Prince William County Unincorporated

Definitions of terms including block length, cemetery preservation area, sign projection, travel trailer, and small wind energy system.

Definitions and general rules.

The regulations of this part shall apply to all commercial, office and industrial districts and nonresidential areas of planned development districts except as otherwise specifically provided.

Home employment shall mean a business activity conducted entirely within a single-family detached dwelling unit by residents of that unit which is clearly incidental and secondary to its principal use as a dwelling unit.

Home improvement center shall mean a facility of more than 30,000 square feet gross floor area, engaged in the retail sale of various basic hardware lines

Home sales office shall mean the use of not more than one house per platted section of a subdivision as an office for the sale of new homes in that subdivision.

Institute for special education and training shall mean a facility primarily engaged in the provision of training and vocational rehabilitation and habilitation services for the physically, mentally, or emotionally handicapped; includes offices for counseling and teaching specialists; other training facilities or equipment as permitted in the underlying zoning district; overnight or institutional care is prohibited.

Institutional food service (formerly "Catering, institutional") shall mean an establishment engaged in large scale meal preparation and related materials on a contractual basis to industry or institutions. On-site service of food is prohibited.

Kennel shall mean a structure, lot or other facility where more than four dogs and other small animals normally kept as pets (excluding farm animals) which are six months of age or older are kept for any purpose.

Limited/craft brewery shall mean a commercial facility that is licensed by the Virginia Department of Alcohol Beverage Control and produces beer, mead, cider and similar beverages on-premises in quantities up to 15,000 barrels per year for a brewery located on a farm in Prince William County on land containing a minimum lot area of two acres zoned agricultural (the "farm") and owned or leased by such brewery or its owner, and up to 10,000 barrels per year for a brewery not located on the farm.

Lodging house shall mean an owner or operator-occupied single-family detached dwelling unit and five or fewer guest rooms intended or designed to be used, or which are used, rented or hired out to be occupied or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests, other than temporary personal guests of a family in a dwelling unit, for compensation with or without meals.

Lot width shall mean the distance measured from one side lot line to the other along the front setback line, parallel to the right-of-way.

Lot, waterfront shall mean any lot that abuts one of the following bodies of water: Lake Manassas, Lake Jackson, Occoquan Reservoir as defined by the Fairfax County Water Authority, Lake Montclair, Occoquan River south of the Occoquan dam, Silver Lake, or the Potomac River, including the tidal portions of Quantico Creek, Neabsco Creek and Powell's Creek

Low-income household shall mean any individual or family whose incomes do not exceed 80 percent of the area median income for the County in which the housing development is being proposed.

Manufactured home shall mean a structure subject to federal regulation, which is transportable in one or more sections; is eight body feet or more in width and 40 body feet or more in length in the traveling mode, or is 320 or more square feet when erected on site; is built on a permanent chassis; is designed to be used as a single-family dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities; and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electronic systems contained in the structure.

Marina shall mean a facility located along the waterfront for the principal purpose of docking, storage and launching of pleasure boats, including slips and moorings located within a waterway or channel. Secondary uses such as dry storage areas or docks, boat storage buildings, incidental retail sales of boats, food, fuel and equipment; services limited to minor boat repairs shall be permitted.

Maximum allowable residential density shall mean the density allowed under the Zoning Ordinance and land use element of the Comprehensive Plan, or, if a range of density is permitted, means the maximum allowable density for the specific zoning range and land use element of the Comprehensive Plan applicable to the project. If the density allowed under the Zoning Ordinance is inconsistent with the density allowed under the land use element of the Comprehensive Plan, the density set forth in the Comprehensive Plan shall prevail.

Medical or dental laboratory shall mean establishment engaged in providing professional analytic or diagnostic services to the medical, dental, or other health service professions, or to the patient on a prescription basis; includes denture laboratories and prosthetic facilities. Eyeglass and contact lens and denture manufacturing is permitted; all other manufacturing prohibited.

Medical or dental office or clinic shall mean a facility engaged in the examination, diagnosis and treatment of medical chiropractic, ophthalmologic, dental, podiatric or other health care patients; includes administrative and clerical operations of the practice; does not include overnight facilities for patients.

Mixed-Use District-Neighborhood (MXD-N) shall mean a zoning district intended for smaller scale mixed use developments surrounded by lower density residential areas, as well as on neighborhood corridors, or at the edges of town centers. MXD-N is limited to density and FAR associated with the T-2 zone of rural to urban continuum.