County (unincorporated) · Virginia

Amherst County Unincorporated

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
9
Districts
200
Extracted rules
733
Standards
16
Chapters read

Zoning districts

9 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

191 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

1203.02(18)1 standards

All lots shall have a primary and one hundred (100) percent reserve drain field unless the lot is being served by public sewer or is greater than or equal to twenty (20) acres.

1203.02(19)1 standards

All private waste disposal systems including their reserve areas be located on the same property as the building site that the private waste disposal system benefits.

1203.02(20)(2)1 standards

In all zones, the reserve on-site wastewater system area shall be sufficient to accommodate a minimum of one hundred (100) percent of the capacity of the initial on-site wastewater system.

1207.0110 standards

The property owner must place a restrictive covenant on the subdivided property that would prohibit the transfer of the property to a nonmember of the immediate family for a period of five (5) years.

1207.01(A)(15)1 standards

All family subdivisions not fronting on a public road shall provide for the conveyance of a right-of-way twenty (20) feet in width.

1207.04(15)1 standards

All utility, cemetery or storm-water facility lots not fronting on a public road shall provide for the conveyance of a right-of-way twenty (20) feet in width.

1207.04(16a)1 standards

Any burial plot on land abutting a public or private street shall comply with the required front-yard setback of the underlying zoning district and twenty-five (25) feet from all property lines.

1207.04(16a)1 standards

In addition, cemeteries shall comply with all state regulations, including setbacks from residential uses and public water supplies.

1304.023 standards

MU/TND subdivisions shall comply with the standards and requirements of Article XIII of Appendix A, County Code, subject to the following standards and variations.

302. Specific definitions - Accessory building, use or structure2 standards

wireless broadband facilities having towers or support structures sixty (60) or fewer feet in height in the A-1 Agricultural Residential District, and forty (40) or fewer feet in height in all other districts in which accessory structures are permitted

302. Specific definitions - Adult book store1 standards

An establishment having as more than twenty (20) percent of the items of its stock-in-trade

302. Specific definitions - Automobile sales, used1 standards

Storage and display for sale of more than two (2) previously owned motor vehicles

302. Specific definitions - Bed and breakfast lodging1 standards

Such lodging shall have no more than five (5) room accommodations for transient persons

302. Specific definitions - Boat2 standards

not exceeding thirty-five (35) feet in body length and nine (9) feet in width

302. Specific definitions - Building, height of1 standards

in the case of a building set back from the street line thirty-five (35) feet or more, the building height is measured from the average elevation of finished ground surface along the front of the building

302. Specific definitions - Building, height of1 standards

on corner lots exceeding twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in area, the height of the building may be measured from either adjoining curb grade

302. Specific definitions - Bulk storage1 standards

Above-ground storage of liquid in excess of one thousand five hundred (1,500) gallons.

302. Specific definitions - Confined livestock facility (CLF)1 standards

A feed lot in which more than one hundred (100) animal livestock units are confined and fed.

302. Specific definitions - Development1 standards

or is to contain five (5) or more residential dwelling units

302. Specific definitions - Dwelling, recreational2 standards

occupied less than 180 days a year and for a period not exceeding 30 consecutive days

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.