Article 10, Section 04 Definitions
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Town of Bowling Green, Virginia
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building living quarters
No such accessory building, except as permitted as an Accessory Dwelling Unit, shall be used for living quarters.
- Bed and breakfastBed and breakfastAn owner-occupied dwelling letting a limited number of guest rooms. as accessory useAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.
a bed and breakfast establishment shall be an accessory use to the primary residential use of the property.
- Commodity sales restriction
No commodity is stored or sold, except such as are made on the premises or sold through catalog sales for home delivery;
- No external or internal alterations
Such occupation shall not require external or internal alterations, or the use of machinery or equipment not customary for domestic household purposes;
- No exterior display
There shall be no group instruction, assembly or activity, or no display that will indicate from the exterior that the building is being utilized in part for any purpose other than that of a dwelling;
- Maximum bed and breakfastBed and breakfastAn owner-occupied dwelling letting a limited number of guest rooms. rooms6 rooms
not more than six (6) rooms are occasionally rented out to travelers for compensation without a provision for cooking in the room and offering at least one meal per day
- Maximum home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. employees1 persons
Not more than one person, other than the family, is employed.
- Maximum home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. floor area25 pct
Not more than the equivalent area of one quarter of one floor shall be used for such purpose;
- Private swimming pool as accessory useAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.
Private swimming pools associated with single-family residential units only and able to contain more than two feet of water shall be considered an 'accessory use.'
From the ordinance
Definitions of accessory use, home occupation, bed and breakfast, and related terms.