Accomack County

No structure shall be erected, altered, or maintained, and no vegetation shall be allowed to grow to a height so as to penetrate any referenced surface of any zone.

The floodplain districts described in subsection 106-364(a) shall be overlays to the existing underlying districts as shown on the official zoning ordinance map

The Chesapeake/Atlantic Preservation Area (CAPA) overlay district is hereby adopted as depicted on the Accomack County Chesapeake/Atlantic Preservation map approved by the board of supervisors on or about February 18, 2009.

Minimum lot area 3 acres; front setback 50 ft; side 30 ft; rear 35 ft; height 35 ft; accessory dwellings up to 650 sqft via special exception.

Conventional lots min 10,000 sqft; front setback 50 ft; side 15 ft; rear 35 ft; height 35 ft; cluster density 4 lots/acre; accessory dwellings up to 650 sqft via special exception.

any battery energy storage system shall be setback 200 feet from all property lines.

Dwelling, accessory means a subordinate dwelling unit located on the same lot occupied by the main dwelling unit, and is detached from the main dwelling unit. Accessory dwellings may be manufactured homes as defined herein. No accessory dwelling may exceed 1,200 square feet in floor area.

Home occupation means an occupation, profession, enterprise, or business activity conducted within a dwelling which is the residence of the principal practitioner... Not more than 25 percent of the floor area of the main building shall be devoted to such activity; Not more than one person who does not reside on the premises shall be employed... one sign not to exceed eight square feet in size.

The following uses shall be permitted subject to all the requirements of this chapter as a matter of right in industrial district 'I'...

The following uses shall be permitted subject to all other requirements of this chapter as a matter of right in Barrier Island district 'BI'...

Signs and flags permitted by right in the various districts...

There shall, at the time of erection of any building or at the time of any main building is enlarged, provision for minimum off-street parking, stacking, and loading as provided for below.

Off-street parking spaces shall have minimum dimensions of nine by 20 feet, provided that the minimum dimensions for parallel parking spaces shall be nine by 22 feet.

No structures, streets, or parking areas shall be placed within 50 feet of the perimeter boundary of the mobile home park.

The minimum lot size for confined poultry operations shall be six acres.

The minimum acreage or parcel size for confined commercial swine operations shall be five acres.

A resource quality protection plan must demonstrate the proposed development has been planned and designed and will be constructed and maintained to meet each of the following performance criteria:

For any commercial or industrial development which creates five acres or more of impervious surface, or any subdivision which creates 50 or more lots, a resource quality protection plan must be submitted and approved.

The release rate and pollutant loading of stormwater runoff from development shall not exceed the stormwater runoff rate and pollutant loading from the land area in its present state of use or development.

Any owner of property making application for a change in zoning or amendment to the zoning map as part of the application may voluntarily proffer in writing reasonable conditions which shall be in addition to the regulations provided for in the zoning district or zone sought in the rezoning application.