Ordinance chapter · Culpeper County Unincorporated, Virginia

Chapter 34

Culpeper County Unincorporated, VA Zoning Ordinance#

Table of Contents#

Article Title
ARTICLE 1 DISTRICTS
ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENTS
ARTICLE 3 AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT A-1
ARTICLE 4 RURAL AREA DISTRICT RA
ARTICLE 4A RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT RR
ARTICLE 5 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R-1
ARTICLE 5A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R-2
ARTICLE 5B RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R-3
ARTICLE 5C RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R-4
ARTICLE 5D RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME PARKS DISTRICT RMH
ARTICLE 6 RESERVED
ARTICLE 6A RESERVED
ARTICLE 6.1 RESERVED
ARTICLE 6.1A CONVENIENCE CENTER DISTRICT C-C
ARTICLE 6.1B VILLAGE CENTER COMMERCIAL DISTRICT VC
ARTICLE 6.1C COMMERCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT CS
ARTICLE 6.1D RESERVED
ARTICLE 6.1E RESERVED
ARTICLE 7 RESERVED
ARTICLE 7.1 RESERVED
ARTICLE 7.1A LIGHT INDUSTRY-INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT LI
ARTICLE 7.1B INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT HI
ARTICLE 8 RESERVED
ARTICLE 8A FLOODPLAIN OVERLAY DISTRICT FP
ARTICLE 8B PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PUD
ARTICLE 8C WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WMD
ARTICLE 8D AIRPORT SAFETY
ARTICLE 8E AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICTS
ARTICLE 8F PLANNED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PBD
ARTICLE 9 SPECIAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 10 ACCESS, CIRCULATION, PARKING AND LOADING
ARTICLE 11 SIGNS
ARTICLE 12 NONCONFORMING BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND USES
ARTICLE 13 ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE 14 INTERPRETATION
ARTICLE 15 BUILDING PERMITS
ARTICLE 16 CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY
ARTICLE 17 USE PERMITS
ARTICLE 18 BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS; VARIANCES AND APPEALS
ARTICLE 19 SUBSTANDARD SUBDIVISIONS
ARTICLE 20 SITE PLANS
ARTICLE 21 TRUNK THOROUGHFARE SETBACKS AND FUTURE STREET LINES
ARTICLE 22 AMENDMENTS
ARTICLE 23 VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
ARTICLE 24 CONSTITUTIONALITY
ARTICLE 25 REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 26 EFFECTIVE DATE
ARTICLE 27 EXISTING STRUCTURES USE PERMIT
ARTICLE 28 MOBILE HOME USE PERMIT
ARTICLE 29 CONDITIONAL ZONING
ARTICLE 30 ENTRANCE CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT—EC
ARTICLE 30A ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD
ARTICLE 31 AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE USE PERMIT
ARTICLE 32 OUTDOOR LIGHTING STANDARDS
ARTICLE 33 LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING

ARTICLE 13 - ADMINISTRATION#

13-1. - Zoning Administrator generally.#

This ordinance shall be enforced by the zoning administrator. No building or other structure shall be erected, reconstructed, enlarged, moved or structurally altered without an appropriate permit therefor, and no structure shall be used, and the use of any land or building shall not be changed, without a certificate of occupancy therefor approved or issued by the zoning administrator. The zoning administrator shall in no case approve or grant a permit or certificate of occupancy for the construction, alteration, use or change of use of any building or land if the building or land as proposed to be constructed, altered or used would be in violation of this ordinance.

Cross reference—Zoning administrator to serve as clerk to Planning Commission, § 2-20; zoning administrator to enforce erosion and sediment control ordinance, § 8-4.

13-2. - Notice of violations.#

If the zoning administrator finds that any of the provisions of this ordinance are being violated, he shall notify in writing the person responsible for such violation, indicating the nature of the violation and ordering the action necessary to correct it. He shall take any other action authorized by law to insure compliance with, or to prevent violation of, its provisions.