Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 25-583

Extracted standards

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

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  • Special exception authorization

    A special exception is a conditional use that is permitted within a use district after review and recommendation by the planning commission and approval by the board of supervisors. Only those special exception permits that are expressly authorized as such in a particular zoning district, or elsewhere in this chapter may be approved.

  • Special exception considerations

    In considering whether to grant or impose conditions on a special exception permit, the following factors shall be given reasonable consideration: consistency with comprehensive plan, fire safety, noise, glare, signs, compatibility, building heights, landscaping, timing, preservation of features, public welfare, traffic, code compliance, public facilities, groundwater, soil capacity, road development, environmental sensitivity, employment, affordable housing, outdoor storage, open space, floodplain, nonconforming uses, fuel storage, accessory uses, area of uses, hours of operation, parking screening, security, employees, infrastructure, odors, construction traffic, refuse areas, utilities, and any other matter related to public health, safety, and general welfare.

From the ordinance

A special exception is a conditional use that is permitted within a use district after review and recommendation by the planning commission and approval by the board of supervisors. Only those special exception permits that are expressly authorized as such in a particular zoning district, or elsewhere in this chapter may be approved.
Sec. 25-583