Northampton County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

§ 154.2.161

Extracted standards

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

Height

Other

  • Certificate of approval required for exterior alterations

    No officially designated historic landmark, building, or structure within an HP District shall be razed, demolished, removed, or altered in exterior architectural features or appearance, including the placement of signs, until a certificate of approval is issued by the Board of Supervisors, acting upon the advice of the HRB.

  • The Building Official shall not issue a permit for any erection, reconstruction, exterior alteration, restoration, demolition, or razing of a building or structure in a HP District until the same has been approved by the HRB, or the Board of Supervisors on appeal.

  • Moving or relocation requires approval

    No officially designated historic landmark, building or structure within an HP District shall be moved or relocated where such moving is detrimental to the public interest or where such relocation would be obviously incongruous to the historical aspects of the structure and/or the historic district unless the same is approved by the Board of Supervisors, acting upon the advice of the HRB.

Signage

  • Signs only for on-premises business

    No sign shall be permitted except for advertising to or informing the public of service, business, occupation, or profession conducted on, in, or about the premises.

From the ordinance

No officially designated historic landmark, building, or structure within an HP District shall be razed, demolished, removed, or altered in exterior architectural features or appearance, including the placement of signs, until a certificate of approval is issued by the Board of Supervisors, acting upon the advice of the HRB.
§ 154.2.161