Rockingham County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 17-508.02-17-508.03
Agricultural ForestalAll Rockingham County Unincorporated districts0
Dimensional standards
Housing
Servicing
- Applies near
- Ottobine
- Geographic extent
- Thirty-three (33) parcels spanning one thousand six hundred eighty-six (1,686) acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones., more or less, generally located west of Ottobine in the southwestern portion of Rockingham County. In relation to the other nearby agricultural-forestal districts, the districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. is west of Dry River, northwest of Spring Creek and southwest of Western Rockingham. The districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. is compact rather than sprawling, extending in the north to Wheelbarger Hollow (Layman Hollow Lane), in the northeast to Union Springs Road, and to Briery Branch in the south. An isolated one-acre parcel, surrounded by the Spring Creek AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. and Forestal districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2., is even farther south at the southeast junction of Briery Branch Road and Spring Creek Road (Route 613). In the east, the districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. is adjacent to Ottobine Elementary School and on the west borders George Washington National Forest.
Uses
Conditional / special use1
Prohibited6
- golf courses
- golf driving ranges
- campgrounds
- shooting ranges
- auto graveyards or junkyards
- recreational or amusement enterprises operating outside a building for profit
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
The following uses shall be prohibited throughout the district: golf courses; golf driving ranges; campgrounds; shooting ranges; auto graveyards or junkyards; recreational or amusement enterprises operating outside a building for profit.
- Subdivision restriction
Parcels of land may be sold in their entirety but not subdivided to a nonfamily member during the term of district status. However, the parcel under new ownership shall remain in district status at least until the time of the next scheduled district renewal. Parcels may only be subdivided by purchase or gift to immediate family members.
From the ordinance
The Ottobine Agricultural and Forestal district shall consist of the following land: thirty-three (33) parcels spanning one thousand six hundred eighty-six (1,686) acres, more or less, generally located west of Ottobine in the southwestern portion of Rockingham County.