Shenandoah County Unincorporated, VA Zoning Ordinance#

ARTICLE I#

Purpose, Title and Definitions

ARTICLE II#

Zoning Map and Zoning Districts

§ 165-5 Official Zoning Map.#

Shenandoah County is hereby divided into zones, as shown on the Official Zoning Map, which is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be part of this chapter, together with all notations, references and amendments.

§ 165-6 Identification of Official Zoning Map.#

The Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and attested to by the Clerk of that body, together with the date of the adoption of this chapter.

§ 165-7 Changing Official Zoning Map.#

If, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the Code of Virginia, as amended, changes are made in district boundaries or other matters portrayed on the Official Zoning Map, such changes shall be entered on the Official Zoning Map promptly after the amendment has been approved by the Board of Supervisors. All changes shall be noted on the Official Zoning Map by date with a brief description of the nature of the change.

§ 165-8 Location of Official Zoning Map.#

The Official Zoning Map shall be located in the office of the Zoning Administrator, and shall be the final authority as to the current zoning status of all areas in the County, regardless of unofficial copies which may have been made or published from time to time. The Official Zoning Map shall be available to the public for inspection during regular office hours.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: The Zoning Map is on file in the County offices.

§ 165-9 Classes of districts.#

For the purpose of this chapter, Shenandoah County is hereby divided into districts which shall be designated as follows:

§ 165-10 Interpretation of district boundaries.#

Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of districts as shown on the Official Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:

A. Designation of district boundaries. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center line of streets, railroad rights-of-way, streams, rivers, existing lot lines or municipal boundary lines shall be considered as following such features indicated. Where a district boundary line does not follow such a line, its position may be shown on said Official Zoning Map by a specific dimension expressing its distance in feet from a street right-of-way line or other boundary line as indicated and running parallel to said line.

B. Boundary questions. In disputes over the exact location of district boundaries as shown on the map, the Zoning Administrator shall request the Board of Zoning Appeals to render its determination with respect thereto.

ARTICLE III#

District Regulations

ARTICLE IV#

Nonconforming Uses

ARTICLE V#

Miscellaneous Lot, Frontage and Setback Provisions

ARTICLE VI#

Supplementary Regulations

ARTICLE VII#

Townhouses

ARTICLE VIII#

Apartments

ARTICLE IX#

Permanent Mobile Home and Manufactured Housing Parks

ARTICLE X#

Open Space Cluster Development Regulations

ARTICLE XI#

Intensive Poultry and Hog Facilities

ARTICLE XIA#

Environmental Performance Standards

ARTICLE XII#

Off-Street Parking and Loading

ARTICLE XIII#

Signs

ARTICLE XIV#

Site Plan Review

ARTICLE XV#

Administration and Enforcement

ARTICLE XVI#

Floodplain Regulations

ARTICLE XVII#

Airport Safety Zoning

ARTICLE XVIII#

Old Valley Pike Overlay District

ARTICLE XIX#

Telecommunications Towers

ARTICLE XX#

Radon Control

ARTICLE XXI#

Decommissioning

ARTICLE XXII#

Energy Facilities