Amherst County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
905.02, 905.03
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building area relative to main dwelling0.5 ratio
no larger than one-half (½) the area size of the main dwelling
- Maximum floor area in main building1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
shall not occupy more than forty (40) percent, or one thousand (1,000) square feet, whichever is smaller
- Operating hours
No activity ... shall be conducted before 7:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m.
- Outside storage limits
Not have any outside storage of goods or equipment other than one business vehicle and one trailer per lot ... not over 22 feet in length ... height of eight feet, nine inches.
Signage
- On-site signs prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
On-site signs advertising the home occupation shall not be permitted.
From the ordinance
The home occupation within the main building shall not occupy more than forty (40) percent, or one thousand (1,000) square feet, whichever is smaller ... The home occupation located in an accessory building ... no larger than one-half (½) the area size of the main dwelling ... On-site signs advertising the home occupation shall not be permitted.