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Zoning Ordinance (Adopted by Town Council 9/1/98)

Table of Contents (9 K)
Article 1 - Zoning Ordinance Constitution (14 K)
Article 2 - General Regulations (69 K) (Amended by Town Council 5/4/04)
Article 3.A - Community Conservation (C-C) (21 K) (Amended by Town Council 5/4/04)
Article 3.B - Neighborhood Residential (N-R) (52 K) (Amended by Town Council 8/3/04)
Article 3.C - Suburban Residential (S-R) (24 K) (Amended by Town Council 5/4/04)
Article 3.D - Downtown Neighborhood Residential (DN-R) (21 K) (Amended by Town Council 8/7/01)
Article 3.E - Attached Residential (A-R) (32 K) (Amended by Town Council 5/4/04)
Article 3.F - Multi-Family Residential (MF-R) (34 K) (Amended by Town Council 8/7/01)
Article 3.G - Residential Office (R-O) (20 K) (Amended by Town Council 5/4/04)
Article 3.H - Downtown (D) (23 K) (Amended by Town Council 7/5/05)
Article 3.I - Highway Retail Commercial (HR-C) (23 K) (Amended by Town Council 09/21/05)
Article 3.J - Planned Shopping Center (P-SC) (24 K) (Amended by Town Council 10/7/03)
Article 3.J2 - Planned Corporate Office and Research (P-COR) (24 K) (Amended by Town Council 8/7/01)
Article 3.K - Light Industrial (I-1) (21 K) (Amended by Town Council 8/7/01)
Article 3.K2 - Commercial / Industrial (C-I) (Adopted by Town Council 6/20/10)
Article 3.L - Heavy Industrial (I-2) (23 K) (Amended by Town Council 8/7/01)
Article 3.M - Historic Preservation Area Overlay (HP-O) (76 K) (Amended by Town Council 5/4/04)
Article 3.N - Environmental Conservation (E-C) (13 K)
Article 3.O - Floodplain Overlay (FP-O) (33 K) (Amended by Town Council 9/3/02)
Article 3.P - Chesapeake Bay Preservation Overlay (CB-O) (68 K) (Amended by Town Council 12/6/2005)
Article 3.Q - Mobile Home Park (MH-P) (30 K) (Amended by Town Council 8/7/01)
Article 3.R - Entrance Corridor Overlay (ECO) (60 K)
Article 4 - Zoning Amendments (21 K) (Amended by Town Council 5/4/04)
Article 5 - Conditional Zoning and Proffers (25 K)
Article 6 - Special Use Permits (19 K) (Amended by Town Council 5/4/04)
Article 7 - Nonconforming Uses (14 K)
Article 8 - Parking and Loading Requirements (45 K)(Amended by Town Council 8/7/01)
Article 9 - Landscaping and Screening Regulations (37 K)
Article 10 - Sign Regulations (60 K) (Amended by Town Council 5/4/04)
Article 11 - Site Plan Requirements (94 K) (Amended by Town Council 5/4/04)
Article 11.A - Erosion and Sediment Control (12 K)
Article 12 - Board of Zoning Appeals (32 K)
Article 13 - Definitions (89 K) (Amended by Town Council 12/6/2005)
Article 14, Appendix A - Net Developable Areas (25 K)
Article 14, Appendix B - Traffic Impact Assessments (26 K)
Article 14, Appendix C - Landscaping Guidelines (858 K)
Article 14, Appendix D - Site Plan Checklist (27 K)

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