File #: ORD. 2023-196    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 6/27/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/25/2023 Final action: 9/25/2023
Title: To amend and reordain City Code ?? 30-402.2, 30-411.3, 30-412.2, 30-413.3, 30-413.13, 30-414.2, 30-416.2, 30-418.2, 30-419.4, 30-420.2, and 30-426.2, all concerning permitted accessory uses and structures in certain zoning districts, and ? 30-1040.3, concerning additional exceptions granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals; and to amend ch. 30, art. XII of the City Code by adding therein a new ? 30-1220.31:1, concerning certain definitions.
Patrons: Mayor Stoney
Attachments: 1. Ord. No. 2023-196, 2. Staff Report, 3. Public Comment
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To amend and reordain City Code ?? 30-402.2, 30-411.3, 30-412.2, 30-413.3, 30-413.13, 30-414.2, 30-416.2, 30-418.2, 30-419.4, 30-420.2, and 30-426.2, all concerning permitted accessory uses and structures in certain zoning districts, and ? 30-1040.3, concerning additional exceptions granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals; and to amend ch. 30, art. XII of the City Code by adding therein a new ? 30-1220.31:1, concerning certain definitions.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That sections 30-402.2, 30-411.3, 30-412.2, 30-413.3, 30-413.13, 30-414.2, 30-416.2, 30-418.2, 30-419.4, 30-420.2, 30-426.2, and 30-1040.3 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020) be and are hereby amended and reordained as follows:
Sec. 30-402.2. Permitted accessory uses and structures.

Accessory uses and structures, including the following, which are customarily incidental and clearly subordinate to permitted principal uses, shall be permitted in the R-1 district (see Article VI, Division 9 of this chapter):
(1) Private garages, garden, tool and storage buildings, boathouses, piers and docks;
(2) Home occupations;
(3) Day nurseries when located within churches, or other places of worship, community centers or school buildings, provided:
a. A minimum outdoor play area of 100 square feet for each child enrolled shall be furnished on the premises, but not within a required front yard;
b. The play area shall be enclosed with a continuous opaque structural fence or wall not less than four feet in height, and such fence or wall shall not be located within a required front yard;
c. No play equipment or structure shall be located within a front yard or a required side yard;
(4) Parking areas;
(5) Reserved;
(6) Swimming pools, tennis courts and similar recreational facilities;
(7) Temporary structures, trailers and storage of equipment and materials incidental to construction activities taking place on the premises, p...

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