Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 25-431(g)

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Allowed poultry

    Up to twelve (12) of any combination of chickens (hens only), quail, pheasant, pigeons and doves. Roosters, capons, ducks, guinea fowl, geese, peacocks and turkeys are prohibited.

  • Allowed rabbits

    Up to six (6) over six (6) months of age and up to fifteen (15) under four (4) months of age.

  • Beehive density

    Up to four (4) beehives on parcels twelve thousand (12,000) square feet in size and one (1) additional beehive for each two thousand (2,000) square feet of area in excess of twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.

  • Honeybees not in front yards or within 30 feet of street

    Not permitted in front yards or closer than thirty (30) feet to any street or public right-of-way.

  • No person shall keep, place or maintain beehives on any parcel of real property that is less than twelve thousand (12,000) square feet in area.

  • Required setback of ten (10) feet from property lines.

  • The minimum lot size for poultry and rabbits is fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet.

From the ordinance

The minimum lot size for poultry and rabbits is fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet.
Sec. 25-431(g)