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Warren County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

§ 180-56.5

StorageAll Warren County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA15 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.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
653,400 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (15 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Uses

Permitted by right1

Conditional / special use1

Prohibited1

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Dust-free internal access roads

    Internal access roads shall be constructed of a dust-free surface which is adequate for the types of vehicles to be accommodated.

  • Front on state-maintained road

    Any parcel of land used for storage of cars, boats and recreational vehicles must front upon and have access to a state-maintained road, and the entrance to the property shall have Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) approval for this type of use.

  • Full screening of outdoor storage

    Areas used for outdoor storage of cars, boats and recreational vehicles shall be fully screened from view. Such screening shall be composed of walls, fences and/or berms, and shall be landscaped.

  • Hours of operation per CUP

    The hours of operation shall be specified in the conditional use permit.

  • Illustrative development plan required

    An illustrative development plan must be submitted to the Planning Department as part of the application for a conditional use permit.

  • Landscaping and lighting per §180-49.1 and §180-49.2

    The property shall meet the landscaping requirements of § 180-49.1 and the lighting requirements of § 180-49.2.

  • Minimum parcel size15 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.

    Any parcel of land used for storage of cars, boats and recreational vehicles must be at least 15 acres in size.

  • Outdoor storage of inoperative vehicles prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

    Outdoor storage of inoperative vehicles or inoperative major recreation equipment shall be prohibited.

  • Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for parking/storage areas50 ft

    Parking/storage areas shall have a minimum setback of 50 feet from any adjacent property line.

From the ordinance

Any parcel of land used for storage of cars, boats and recreational vehicles must be at least 15 acres in size.
§ 180-56.5