY DISTRICT
Sections
- A.- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- B. - DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
- C. - VEHICULAR PARKING REGULATIONS
- D. - SIGN REGULATIONS