Alleghany County Unincorporated

In the agricultural-rural residential (AR) zoning district, the minimum lot area shall be 30,000 square feet for lots utilizing public or private water and sewage disposal systems.

The intent of the residential planned unit development district is to provide for larger scaled development and cluster of residential dwelling units through design innovation...

No acceptable principal or accessory building or structure or use or buildings and uses permissible by special exception or special use permit shall be constructed, reconstructed, moved, added to or structurally altered or otherwise allowed without a permit.

It is the intent of this article to encourage economic development and to preserve farmland by providing for the viability of the county's agricultural sector by encouraging the orderly and responsible growth of its livestock, dairy and poultry industry.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Shooting or game preserve means an area of land of at least 100 contiguous acres where a fee is charged for hunting... Target practicing shall not occur between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and shall not be within 300 feet of an off-site dwelling, school, church, or publicly owned facility.

Home occupation means the use of part of a single-family dwelling or an accessory building for financial gain... No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation which creates noise, vibrations, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference.

In all districts, there shall be off-street parking provided for automobile storage or parking with vehicular access to a street or alley, and shall be equal to at least the minimum requirements for the specific type of use set forth.

A small wind energy system shall be located on a parcel that, at a minimum, is one acre in size.

Any zoning applicant who is aggrieved by the decision of the zoning administrator in enforcing conditions placed on a conditional rezoning request may petition the Board of Supervisors within 30 days.

Target practicing shall not occur between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and shall not be within 300 feet of an off-site dwelling, school, church, or publicly owned facility.

The setback requirements of this chapter for yards facing streets shall not apply to any lot where the average setback on developed lots within 400 feet of the parcel and fronting on the same street is less than the minimum.

Only the following uses shall be permitted and allowed in the floodway district: agricultural uses... No encroachment... are allowed in the floodway district unless it has been demonstrated...

In the special flood hazard areas and approximated floodplain districts, the development or use of land shall be permitted in accordance with the regulations of the underlying district, provided that all such uses, activities or development shall be undertaken in strict compliance with the floodproofing and related provisions...

These areas are shown as a zone A on the flood insurance rate maps and no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided. When elevations cannot be determined by using other sources of data, then the applicant... shall determine an elevation using technical concepts... When such base elevation has been determined, the lowest first finished floor shall be elevated to or above the base flood elevation and meet the floodproofing requirements for elevated structures.

All new or replacement water facilities shall be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into the system and shall be located and constructed to minimize or eliminate flood damages.

Overlay districts shall be in addition to, and shall overlap or overlay, all other zoning districts so that any parcel of land laying in an overlay district shall also lie in one or more of the zoning districts provided by this chapter.

All development or redevelopment within the KSLOD shall be served by an approved public water system.

All development or redevelopment within the KSLOD shall be served by an approved public water system.

If any nonconforming use, structure, or activity is discontinued for a period exceeding two years after November 1, 1988, it shall be deemed abandoned, and any future use shall conform to the requirements of this chapter.