Botetourt County Unincorporated

Tree: A single perennial woody stem plant attaining a height of ten (10) feet or more at maturity...

Tree, canopy: A deciduous tree, usually single trunked, with a definitely formed crown of foliage and which attains a mature height of at least thirty (30) feet.

Tree, understory: A deciduous or evergreen tree, which attains a mature height of no greater than thirty (30) feet.

Shrub: An evergreen, multi-trunked, woody plant that typically attains a mature height of not more than ten (10) feet.

Peak: The uppermost elevation of a land formation within the mountain overlay district which rises at least twenty (20) feet above the surrounding land...

Square: ... Paved pedestrian plazas may cover up to ninety (90) percent of the square.

Vehicle repair, light: Buildings and premises including no more than (3) three interior service stalls...

Video game room/arcade: Consists of more than three (3) video games or other such electronic amusement games which constitute the primary business of the establishment.

Truck terminal: ... designed to accommodate the simultaneous loading or unloading of five (5) or more trucks.

Assisted living facility: A residential facility for semi-dependent living, containing two (2) or more dwelling units for four (4) or more persons...

Senior housing facility: A residential facility for independent living, containing dwellings where the occupancy is restricted to persons fifty-five (55) years of age or older...

Mobile home park: Lots and parcels of land designed for the temporary or permanent parking and occupancy of two (2) or more mobile homes used for human habitation.

Lot, corner: A lot abutting on two (2) or more streets at their intersection, where the interior angle of the intersection does not exceed one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees.

Lot, width of: ... the width shall be measured along the front lot line; ... the average distance between the side lot lines, with the average distance to be measured at ten (10) foot intervals beginning at the front lot line...

Net development area: The total area of land in a traditional neighborhood designated for residential, commercial, restricted industrial, civic or open space uses, including alleys but not including public streets or one-hundred-year floodplain.

Residential district: Any district zoned RR, R-1, R-2, R-3, PUD or TND.

For mobile home parks with an average lot size of less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet, twenty (20) percent of the total area of the mobile home park site shall be reserved as permanent open space.

Height limitations shall not apply to cupolas, barns, silos, farm buildings, chimneys, flag poles, water tanks, and monuments... No uses are permitted unless included in the lists of permitted, permissible or accessory uses in a district. All setbacks from public streets and roads shall be measured from edge of right-of-way if same is fifty (50) feet wide or greater... All structures requiring a building permit shall be erected on lots which have frontage on a public road.

All setbacks from public streets and roads shall be measured from edge of right-of-way if same is fifty (50) feet wide or greater. If less than fifty (50) feet wide, from a baseline twenty-five (25) feet from and parallel with the centerline of the right-of-way or with the center of the road if there is no right-of-way specified. All structures requiring a building permit shall be erected on lots which have frontage on a public road.

Maximum floor area ratio: 0.35. Impervious surfaces on any lot shall not exceed sixty-five (65) percent of the lot area. Building height: Forty-five (45) feet.