Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 83-505
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Significant exterior design change trigger
Significantly change the exterior design of buildings (excluding changes in signage), as determined by the administrator
- Gross floor area increase trigger for compliance500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Increase the total gross floor area by more than 500 square feet
- Change to more intensive use trigger
Add or change to a more intensive use, as determined by the administrator
From the ordinance
Any existing commercial, mixed-use, or industrial development that contains any of the lawful nonconforming site features... shall be required to bring all nonconforming site features from at least one of the categories... into full compliance if the development proposes to increase the total gross floor area by more than 500 square feet...