Mathews County Unincorporated, VA Zoning Ordinance#

ARTICLE 1#

Title, Authority and Purpose

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Definitions

ARTICLE 3#

Provisions For Official Zoning Map

ARTICLE 4#

District Regulations

ARTICLE 5#

Rural District RU

ARTICLE 6#

Residential-1 District R-1

ARTICLE 7#

Residential-2 District R-2

ARTICLE 8#

Business-1 District B-1

ARTICLE 9#

Business-2 District B-2

ARTICLE 10#

Industrial District I

ARTICLE 11#

Conservation District C

ARTICLE 12#

Minimum Off-Street Parking

ARTICLE 13#

Sign Regulations

ARTICLE 14#

Manufactured Home Parks

ARTICLE 15#

Supplemental District Regulations

ARTICLE 16#

Nonconforming Uses and Lots

ARTICLE 17#

Site Development Plan Final Development Plan

ARTICLE 18#

Administrative Bodies and Their Responsibilities

ARTICLE 19#

Administrative Procedures

ARTICLE 20#

Enforcement

ARTICLE 21#

In General

§ 175-21.1 Severability.#

Should any section or provision of this chapter be decided by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinances as a whole, or any part thereof other than the part so held to be unconstitutional or invalid.

§ 175-21.2 Effective date.#

This zoning ordinance of Mathews County, Virginia, was duly considered, following a required public hearing held on January 29, 1987, and was adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Mathews County on January 29, 1987. This chapter shall be effective at and after 12:01 a.m. on January 30, 1987.

§ 175-21.3 Repeal of conflicting ordinances.#

All ordinances or portions of ordinance in conflict with this chapter are hereby repealed to the extent necessary to give this chapter full force and effect.

§ 175-21.4 Conflict with other laws.#

Whenever these standards are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted statutes, rules, regulations or ordinances, the most restrictive, or that imposing the higher standards, shall govern.

§ 175-21.5 County liability.#

The zoning of any land and the granting of any permit or certificate for the use of land and/or structure shall not be interpreted as a guarantee by the County of Mathews of the suitability of such land or structure for development or use.

§ 175-21.6 No exclusionary intent.#

It is not the intent of this chapter to exclude any economic, racial, religious or ethnic group from enjoyment or residence, land ownership, or tenancy within the County nor is it the intent of this chapter to use public powers in any way to promote the separation within the County of economic, racial, religious or ethnic groups, except as may be the incidental result of meeting the purpose outlined in § 175-1.3 herein.

ARTICLE 22#

Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Overlay District

ARTICLE 23#

Telecommunications Facilities

ARTICLE 24#

Village Mixed Use VMU District