Article XI, § 165-80
Extracted standards
17 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Environmental
- Nutrient management plan required
After July 9, 1991, a permit for poultry operation shall not be issued until a nutrient management plan for the proposed poultry operation has been reviewed and accepted by the Zoning Administrator.
Other
- VDOT entrance permit required
A permit for the proposed entrance to the intensive poultry or hog facility access road must be obtained from the Virginia Department of Transportation prior to application for a zoning permit.
- More stringent setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. applies
Where applicable setback minimums differ, the more stringent of the setbacks shall apply.
- Site plan requirements
A site plan, nutrient management plan and sedimentation and erosion control plan must be submitted.
- Zoning permit required for construction
All proposed poultry or hog house construction shall be approved by the County Planner/Zoning Administrator before any construction is begun.
Setback
- Residential dwelling setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from intensive poultry/hog facility (on withdrawn ag/forestal land)300 ft
Any residential dwelling constructed on land that was once within an agricultural and forestal district ... shall be located no closer than 300 feet to any existing intensive poultry or hog facility.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from private wells on adjoining properties100 ft
and 100 feet from any private wells on adjoining properties.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residential and commercial zones outside town/growth area900 ft
Nine hundred feet from any residential (R-1, R-2 or R-3) and commercial (B-1 or B-2) zoning districts located outside an existing town or designated growth area.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from town boundaries and designated growth areas1,000 ft
One thousand feet from any existing town boundaries and designated growth areas.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from streams, rivers, springs, sinkholes, water intakes, public wells100 ft
One hundred feet from any streams, rivers, springs, sinkholes, water intakes and public wells; and 100 feet from any private wells on adjoining properties.
- Hog facility setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line (ag/forestal)300 ft
Three hundred feet from any property line.
- Hog facility setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line (non-ag/forestal)300 ft
Three hundred feet from any property line.
- Poultry facility setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from dwellings (ag/forestal districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.)300 ft
Three hundred feet from any existing dwellings, schools, churches and other nonagricultural uses.
- Poultry facility setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from dwellings (non-ag/forestal, densely settled)900 ft
Nine hundred feet from any existing dwellings, schools, churches and other nonagricultural uses in a densely settled area.
- Poultry facility minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line with mutual consent75 ft
Setback ... may be reduced to less than 150 feet but greater than or equal to 75 feet by mutual consent.
- Poultry facility setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line (non-ag/forestal)150 ft
One hundred fifty feet from any property line, except a property line shared with an interstate highway.
- Poultry facility setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from dwellings (non-ag/forestal, sparsely settled)600 ft
Six hundred feet from any existing dwellings, schools, churches and other nonagricultural uses in a sparsely settled area.
From the ordinance
Intensive poultry facilities shall be constructed no closer than the following distances (setbacks) to the specified use or property line.