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Abingdon, Virginia · General provision

Section 7-2-6 Agritourism

All Abingdon districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA5 ac
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
217,800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Extracted standards

6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Noise

  • No outdoor amplified music between 11pm and 7am

    There shall be no outdoor use of amplified music between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

Other

  • Food items prepared per regulations

    All food items available for sale must be prepared in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations.

  • Maximum attendees at any single time150 persons

    The event or activity shall generate no more than 200 visitor vehicle trips per day and each event or activity shall have 150 or fewer attendees at any single time.

  • Maximum visitor vehicle trips per day200 trips/day

    The event or activity shall generate no more than 200 visitor vehicle trips per day and each event or activity shall have 150 or fewer attendees at any single time.

  • Minimum agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. land for agritourism5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.

    Any agriculture operation event may be held only if the agricultural operation to which it is subordinate has a minimum of five acres of land in active to agricultural production on-site, or on any abutting lot under the same ownership, and at least one growing season each calendar year.

  • Sanitary facilities per Virginia Department of Health

    Sanitary facilities used in conjunction with an agritourism event must be provided in accordance with Virginia Department of Health standards set forth in the Virginia Administrative Code 12VAC5-610-980.

From the ordinance

Any agriculture operation event may be held only if the agricultural operation to which it is subordinate has a minimum of five acres of land in active to agricultural production on-site...
Section 7-2-6 Agritourism