Rockingham County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 17-504.03
Agricultural ForestalAll Rockingham County Unincorporated districts0
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Hinton, John Wayland Highway, Ottobine, Bridgewater
- Geographic extent
- 255 parcels spanning 6,444 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. generally located south of Hinton, west of John Wayland Highway (Route 42), east of Ottobine, and north of the Town of Bridgewater.
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Dwelling eligibility
Construction of a dwelling shall be for persons who earn a substantial part of their livelihood from agricultural or forestal operations on the same property, or members of the immediate family of the owner.
- Location on agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. operation
New nonagricultural or nonforestal uses must be located on property with an ongoing agricultural or forestal operation that qualifies for land use taxation.
- Subdivision restriction
Parcels may be sold to nonfamily members but must remain in district status until next renewal. Subdivision only by purchase or gift to immediate family members.
From the ordinance
Any new nonagricultural or nonforestal uses and/or buildings, including dwellings, shall be in compliance with the following: ...