Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Section 36.176
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Site plan exception for accessory usesAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. under 2,500 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Accessory Uses where the area of land disturbance is less than 2,500 square feet.
- Site plan exception for agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. operations
Bona fide agricultural operations and the customary accessory uses and structures associated with bona fide agricultural operations.
- Site plan exception for filling/gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. under 2,500 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Filling and grading operations where the area of land disturbance is less than 2,500 square feet where no impervious structures, surfaces or improvements will be installed and no clearing undertaken.
- Site plan exception for general repairs
Repairs of a general nature to existing buildings.
- Site plan exception for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. dwellings
Individual Single-Family Dwellings are exempt from site plan requirements.
- Site plan exception for two-family dwellings
Individual Two-Family Dwellings are exempt from site plan requirements.
From the ordinance
Site plans are required and shall be submitted for all new structures, all renovated structures, and all additions to existing structures, with the following exceptions: (1) Individual Single-Family Dwellings. (2) Individual Two-Family Dwellings. (3) Accessory Uses where the area of land disturbance is less than 2,500 square feet. (4) Bona fide agricultural operations...