Warren County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

§ 180-28

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 50 ftRear 15 ftSide 15 ftMin width 150 ftMIN LOT AREA1 ac
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Uses

Permitted by right42

  • Building supply sales
  • Research facilities, not including use of live animals or the mixing and/or fusion of chemical elements and/or compounds
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembling, testing, packing, storing and distribution of electrical, electronic, computer or mechanical goods
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembling, testing, packing, storing and distribution of photographic equipment
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembling, testing, packing, storing and distribution of computation and communication equipment
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembling, testing, packing, storing and distribution of optical instruments
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembling, testing, packing, storing and distribution of benign toys and games
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembling, testing, packing, storing and distribution of household appliances
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembling, testing, packing, storing and distribution of clocks and watches
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembling, testing, packing, storing and distribution of furniture products
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembling, testing, packing, storing and distribution of apparel and other sewing operations
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembling, testing, packing, storing and distribution of plastic products and plastic-based products
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembling, testing, packing, storing and distribution of laundry operation
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembling, testing, packing, storing and distribution of plumbing supplies, pipe, HVAC equipment and related materials, including screened outside storage of same
  • Printing, publishing, engraving, bookbinding and other reproductive services
  • Stone cutting or monument works
  • Textile weaving and knitting
  • Soft drink bottling works
  • Offices for executive administrative and data processing activities
  • Educational or training institutions
  • Warehousing and distribution facilities
  • Commercial nurseries, greenhouses and garden centers
  • Ancillary food and business services, including services provided for the convenience of employees of the principal facility
  • Day-care or nursery facility
  • Public protection facilities: fire departments, rescue squads, police stations or substations
  • Front Royal-Warren County Airport
  • Enclosed storage
  • Technology businesses, including hardware design, manufacture, assembly and development
  • Technology businesses, including internet service providers
  • Technology businesses, including software design and development
  • Technology businesses, including computer and peripherals assembly
  • Technology businesses, including content developers
  • Technology businesses, including internet-based sales and service
  • Technology businesses, including hardware design, assembly and development
  • Technology businesses, including telecommunications-based video service providers
  • Technology businesses, including outbound or inbound call centers
  • Technology businesses, including telecommunications equipment manufacturing, assembly and service
  • Buildings used primarily for federal, state, County, or local government purposes
  • Landscaping and horticultural services
  • Commercial (repair) garage
  • Church
  • Agricultural pursuits, except for confined feeding operations, sawmills and abattoirs unless such uses lawfully existed at the time of a rezoning of a lot into the Industrial District

Conditional / special use27

  • Automobile graveyard or junkyard
  • Bottled gas storage and service
  • Bulk storage of gasoline, petroleum products or natural gas
  • Dwelling for guard or caretaker
  • Extraction of natural resources or borrow pits
  • Food processing
  • Manufacture of cinder blocks, concrete, concrete products, brick and similar products
  • Pharmaceuticals, toiletries, medical goods and cosmetics
  • Radio, television, microwave towers and similar communications structures
  • Yard for storage of coal, lumber, building materials or contractors' equipment
  • Motor freight terminals
  • Recycling centers, excluding the handling and/or processing of medical waste products
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembly, testing, packing, storing and distribution of synthetic fibers
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembly, testing, packing, storing and distribution of wood, wood products and artificial wood products
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembly, testing, packing, storing and distribution of prefabricated or modular construction materials
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembly, testing, packing, storing and distribution of modular housing units
  • Manufacture, production, fabrication, processing, assembly, testing, packing, storing and distribution of trade show exhibits
  • Heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC), transportation and refrigeration equipment sales and repair
  • Technology businesses, including hardware manufacture
  • Technology businesses, including telecommunications equipment manufacturing
  • Coating, painting and refinishing services, including assembly and packaging of processed materials when necessary to accomplish coating, painting and refinishing of such materials
  • Wind energy system, commercial power generation
  • Storage of recreational vehicles, boats and cars, excluding the storage of inoperative vehicles
  • Industrial and construction equipment rental, repair and sales facility
  • Batch mix asphalt plant
  • Kennel, commercial
  • Adult business

Accessory5

Extracted standards

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

From the ordinance

Minimum lot area shall be one acre. Minimum lot width shall be 150 feet. Front: 50 feet. Rear: 15 feet for a principal structure; 10 feet for an accessory structure. Side: 15 feet for a principal structure; 10 feet for an accessory structure.
§ 180-28

Use details

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  "dropped_conditions": {
    "conditional_uses": [
      "Electrical power generation stations fueled by natural gas (using oil as a backup fuel no more than 720 hours per year) and operated in compliance with all applicable federal and state regulatory standards, and related facilities, including electrical transmission lines and substations",
      "Agricultural pursuits other than those permitted by right pursuant to § 180-28B(23)"
    ]
  }
}