Sec. 23-2.1.4

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• AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure definition

  Accessory structure means any structure which: 1. Is subordinate to, customarily found in association with, and serves a principal use; 2. Is subordinate in purpose, area or extent to the principal building served; 3. Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of the occupants, business enterprise or industrial operation within the principal building served; and 4. Is located on the same lot as the principal building...

• Accessory useAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. definition

  Accessory use means any use which: 1. Is subordinate to and serves a principal use; 2. Is subordinate in purpose, area and extent to the principal use served; 3. Contributes primarily to the comfort and convenience of the occupants, business enterprise or industrial use served; and 4. Is generally located within the building housing the principal use served, except as qualified by the provisions of section 23-5.3.2.

• Dwelling definition

  Dwelling means a building or portion thereof, but not a mobile home, designed or used for residential occupancy. The term 'dwelling' shall not be construed to mean a motel, rooming house, hospital, or other accommodation used for more or less transient occupancy.

• Family definition

  Family means a group of people living together as a single housekeeping unit consisting of: (1) One (1) or more persons related by blood or marriage... and no more than two (2) roomers or boarders; or (2) No more than three (3) unrelated persons... or (3) Any group identified in section 15.2-2291 of the Code of Virginia...

• FloodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. definition

  Floodplain means those land areas in and adjacent to streams and watercourses subject to continuous or periodic inundation from flood events with a one-percent chance of occurrence in any given year (i.e., the 100-year flood frequency event) and having a drainage area greater than seventy (70) acres.

• Floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot. definition

  Floor area ratio. Determined by dividing the gross floor area of all buildings on a lot by the area of that lot.

• Gross floor area definition

  Gross floor area shall include basements; elevator shafts and stairwells at each story; floor space used for mechanical equipment with structural headroom of six (6) feet, six (6) inches or more; penthouses; attic space... The term 'gross floor area' shall not include cellars, or outside balconies which do not exceed a projection of six (6) feet beyond the exterior walls of the building.

• HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. definition

  Height, building means the vertical distance to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs; to the deck line of mansard roofs; and to the average height between eaves and the ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs measured from the curb level if the building is not more than ten (10) feet distant from the front lot line, or from the grade in all other cases.

• Manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. definition

  For the purpose of this chapter, a manufactured home shall not be deemed a single-family detached dwelling.

• Modular unit definition

  For the purpose of this chapter, a modular unit shall be deemed a single-family dwelling and shall not be deemed a manufactured home.

• Multiple-family dwelling definition

  Dwelling, multiple-family means a residential building containing three (3) or more separate dwelling units located on a single lot or parcel of ground.

• Net floor area definition

  Floor area, net means the sum of the total horizontal areas of the several floors of all buildings on a lot, measured from the interior faces of exterior walls... For purposes of determining off-street parking requirements, the term 'net floor area' shall exclude cellars used exclusively for storage.

• Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. attached definition

  Dwelling, single-family attached means a group of two (2) or more closely placed, interrelated single-family dwelling units for one (1) family which are generally joined to one another by a common party wall... The total length of any one (1) group of units shall not exceed one hundred eighty (180) feet. The total number of units in any one (1) group of units shall not exceed nine (9).