Altavista, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 86-782

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Applies within
3,000 ft
Geographic extent
Notice requirements apply to parcels within 2,000 feet of a planned unit developmentPlanned unit development (PUD)A negotiated district where a whole site is approved to its own bespoke plan., within 2,640 feet (1/2 mile) of an adjoining locality boundary, within 3,000 feet of a military base or public-use airport, and sign posting at 500-foot intervals along public rights-of-way.

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Notice distance for adjoining locality2,640 ft

    involves any parcel of land located within one-half mile of a boundary of an adjoining locality of the commonwealth

  • Maximum days after second advertisement for hearing28 days

    such hearing to be held not less than five days nor more than 28 days after the second advertisement appears in such newspaper

  • Minimum days after second advertisement for hearing5 days

    such hearing to be held not less than five days nor more than 28 days after the second advertisement appears in such newspaper

  • Lot size exemption from written notice for density changes11,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

    written notice of such changes to zoning ordinance text regulations shall not have to be mailed to the owner, owners, or their agent of lots shown on a subdivision plat approved and recorded pursuant to the provisions of Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2240, where such lots are less than 11,500 square feet

  • Notice distance for military base or public-use airport3,000 ft

    involves any parcel of land located within 3,000 feet of a boundary of a military base, military installation, military airport, excluding armories operated by the Virginia National Guard, or licensed public-use airport

  • Number of newspaper publications2 times

    notice of intention to do so has been published twice in some newspaper

  • if any portion of the affected property is within a planned unit development, then to such incorporated property owner's associations within the planned unit development that have members owning property located within 2,000 feet of the affected property

  • Sign posting interval500 ft

    The sign shall be placed on the property at 500-foot intervals. If the property in question has a 500-foot or less frontage, one sign shall suffice.

  • Parcel threshold for written notice25 parcels

    When a proposed amendment of this chapter involves a change in the zoning map classification of 25 or fewer parcels of land

From the ordinance

The planning commission shall not recommend nor the town council adopt any plan, ordinance or amendment thereof until notice of intention to do so has been published twice in some newspaper published or having general circulation in the town; however, the notice for both the planning commission and the town council may be published concurrently.
Sec. 86-782