Definitions

The term for the required level of noise attenuation in residential structures, expressing a required yearly interior day-night average sound level of 45 decibels or less.

Land area within a Village Center Subdistrict in the PD-RV Zoning District, so designated on the Concept Development Plan, upon which structures may be erected for community use, enjoyment and benefit.

A lot that has 1 side curving inward from the street on which the lot fronts.

A lot that has 1 side curving outward toward the street on which the lot fronts.

A lot abutting on 2 or more streets at their intersection, where the interior angle of the intersection does not exceed 135 degrees.

A lot abutting on 2 or more streets at their intersection, where the interior angle of the intersection does not exceed 135 degrees.

See Cultural Facility.

Any occurrence or set of circumstances involving actual or imminent physical trauma, property damage, or loss of electric or phone services that requires immediate action.

One or more devices, assembled together, capable of storing energy in order to supply electrical energy at a future time, less than or equal to 600kWh in nameplate capacity. Storage devices are an accessory use located on the property providing the energy generation source. This does not include energy storage facilities or devices associated with Solar Facility, Utility Scale.

One or more devices, assembled together, capable of storing energy in order to supply electrical energy at a future time, greater than 600kWh in nameplate capacity.

To face or to be opposite across a street.

An establishment where the primary source of revenue is derived from live or recorded performances shown or played for the amusement of an audience. Examples include music clubs and dance halls.

An establishment engaged in equine activities and events including teaching equestrian skills, participating in equestrian competitions, exhibitions, or other displays of equestrian skill (such as polo, dressage, and show jumping). Accessory uses may include offices, storage areas, caretaker's quarters, and caring for, breeding, boarding, riding, or training horses associated with the Equestrian Event Facility use.

Constructed, reconstructed, moved, or structurally altered.

A business, institution, place, or entity that operates or hosts a use, including any business, trade, or occupation. This includes all buildings, structures, land, facilities, or equipment engaged in operating the use.

Accessory uses include: A. Crushing, treating, washing, and/or processing of materials, accessory to a quarry operation, when conducted on the same property; B. Manufacturing of concrete block, cinderblock, or pre-formed concrete products, accessory to an approved quarry use; C. Retail sales of crushed stone or architectural stone products, accessory to an approved quarry use; and D. Concrete batching plants or asphalt mixing plants consistent with Section 4.06.03 (Extractive Industries).

The excavation, mining, dredging, or stripping of land or earth, including quarrying or borrow pits; or the extraction of groundwater (Water Extraction). 'Quarrying' means commercial or industrial stone quarries or operations involving removal from a site of natural accumulations of sand, rock, soil, or gravel. 'Stone quarrying' includes appurtenant structures such as crushers, screeners, and washers.

The exterior wall of a building exposed to public view or a wall viewed by persons not within the building.

The Loudoun County Facilities Standards Manual.

A building, structure, place, amenity, or piece of equipment that is provided or reserved for a particular use or purpose.

A group of people living together consisting of: A. One or more persons related by blood or marriage together with any number of natural, foster, step, or adopted children, domestic servants, nurses, and therapists and no more than 2 roomers or boarders; or B. No more than 4 persons, not related by blood or marriage; or C. Any group identified in Code of Virginia § 15.2-2291.

One or more persons related by blood or marriage together with any number of natural, foster, step, or adopted children, domestic servants, nurses, and therapists and no more than 2 roomers or boarders

No more than 4 persons, not related by blood or marriage

See Cultural Tourism.

A facility used by an organization of farm producers for co-operative technical and marketing assistance. A farm co-op may include a central marketplace where farmers can deliver products for pick-up by consumers but is not a wholesale distribution center.

A place where farmers can deliver agricultural products for pick-up by consumers or wholesalers, but not including a central place operated by a farm co-op where farmers can deliver products for pick-up by consumers (see Farm Co-op). Farm distribution hub does not include such uses as trucking operations, stockyards, auction houses, slaughterhouses, canneries, or other processing facilities.

An establishment for the sale, rental, and/or service of equipment normally or routinely used on farms and gardens, and related parts, tools, and accessories, but not of non-farm equipment or materials.

A principal use that includes the sale of unprocessed and/or processed aquacultural, horticultural, and/or agricultural products. Examples include nursery stock, perennials, annuals, bulbs, mulch, compost, dried flowers, Christmas trees and greens, fresh produce, honey, cider, and similar aquacultural, horticultural, or agricultural products.

A use that includes the sale of products that are grown and/or processed off-site. The use may or may not be located on the site of ongoing aquacultural, horticultural, or agricultural activity. This use may include the sale of products from 1 or more vendors.

A use that includes the sale of products that are grown and processed on-site.

A temporary use in which stands or sales areas are set aside and rented or otherwise provided that includes the sale of products that are grown and/or processed on-site or off-site and is permitted for no more than 3 days per week per location.

A temporary use in which stands or sales areas are set aside and rented or otherwise provided that includes the sale of products that are grown and/or processed on-site or off-site and is permitted for no more than 3 days per week per location. A Temporary Farmers Market does not include permanent structures and requires approval of a temporary Zoning Permit by the Zoning Administrator subject to Section 10.04.C.3. A Temporary Farmers Market may include temporary retail and the sale of products from 1 or more vendors.

The complete ownership interest in real property; the ownership of the entire 'bundle' of rights attached to real property.

A commercial establishment engaged in the provision of animal feed, bedding and accessories, and farm and garden supplies (such as seed, fencing, hardware, pesticides, and fertilizer) to agricultural, horticultural, and/or animal husbandry operations. Also known as a 'feed-and-seed' store.

An enclosure (including a lot, yard, building, or corral) in which animals fed for slaughter are confined, that is used for more than 30 days in a 1-year period

An enclosure (including a lot, yard, building, or corral) in which animals fed for slaughter are confined, that is used for more than 30 days in a 1-year period, with or without an area for the raising of crops, forage, or other vegetation and where animals fed for slaughter are allowed to graze or feed. A feedlot does not include any area where animals are held for slaughter by a processor for a period of 30 days or less.

A feedlot does not include any area where animals are held for slaughter by a processor for a period of 30 days or less.

An architectural feature that provides a real, functional opening that allows light to pass or filter through; or faux opening (a decorative veneer giving the appearance of an opening) in the building façade, through the installation of curtain walls or recessed or protruding windows or doors.

Facilities for the provision of local rapid response emergency services such as firefighting and mobile medical emergency services, including areas for the storage and maintenance of emergency vehicles and equipment and housing and feeding of emergency personnel.

Of or relating to public revenues, public expenditures, and public debt; public financial matters.

A building designed to accommodate a combination of uses, the exact proportions of each use being subject to user needs over time and the applicable zoning district.

A number or percentage, derived by dividing the gross floor area of the buildings on any lot by the lot area in square feet. The floor area ratio multiplied by the lot area in square feet produces the maximum amount of floor area that may be constructed on such lot.

An identifiable space centered in a community and conveniently accessed by its residents that serves as a place for gathering and communicating neighborhood identity, such as a central park, plaza, or green (including village green and town green).

A use category composed of facilities for serving prepared food or beverages for consumption on the premises, other than in a private residence or accessory to a principal use.

An establishment for small-scale production of food and beverages for off-site consumption, including delivery services and catering services. This classification excludes food production of an industrial character (See Manufacturing, General).

A unit of illumination; technically, the illumination at all points 1 foot distant from a uniform point source of 1 candle power.

The planting, growing and harvesting of trees, but not including sawmilling or other processing of trees or parts thereof.

The portion of a lot that abuts a road.

The use for which a structure was originally constructed is no longer viable, necessary, or productive, or the structure for which the original use was constructed is functionally inadequate, causing the structure to no longer be used for the original intent, have a high rate of vacancy, and/or be in a state of disrepair. Examples could include historic schools, churches, agricultural buildings, and fraternal organization meeting halls.

An establishment used primarily for human funeral services and may or may not include facilities on the premises for embalming and performing autopsies or other surgical procedures.

A plot of cultivated ground adjacent to a dwelling, devoted in whole or in part to the growing of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables for consumption by the household residing in the dwelling.

A planted type of Public Garden where the majority of the plants are native plants.

A publicly accessible planted area that may also include paths, seating areas, and other hardscape features, and is maintained for the primary purpose of public gathering space, public passive recreation, and/or public environmental education, research, or conservation.

A study of bedrock and soils used to help determine potential safe development that is prepared according to standards in the Loudoun County Facilities Standards Manual.

A limited area on which golf players do not walk, but onto which they drive golf balls from central driving tees. A golf driving range may contain outdoor lighting. A golf driving range may have, as an accessory use, a putting or chipping green, miniature golf course, baseball batting cages, an accessory snack bar or refreshment stand, and/or equipment rental of items pertaining to golf and baseball.

Any area, building, or structure held, used, or controlled exclusively for public purposes by any department or branch of the Federal Government, Commonwealth of Virginia, or the Loudoun County government. For purposes of the Use Tables, 'government (general)' includes only uses defined above that are not otherwise listed in the Use Tables.

A non-paved public open space within the Town Center Core of a TC Zoning District, a residential development, or other mixed-use development containing a well-defined green space with landscaped areas. A green is a type of Community Open Space.

A Green Roof is either of the following: A. Solar Roof: A solar roofing system that generates reusable energy, and such reusable energy accounts for at least 2.5% of the total electric energy used by the building to which the solar roofing system is attached; or B. Vegetative Roof: A roofing system designed in accordance with the Virginia Stormwater Management Program's standards and specifications for green roofs, as set forth in the Virginia Stormwater BMP Clearinghouse, in which at least 50% of the total roofing area is vegetative.

A solar roofing system that generates reusable energy, and such reusable energy accounts for at least 2.5% of the total electric energy used by the building to which the solar roofing system is attached

A roofing system designed in accordance with the Virginia Stormwater Management Program's standards and specifications for green roofs, as set forth in the Virginia Stormwater BMP Clearinghouse, in which at least 50% of the total roofing area is vegetative.

A vertically constructed element of a structure or building that is functionally designed with a primary purpose of accommodating or featuring living plants across the surface area of the subject structure or building plane.

A network of natural corridors that connect areas of open space. It follows natural land or water features, like ridges or rivers, canals, or human landscape features such as an abandoned railroad or historic sites.

Attic space, whether or not a floor has actually been laid, providing structural headroom of 6 feet, 6 inches or more

Cellars or outside balconies that do not exceed a projection of 6 feet beyond the exterior walls of the building

Gross floor area does not include: A. Cellars or outside balconies that do not exceed a projection of 6 feet beyond the exterior walls of the building; and B. Parking structures below or above grade and rooftop mechanical structures.

When calculating Gross Floor Area, include: A. Basements; B. Elevator shafts and stairwells at each story; C. Floor space used for mechanical equipment with structural headroom of 6 feet, 6 inches or more; D. Penthouses; E. Attic space, whether or not a floor has actually been laid, providing structural headroom of 6 feet, 6 inches or more; and F. Interior balconies and mezzanines.

Floor space used for mechanical equipment with structural headroom of 6 feet, 6 inches or more

Establishments that provide passenger transportation by bus, charter bus, automobile, limousine, van, or shuttle. Some services (such as taxi) are not operated over regular routes and on regular schedules. Examples include charter bus, special needs transportation, taxicab owner/operators, taxicab fleet operators, or taxicab organizations. This use includes fleet services that store, maintain, repair, fuel, and service 2 or more vehicles owned by a single commercial or public entity. This use does not include publicly operated bus or transit systems.

This use includes fleet services that store, maintain, repair, fuel, and service 2 or more vehicles owned by a single commercial or public entity.

Any water, except capillary moisture, beneath the land surface in the zone of saturation or beneath the bed of any stream, lake, reservoir or other body of surface water, whatever may be the subsurface geologic structure in which such water stands, flows, percolates, or otherwise occurs.

Uses characterized by the residential occupancy of a structure by a group of persons that does not meet the definition of Household Living. Tenancy is arranged on a weekly or longer basis, and the size of the group may be larger than a single family. Generally, Group Living structures have a common eating area for residents. The residents may receive care, training, or treatment at the place of residence, and caregivers may or may not also reside at the site. Accessory uses commonly associated with Group Living are recreational facilities and vehicle parking for occupants and staff.

A habitable room used or intended to be used for sleeping purposes only on a transient basis. A guest room may have its own or a common bathroom and is not permitted to have independent kitchen facilities.

A habitable room used or intended to be used for sleeping purposes only on a transient basis. A guest room may have its own or a common bathroom and is not permitted to have independent kitchen facilities.

The place or environment where animals or plants naturally or normally live and grow.

Any material that poses a threat to human health and/or the environment. Typical hazardous substances are toxic, corrosive, ignitable, explosive, or chemically reactive. Such substances must include any substance designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to be reported if a designated quantity of the substance is spilled in the waters of the United States or is otherwise released into the environment.

The source of a stream or river.

Facilities principally engaged in providing services for health maintenance and treatment of mental or physical conditions. Accessory uses may include offices, meeting areas, on-site eating facilities for employees, laboratories, parking, and maintenance facilities.

An establishment offering or providing facilities for, and instruction in, general health, physical fitness, and controlled exercises including weightlifting, calisthenics, and aerobics. A Health and Fitness Center may include a spa or sauna as an accessory use.

The Director of the Loudoun County Department of Health, or his designated deputy; Health Officer.

Bulldozers, dump trucks, and similar pieces of large equipment and their accessories. The term includes any vehicle associated with a business not included in the definition of business vehicle. A trailer used for transporting heavy equipment is considered accessory to the equipment.

Buildings and premises for the sale, rental, and servicing of trucks, buses, boats, recreational vehicles, taxicabs, ambulances, mobile homes, trailers, and farm and construction machinery or equipment. This category must not be deemed to include automobile sales and accessory service establishment.

An area, either at ground level or elevated on a structure, licensed or approved for the landing and takeoff of helicopters and that may include accessory parking, waiting room, fueling, and maintenance equipment (heliport). This includes an area designed to accommodate touch-down and lift-off of helicopters to pick up and discharge passengers or cargo. This use does not include operation facilities other than 1 tie-down space and additional facilities required by law, ordinance, or regulation (helistop).

This use does not include operation facilities other than 1 tie-down space and additional facilities required by law, ordinance, or regulation (helistop).

A historic resource is a property or structure that has 1 of the following historic designations: A. Designated as or a contributing resource in a National Historic Landmark; B. Listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places or a contributing resource in a historic district listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places; C. Listed or eligible for listing in the Virginia Landmarks Register or a contributing resource in a historic district listed or eligible for listing in the Virginia Landmarks Register; D. Listed on the Loudoun County Heritage Register or a contributing resource in a historic district listed on the Loudoun County Heritage Register; or E. Designated as 1 of the following types of Historic Overlay Districts (HOD) pursuant to Section 10.10.08: 1. Loudoun County Historic Site (HS) District; 2. Contributing resource in a Loudoun County Historic and Cultural Conservation (HCC) District; or 3. Contributing resource in a Loudoun County Historic Roadways (HR) District.

The exterior portion of a historic resource or property that contributes to the historic significance or character of the historic resource. Examples include walls, walkways, trees, gardens, relationship of a historic structure to the road, and relationship of a historic structure to landforms or topography.

A business, profession, occupation, or trade conducted for gain or support within a residential building or its accessory buildings. A Home Occupation use is incidental and secondary to the use of the buildings for dwelling purposes and does not change the residential character of such buildings. (See 3.03.E. for Home Occupation standards).

Paths or trails maintained for the purpose of horseback or other animal-mounted recreational riding, but not including racetracks.

The active and ongoing cultivation and production of orchard, garden, or nursery crops on a small or large scale, including the production of Christmas trees, field-grown crops, specialty crops, flowers, fruit, grapes (vineyard), market gardening, nursery stock, nuts, ornamental plants, sod, vegetables, and similar horticultural uses; and the cultivation of that produce by means of biotechnical or genetic engineering techniques. Horticulture does not include preparatory functions such as grading or creation of planting beds through stockpiling of dirt or other means when those preparations do not result in an active and ongoing horticultural activity within 30 days.

Any licensed and Commonwealth of Virginia accredited health care institution with an organized medical and professional staff and with inpatient beds available around-the-clock whose primary function is to provide inpatient medical, nursing, and other health-related services to patients for both surgical and nonsurgical conditions and that usually provides some outpatient services, particularly emergency care.

Any single building or group of buildings, combined or separated, containing 20 or more lodging units.

Any single building or group of buildings, combined or separated, containing 20 or more lodging units. This use may include features such as conference rooms, a restaurant, accessory snack bar or refreshment stand, or swimming pool or exercise room that would attract clientele other than transient guests.

The time period during which an activity or enterprise is active, including any times during which the activity is open to customers or other members of the public, employees are present and working, deliveries are made, or equipment (other than utilities or ordinary indoor appliances) is being actively operated on the site.

Uses characterized by the residential occupancy of a dwelling unit by a family, whether owned by the occupant or otherwise where tenancy is arranged on a month-to-month or longer basis. Accessory uses may include recreational activities, caring for pets, gardens, personal storage structures, hobbies, and parking of occupants' vehicles.

A study of groundwater, its location and prevalence that is prepared according to standards in the Facilities Standards Manual (FSM).

Illumination by a light source that is external to the object or structure that contains the illuminated surface.

Illumination created by concealing the light source behind three-dimensional opaque letters, numbers, or other characters of a sign, resulting in the nighttime perception of a halo around the silhouette of each character. This is also referred to as 'reverse channel' or 'reverse lit' illumination. A halo lit sign is not considered an internally illuminated sign.

Any material such as paved parking areas, sidewalks, or trail surfaces, that prevents absorption of storm water in or through such surface but must not include permeable or 'pervious' paving materials.

Any material such as paved parking areas, sidewalks, or trail surfaces, that prevents absorption of storm water in or through such surface but must not include permeable or 'pervious' paving materials.

Sound of a short duration, usually less than 1 second, with an abrupt onset and rapid decline. Examples of sources of impulsive sound include, but are not limited to, punch press, discharge of firearm, and explosive blasting.

Sound of a short duration, usually less than 1 second, with an abrupt onset and rapid decline.

An addition to an existing Zoning District made in conformance to the Zoning District's regulations and that is not required to meet the minimum zoning district size.

A use classification that includes nonresidential and noncommercial employment uses such as, but not limited to, mining, milling and manufacturing.

A fixed installation where any of the following are stored, either for subsequent transshipment to a smaller fixed installation or for pick-up by truck for transport to the site where the product will be used by the consumer: A. Oil and gas storage; B. Petroleum products; C. Natural gas; D. Coal; E. Lumber; F. Building material; G. Construction equipment; H. Empty solid waste vehicles and containers; or I. Building materials.

A use classification that includes the basic installations and facilities on which new development depends. The public infrastructure includes public roads and public water and sewer lines.

A motorcycle or motor vehicle, trailer, or attachment thereto that is required by the Commonwealth of Virginia to display current license plates and/or meet safety standards, as evidenced by display of an approved inspection sticker, which motorcycle, vehicle, trailer, or attachment therefore does not display said license plates and/or approved inspection sticker.

A motorcycle or motor vehicle, trailer, or attachment thereto that is required by the Commonwealth of Virginia to display current license plates and/or meet safety standards, as evidenced by display of an approved inspection sticker, which motorcycle, vehicle, trailer, or attachment therefore does not display said license plates and/or approved inspection sticker.

A use category that includes public or private health, recreational, or educational uses such as parks, schools, libraries, hospitals, and camps.

Physical measures of the scope and scale of land use, including building height, bulk, and coverage. The most common measurement of intensity is Floor Area Ratio (FAR).

See Cultural Facility.

Any lot other than a corner lot, but including a through lot.

Plant species intentionally or accidentally introduced by human activity into a region in which they did not evolve and cause harm to natural resources, economic activity, or humans, plus any plant from any of the following categories: A. Plants shown on the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation's Virginia Invasive Plant Species List. B. Plants shown on the United States Department of Agriculture's official source for invasive or noxious plant species.

Plant species intentionally or accidentally introduced by human activity into a region in which they did not evolve and cause harm to natural resources, economic activity, or humans, plus any plant from any of the following categories: A. Plants shown on the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation's Virginia Invasive Plant Species List. B. Plants shown on the United States Department of Agriculture's official source for invasive or noxious plant species.

A lot, usually but not always with sole access from a Class III road or private road, that is so located, shaped, or oriented to adjacent lots that application of general measurement methods or dimensional yard requirements of the district in which located serve no significant public purpose, and/or with location of yards by type (front, side and rear) not logically determined by nor related to yard patterns on nearby regular lots.

Any 'automobile graveyard' or 'junkyard' as defined by Code of Virginia § 33.2-804 excluding sanitary landfills or garbage dumps.

Karst landforms including but not limited to caves, sinkholes, rock outcrops, perennial sinking streams, significant fissures/cracks, vadose shafts, or other karst anomaly associated with calcareous geologic formations.

An area established from the edge of a karst/sensitive environmental feature, in which land disturbance is restricted.

A type of terrain characterized by closed depressions and/or sinkholes, caves, rock pinnacles, and underground drainage, resulting from solution of limestone and dolomite bedrock.

Any establishment or use in or at which 5 or more companion animals or pets over the age of 6 months are trained, fostered, boarded (including day care services), held for adoption, or handled. A kennel does not include any establishment whose principal use is grooming, any animal hospital, or pet shop.

Any kennel that is within a completely enclosed commercial facility with no outdoor activity in which companion animals are confined or penned proximate to each other, except for the primary purpose of grooming, or wherein any owner engages in boarding, breeding, letting for hire, training for a fee, or selling dogs, cats, or other companion animals.

Any kennel that is within a completely enclosed commercial facility with no outdoor activity in which companion animals are confined or penned proximate to each other, except for the primary purpose of grooming, or wherein any owner engages in boarding, breeding, letting for hire, training for a fee, or selling dogs, cats, or other companion animals.

5 or more companion animals or pets over the age of 6 months

Any establishment or use in or at which 5 or more companion animals or pets over the age of 6 months are trained, fostered, boarded (including day care services), held for adoption, or handled.

The Land Subdivision and Development Ordinance of Loudoun County, adopted by the Board of Supervisors to establish subdivision and site development plan standards and procedures for the unincorporated areas of Loudoun County.

A publicly owned and controlled, engineered land burial facility for the collection, source separation, storage, transportation, transfer, processing, treatment, or disposal of solid waste. Associated uses may include a debris landfill, a transfer station, Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), vegetative waste management facility, and/or an incinerator. It must mean a facility so located, designed, and operated that it does not impose a present or potential hazard to human health or the environment, including pollution of air, land, surface water, or ground water.

A specific area designated for water service by central water supply system, the boundaries of which are determined by the County of Loudoun as shown on the Loudoun County Sanitation Authority Water and Sewer Lines map.

An individual who is recognized by the State and who is registered with the state department of professional and occupational registration as a 'landscape architect'.

An area that must include appropriate grassing of the area, placement of shrubbery and trees, walkways, and appropriate grading so as to render the required open space area aesthetically pleasing.

An area that must include appropriate grassing of the area, placement of shrubbery and trees, walkways, and appropriate grading so as to render the required open space area aesthetically pleasing.

The term for the required level of noise attenuation in residential structures, expressing a required yearly interior day-night average sound level of 45 decibels or less.

The term for 'yearly day-night average sound level', which means the 365-day average, in decibels, for the period from midnight to midnight, obtained after the addition of 10 decibels to sound levels for the periods between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.

The term for 'yearly day-night average sound level', which means the 365-day average, in decibels, for the period from midnight to midnight, obtained after the addition of 10 decibels to sound levels for the periods between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.

An existing zoning district that does not align with Place Types of the General Plan that is retained to continue implementing the zoning district existing prior to adoption of this Zoning Ordinance (December 13, 2023) and avoid using more than 1 Zoning Ordinance.

Establishments that maintain collections of documents (e.g., books, journals, newspapers, music, and recorded information regardless of its physical form and characteristics) and facilitate their use to meet the informational, research, educational, or recreational needs of the general public or their user. These establishments may also acquire, research, store, preserve, and generally make accessible to the public historical documents, photographs, maps, audio material, audiovisual material, and other archival material of historical interest. All or portions of these collections may be accessed electronically.

See Sign, Light Post Banner.

Geologic formation that is highly water-soluble and is characterized by numerous underground caves and surface sinkholes; it is a natural groundwater aquifer and good water supply source. Limestone consists of a conglomerate of various small rocks cemented together with a carbonate matrix and containing calcareous geologic formations. In appearance, it is very similar to concrete.

Limestone Overlay District, as defined in Chapter 5.05 of the Zoning Ordinance.

See 'Dwelling, Live/Work.'

Animals, especially farm animals, raised for use, profit, or enjoyment including horses and very small equine, bison, cattle, pigs, mules, sheep, goats, alpacas, llamas, emus, poultry (including egg-producing poultry), and other similar domesticated animals. Livestock does not include animals meeting the definition of Companion Animal.

A use classification composed of uses intended for living and sleeping only on a transient basis.

Rooms or connected group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping only on a transient basis. Each lodging unit must have its own bathroom and may contain independent kitchen facilities.

Rooms or connected group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping only on a transient basis. Each lodging unit must have its own bathroom and may contain independent kitchen facilities.

The total horizontal area included within the rear, side, and front lot lines or street lines of the lot, excluding any streets or highways, whether dedicated or not dedicated to public use, but including off-street automobile parking areas and other accessory uses. 'Lot area' does not include portions under water, except where the total area of a body of water is within the lot or where the width included as part of the area of the lot does not exceed 30 feet.

Lot area does not include portions under water, except where the total area of a body of water is within the lot or where the width included as part of the area of the lot does not exceed 30 feet.

The percentage of a lot area occupied by the ground area of principal and accessory buildings or structures.

Multifamily and nonresidential parking structures below or above grade, stand-alone mechanical structures, and uncovered decks are excluded from lot coverage.

A parcel of subdivided land occupied, or to be occupied, by 1 or more buildings and accessory buildings, and open space, and other requirements of the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance. 'Lot' includes the words 'plot' and 'parcel'. The term 'lot' does not include land identified on a legally recorded subdivision plat filed among the land records of the circuit court, as an 'outlot' as referenced in Section 1.03.04.A.4.

The average horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line, measured along a perpendicular line.

Where applicable, a lot line coincides with a street line. Where a lot line is curved, all dimensions related to said lot line are based on the arc.

See Frontage.

An establishment engaged in the sale, rental and servicing of trucks, buses, boats, recreational vehicles, taxicabs, ambulances, mobile homes, trailers, and farm and construction machinery or equipment. This does not include automobile sales and accessory service activities.

An establishment providing repair services for personal and household goods, such as household appliances, computers, television, audio or video players or equipment, office machines, furniture, leather goods, and knife sharpening. This term excludes building maintenance services and maintenance and repair of automobiles and other vehicles and equipment.

Recreational vehicles (RVs), travel trailers, pickup campers, motorized dwellings, tent trailers, boats and boat trailers, houseboats, and the like, and cases or boxes used for transporting that recreational equipment, whether occupied by that equipment or not.

An area designed to protect a stream or river and its associated floodplain from adverse upland development impacts. The '50-foot management buffer' is included within the River and Stream Corridor Resources.

A structure constructed and subject to the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, which is: A. Transportable in 1 or more sections; B. 8 feet or more in width and 40 feet or more in length in the traveling mode, or is 320 or more square feet when erected on site; C. Built on a permanent chassis; and D. Designed to be used as a single-family dwelling unit, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities.

A manufactured home does not include units built prior to June 15, 1976 (known as 'mobile homes').

8 feet or more in width and 40 feet or more in length in the traveling mode, or is 320 or more square feet when erected on site

8 feet or more in width and 40 feet or more in length in the traveling mode, or is 320 or more square feet when erected on site

8 feet or more in width and 40 feet or more in length in the traveling mode, or is 320 or more square feet when erected on site

Manufacturing of products, from raw, recycled or secondary materials, including bulk storage and handling of those products and materials, or crushing, treating, washing, and/or processing of materials. This use includes incidental finishing and storage. This use does not include any activity listed under Manufacturing, Intensive or establishments that crush, treat, wash, and/or process sand, rock, soil, or gravel (See Extractive Industries).

Manufacturing or industrial enterprises with significant external effects, or that pose significant risks due to the involvement of explosives, poisons, pesticides, herbicides, or other hazardous materials in the manufacturing or other process.

Facilities for the processing, fabrication, packaging, or assembly of goods, including small-scale production and production by hand. Accessory uses may include offices, in some instances eating facilities for employees, outdoor storage associated with the use, repair facilities, and caretaker's quarters.

The area from which an enterprise draws its customers on a regular and anticipated basis. Influencing the size of the area are variables such as, but not limited to, type of product being marketed, surrounding land uses, and neighboring road network.

A dwelling unit in which the sale or rental price is not controlled by the Affordable Dwelling Unit (ADU) Program or the Unmet Housing Needs Units (UHNU) Program.

A solid waste management facility that collects mixed solid wastes and manually or mechanically separates recyclable materials to be marketed and disposes of all non-recyclable wastes to a permitted facility, or a solid waste management facility for the collection, recovery, and processing of materials, such as metals, paper or glass, from solid waste for the production of a fuel from solid waste, including a solid waste transfer station.

A determination by County staff that all possible efforts to comply with a regulation or minimize potential harmful or adverse impacts have been undertaken by an applicant, and that no feasible and prudent alternative exists. Economic considerations may be taken into account but must not be the overriding factor in determining 'maximum extent feasible.'

An establishment, whether or not licensed or required to be licensed by the State Board of Health or the State Hospital Board, by or in which facilities are maintained, furnished, conducted, operated, or offered to prevent, diagnose, or treat human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical condition, whether medical or surgical, of 2 or more non-related mentally or physically sick or injured persons; or for the care of 2 or more non-related persons requiring or receiving medical, surgical, or nursing attention or service as acute, chronic, convalescent, aged, or physically disabled. This use includes an intermediate care facility, intellectual disability facility, outpatient surgery center, birthing facility, diagnostic imaging facility, radiation therapy facility, dialysis facility, medical/physical rehabilitation and trauma unit, reproductive healthcare services facility, or related institution or facility that offers treatment on an outpatient basis. This use may be operated for profit or nonprofit, privately owned, or operated by a local government unit. A medical care facility does not include a medical office or a hospital.

An establishment, whether or not licensed or required to be licensed by the State Board of Health or the State Hospital Board, by or in which facilities are maintained, furnished, conducted, operated, or offered to prevent, diagnose, or treat human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical condition, whether medical or surgical, of 2 or more non-related mentally or physically sick or injured persons; or for the care of 2 or more non-related persons requiring or receiving medical, surgical, or nursing attention or service as acute, chronic, convalescent, aged, or physically disabled.

An establishment (including any room, studio, clinic, suite, or building) where individuals licensed in the State practice medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, chiropractic, podiatry, physical therapy, psychiatry, clinical psychology, reproductive healthcare services, or other health-related professions on an out-patient basis. This use does not include a hospital, veterinary service, or animal hospital.

A method of describing the boundaries of land by courses and distances.

All passenger facilities, structures, stops, shelters, bus zones, properties, and rights-of-way that are owned, leased, held, or used by the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority for the purpose of providing public light-rail transportation services.

A range of small, lightweight vehicles operating at speeds typically below 15 mph and driven by users personally (unlike rickshaws), including but not limited to bicycles, e-bikes, electric scooters, electric skateboards, shared bicycle fleets, and electric pedal assisted (pedelec) bicycles.

A range of small, lightweight vehicles operating at speeds typically below 15 mph

An establishment that produces food or feed for animal (non-human) consumption from grain, grain byproducts, alfalfa, or other ingredients.

A building consisting of individual, small, self-contained units that are leased or owned for the indoor storage of business and household goods or contractors' supplies.

Methods used to alleviate or lessen the adverse impacts of development.

For purposes of Section 7.05.03, is any dwelling unit located in any of the following zoning districts listed in Chapter 2: TRC, TC, or PD-MUB.

An establishment, including any employee or agent of another, who sells or offers to sell, barter, or trade from a mobile vehicle such as a food truck.

A building having the physical characteristics of a residential dwelling existing for the purpose of display or advertising in connection with the sale of units in a residential development. The ultimate intended use for such a model is as a dwelling.

Naturally occurring land areas with slopes from 15% to 25%.

Naturally occurring land areas with slopes from 15% to 25%.

A motor vehicle designed to travel on not more than 3 wheels in contact with the ground. The operator must hold a valid driver's license with a Class M designation or a motorcycle driver's license.

A motor vehicle designed to travel on not more than 3 wheels in contact with the ground.

Establishments that provide moving and storage services and over the road transportation of cargo using motor vehicles, such as trucks and tractor trailers, including the storage and holding of cargo and storage containers.

See Cultural Facility.

A district or structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places and considered to be of unusual importance to American history, architecture, archaeology, and/or culture.

A register of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in American history, architecture, archaeology and/or culture that is maintained by the Federal Secretary of the Interior.

Any plant specified as 'Native' in the Facilities Standards Manual (FSM), plus any plant from any of the following categories. A. Regional Native: Plants (including their cultivars) shown on the USDA Plant List of Accepted Nomenclature, Taxonomy, and Symbols (PLANTS) Database naturally occurring within the state of Virginia or the states of West Virginia or Maryland. B. Northern Virginia Native: Plants (including their cultivars and excluding any hybrid species) shown on the USDA PLANTS Database naturally occurring within the state of Virginia in any of the following areas: Loudoun County, Fairfax County, Prince William County, Fauquier County, Clarke County, Arlington County, or the City of Alexandria.

Any plant specified as 'Native' in the Facilities Standards Manual (FSM), plus any plant from any of the following categories. A. Regional Native: Plants (including their cultivars) shown on the USDA Plant List of Accepted Nomenclature, Taxonomy, and Symbols (PLANTS) Database naturally occurring within the state of Virginia or the states of West Virginia or Maryland. B. Northern Virginia Native: Plants (including their cultivars and excluding any hybrid species) shown on the USDA PLANTS Database naturally occurring within the state of Virginia in any of the following areas: Loudoun County, Fairfax County, Prince William County, Fauquier County, Clarke County, Arlington County, or the City of Alexandria.

All natural, environmental, and heritage resources as identified under Chapter 3 of the Loudoun County General Plan, as well as those protected by overlay districts and development standards of the Zoning Ordinance.

Natural Heritage Resources are rare, threatened, and endangered plant and animal species; exemplary natural communities, habitats, and ecosystems; that are listed under the Natural Heritage Resources database provided by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), Division of Natural Heritage Resources.

Areas of land, landforms, slopes, and features existing in nature and not made or caused by human manipulation.

See Cultural Facility.

A source of light supplied by a glass tube that is filled with neon gas, argon, mercury, or other inert gas that produces ultraviolet light, and bent to form letters, symbols, or other shapes. Neon includes all tubular light sources that employ a charged gas to illuminate a tube that glows, similar gas-activated tubular light systems that emit colors, and other tubular light sources (including fiber optics) that are used to form letters and shapes.

Measuring the difference between the electricity distributed to and the electricity generated by a customer-generator that is fed back to the distribution system during the applicable billing period. The purpose of which allows customers to interconnect their solar energy systems to the utility grid and offset their utility electricity purchases by receiving a bill credit for excess energy generated by their solar energy system that is exported to the grid.

Not helping, assisting, or adding to the historical integrity, historic architectural qualities, or archaeological qualities of the subject Historic Overlay District (HOD) and/or the said Historic Overlay District's historic associations. The Zoning Administrator, or the Zoning Administrator's designee, establishes what is considered non-contributing to a HOD. See Contributing.

Space in a structure that is not used for living, sleeping, eating, or cooking, such as, but not limited to, garages, toilet compartments, closets, utility spaces or similar areas. Commercial and industrial structures do not have habitable space.

Pollutants carried in stormwater runoff, including but not limited to sediments, nutrients, animal waste, pesticides, salt and toxins, that cannot be traced to a specific point source and whose point of entry into a stream cannot be determined.

An incorporated organization or group whose charter prohibits profit-making endeavors and that enjoys tax exemption privileges.

Any use lawfully being made of any land, building, or structure, other than a sign, on the effective date of the Zoning Ordinance, or any amendment to it rendering such use nonconforming that does not comply with all of the regulations of the Zoning Ordinance, or any amendment hereto, governing use for the zoning district in which such land, building, or structure is located.

An agricultural/commercial establishment where plants, landscape materials, soils, and accessory products are sold on a retail basis.

An agricultural establishment where plants are grown for resale on a retail or wholesale basis for only those plant materials grown on-site.

A place devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the treatment and care of any person suffering from illnesses, diseases, deformities, or injuries not requiring extensive and/or intensive care that is normally provided in a general hospital or other specialized hospital.

Describing a location or an area of land that is proximate to a parcel of land defined as 'on-site'. Off-site means not on site; that is, outside the lot or parcel that is the subject of a given land use application.

Any room, studio, suite or building wherein the primary use is the conduct of a business such as, but not limited to: accounting, correspondence, research, editing, administration or analysis; or the conduct of a business by sales representatives or manufacturers' representatives; or the conduct of a business by professionals, such as engineers, architects, land surveyors, artists, musicians, lawyers, accountants, real estate brokers, insurance agents, urban planners, and landscape architects. A Professional Office does not involve manufacturing, fabrication, production, processing, assembling, cleaning, testing, repair or storage of materials, goods and products; or the sale and/or delivery of any materials, goods or products that are physically located on the premises. A Professional Office does not include a medical office, veterinary service, or animal hospital.

A sign that provides the general public, property owner, or other interested parties of government actions, orders, or directions, such as a public hearing, stop-work orders on a property that is non-compliant or in violation of the Zoning Ordinance, or similar items.

The date that County staff deems an application ready for review when (i) minimum submission requirements identified on the application checklist have been satisfied as determined by the applicable County department staff or waived pursuant to the applicable policies, and (ii) the application fee has been received by the County.

Within a lot or parcel that is the subject of a given land development application.

Open space provided for active recreation. If located on commonly owned open space, Owners Association-owned recreational structures, buildings, and facilities may be open to the public for a fee, provided the intent of the open space requirements is maintained. Examples include golf courses and sports pavilions where the primary users of such structures, buildings, and facilities are said association's members, but outside users must be secured for economic viability.

Open space provided for agriculture that is protected by conservation easement in accordance with Section 7.02. See also, Agriculture and Open Space.

Open space that is owned and managed by an Owners Association and restricted for the use and enjoyment of such association's members and invitees.

Open space, Community

Areas of trees, shrubs, lawns, grass, pathways, and other natural and man-made amenities set aside for the use and enjoyment of residents, visitors and other persons, unoccupied by structures, buildings, or facilities other than those permitted by the applicable Open Space type, and accessible to and adequate for persons and functions it is designed to serve.

Areas of trees, shrubs, lawns, grass, pathways, and other natural and man-made amenities set aside for the use and enjoyment of residents, visitors and other persons, unoccupied by structures, buildings, or facilities other than those permitted by the applicable Open Space type, and accessible to and adequate for persons and functions it is designed to serve. Generally, open space is intended to provide light and air and is designed for either scenic or recreational purposes. There are 4 Open Space types permitted under Section 7.02: Open Space, Agricultural; Open Space, Community; Open Space, Active Recreation; and Open Space, Passive Recreation. Open Space must be provided as Commonly Owned Open Space where required under Section 7.02.

There are 4 Open Space types permitted under Section 7.02: Open Space, Agricultural; Open Space, Community; Open Space, Active Recreation; and Open Space, Passive Recreation.

A parcel of land identified on a legally recorded subdivision plat, subject to a permanent open space easement or dedicated to an Owners Association, and that does not meet lot area and lot width requirements.

The land designated as a separate and distinct parcel recorded among the land records of the circuit court.

A lot with direct access to a Class I, Class II, or Class III road, so located, shaped, and oriented to adjacent lots as to be reasonably adapted to application of general measurements indicated in Section 7.01, and with location of yards by type (front, side, rear, and special) logically determined by, and related to, adjacent street or streets and adjacent yard patterns.

An interior lot fronting on 2 parallel, or approximately parallel, roads.

An automobile parking space that includes an electrical component assembly or cluster of component assemblies (battery charging station) designed and intended to transfer Level 2 charging (as defined by the United States Department of Energy) electric energy by conductive or inductive means from the electric grid or other off-board electrical source to a battery or other energy storage device within a vehicle that operates, partially or exclusively, on electric energy, and is marked to indicate that such spaces are reserved for the sole use by plug-in electric vehicles.

Devices that provide electric power to a vehicle in order to recharge the vehicle's batteries. EVSE systems include the electrical conductors, related equipment, software, and communications protocols that deliver energy to the vehicle.