Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 83-438(j)

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Delivery hours restriction

    Any shipments or deliveries of products or supplies shall be limited to between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and shall regularly occur only via single rear axle straight trucks or smaller delivery vehicles generally used to serve residential neighborhoods.

  • No change in external appearance

    The home occupation shall cause no change in the external appearance of the dwelling or premises, and there shall be no visible external evidence other than a sign allowed in accordance with section 83-488, Signage, to indicate that the premises are being used for a home occupation.

  • The home occupation use shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to the dwelling's use for residential purposes and shall not occupy an area exceeding 25 percent of the floor area of the dwelling unit. Up to 100 percent of the floor area of any accessory building may be used for the home occupation so long as no more than 25 percent of the combined floor area of the dwelling unit and accessory building(s) is used for the home occupation.

  • Maximum nonresident employees2 persons

    No person other than members of the family residing in the dwelling unit shall be engaged in the home occupation, except that up to two persons who are not residents of the dwelling unit may be engaged in the home occupation through approval of a conditional use permit.

  • No more than two vehicles solely dedicated to the home occupation use shall be parked on the premises at a given time, and shall not include heavy equipment or trucks exceeding 5,000 pounds net weight and having more than two axles.

From the ordinance

Home occupations are allowed as accessory to a dwelling use... No person other than members of the family residing in the dwelling unit shall be engaged in the home occupation, except that up to two persons who are not residents of the dwelling unit may be engaged in the home occupation through approval of a conditional use permit... The home occupation use shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to the dwelling's use for residential purposes and shall not occupy an area exceeding 25 percent of the floor area of the dwelling unit.
Sec. 83-438(j)