§ 165-101.02

Accessory structures within the SFHA are not to exceed 600 square feet.

A lighting fixture from which 0% of its light output is emitted at or above 90° from horizontal (a horizontal plane drawn through the bottom of the light fixture) and no more than 10% above 80° from the horizontal.

A distance buffer which contains no building or principal structure of activity but which may contain an accessory use or activity.

25% or more of its stock in trade

An open area used to separate one use from another.

The vertical distance from the average finished grade at the front of the structure to the top of the highest roof beams on a flat or shed roof, the deck level on a mansard roof, and the average distance between the eaves and the ridge level for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.

Any vehicle (1) with a gross vehicle weight registered with the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles or any other state or government agency as 12,000 pounds and greater and used for commercial purposes, or (2) any vehicle, regardless of weight, licensed as a 'for hire' vehicle, or any limousine or bus used as a common or contract carrier vehicle.

The portion of the lot area that is covered by buildings, structures, and impervious surfaces, excluding areas used for landscaping, pervious paving, and other pervious surfaces.

A plan for the development of a tract of land that is approved by the County and that establishes the overall layout, density, and intensity of development for the tract.

contains no more than one kitchen and 10 or fewer guest rooms

not to exceed 3,500 square feet gross retail floor area

A required easement within the Winchester Regional Airport's noise abatement area as specified in the Airport District.

A fence that is constructed to visually obscure structures, outdoor storage areas, and other uses. A chain-link fence with slats shall not constitute an opaque fence.

A development that is approved as a single entity and that may contain a mix of uses, densities, and intensities, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

A linear distance containing landscaping and an opaque element that is intended to separate residential lots from interstate, limited access, arterial and major collector road systems.

The minimum required distance between a building or structure and a lot line or right-of-way line.

The process by which development rights from a sending property are severed from the sending property and transferred to a receiving property, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 165 of the County Code.

A deviation from the strict application of the provisions of this chapter, granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

A use of land or of a building or portion thereof customarily associated with and incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or building and located on the same lot with such principal use.

A use permitted in a particular zoning district only with the granting of a conditional use permit by the Board of Supervisors.

A use that is permitted in a zoning district only after review and approval by the Board of Zoning Appeals, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.