Culpeper County Unincorporated, VA Zoning Ordinance#

Table of Contents#

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

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Culpeper County Unincorporated City Zoning Code#

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ARTICLE 19 - SUBSTANDARD SUBDIVISIONS#

Footnote (24): Subdivision Ordinance, App. B.

19-1. Generally.#

19-1-1 Regulations: The regulations set out in this Article shall apply to the resubdivision of any subdivision defined as a substandard subdivision by the Subdivision Ordinance, provided that such resubdivision of such substandard subdivision complies with all provisions of the Subdivision Ordinance of the County of Culpeper.

19-1-2 Applicability of provisions: All other provisions applicable to the zoning district in which the property to be resubdivided hereunder lies, not specifically modified by this Article, shall continue to apply.

19-2. Lot Area Requirements.#

No structure shall be erected or placed on a lot or building site in the development of a resubdivision of a substandard subdivision unless such lot or building site complies with the following:

19-2-1 Average lot area: The average area of the lots in such a resubdivision shall be not less than the average area of the lots in the subdivision heretofore lawfully dedicated and recorded, plus one-half (½) the difference between that average and the average area required for a lot in the zoning district in which the subdivision lies.§

19-2-2 Minimum lot area: The minimum lot area in such subdivision shall be not less than ten percent (10%) smaller than the above-described average lot area, except that no lot shall in any case contain an area of less than eight thousand five hundred (8,500) square feet or such greater minimum area as may be required by the County health department.

19-2-3 Minimum lot width: The minimum width of any lot shall be not less than the lot width required in the next less restrictive residential zone in which such subdivision lies. In no case shall any interior lot have a width of less than eighty-five (85) feet, nor shall any corner lot have either a width or a depth of less than ninety (90) feet.§ All such widths or depths shall be measured at the setback line.

19-3. Special Conditions.#

Whenever any subdivision developed as a resubdivision of a substandard subdivision may contain within the boundaries of a subdivision lawfully recorded prior hereto and within the area to be resubdivided one or more undivided parcels of land, as indicated by the general intent of the plat of subdivision as to lot sizes, the total number of lots permitted in the resubdivision of the substandard subdivision shall not exceed the total number of lots in the original subdivision being resubdivided, plus the total number of lots which the existing restrictions applicable to the zoning district in which the land lies would permit in such undivided parcels§; provided, that such number of lots within such parcels shall not exceed the number of lots which could have been subdivided within the parcel under the requirements of the next less restrictive residential zone district.

19-4. Building Setback Line.#

The building setback line in resubdivisions of subdivisions developed as substandard subdivisions shall be the same as the building setback line requirements in the zoning district in which the property lies.§

19-5. Yards.#

19-5-1 Side yards: There shall be on each side of every building a side yard not less than that required in the next less restrictive residential zoning district in which the property lies. In no case, however, shall any side yard be less than ten (10) feet in width.

19-5-2 Rear yards: No part of a building shall be erected within twenty-five (25) feet of the rear lot lines.