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County (unincorporated) · Virginia

Amherst County Unincorporated

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

Zoning districts

9 districts, grouped by category.

Agricultural

1
A-1Agricultural
Amherst County Unincorporated, VA
Min lot
43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
Permitted uses
21

Commercial

1
B-2Commercial

General Commercial District

Amherst County Unincorporated, VA

Public

1
P-1Public

Public Lands District

Amherst County Unincorporated, VA

Residential

3
R-1Residential
Amherst County Unincorporated, VA
Min lot
25,000 sq ft (0.57 ac)
Front setback
75 ft
R-2Residential
Amherst County Unincorporated, VA
Min lot
61,500 sq ft (1.41 ac)
R-3Residential
Amherst County Unincorporated, VA

Overlay

1
R-130Overlay

Route 130 Corridor Overlay

Amherst County Unincorporated, VA

Mixed use

1
RMU-1Mixed use

Residential Mixed Use District

Amherst County Unincorporated, VA

Other

1
V-1Other
Amherst County Unincorporated, VA
Min lot
43,560 sq ft (1 ac)

General provisions

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

Section 923.013 standards

Small solar generation facilities shall comply with all provisions of the Uniform Statewide Building Code. ... Small solar generation facilities shall be treated with anti-reflection coating.

Section 923.013 standards

Small solar generation facilities located on structures shall comply with all provisions of the Uniform Statewide Building Code.

Section 923.023 standards

Setbacks for agricultural solar generation facilities shall be one hundred fifty (150) feet from the nearest lot line of a parcel not under common ownership.

Section 923.024 standards

Setbacks for agricultural solar generation facilities shall be one hundred fifty (150) feet from the nearest lot line of a parcel not under common ownership.

Section 923.057 standards

Utility-scale solar facilities shall not exceed a maximum lot coverage of 50 acres under panel. ... The project area must be set back a distance of at least one hundred fifty (150) feet from all property lines.

Section 923.0514 standards

Utility-scale solar facilities shall not exceed a maximum lot coverage of 50 acres under panel. ... The project area must be set back a distance of at least one hundred fifty (150) feet from all property lines.

Section 9244 standards

Food trucks, trailers or carts shall be located at a minimum distance of twenty-five (25) feet from the edge of any means of ingress or egress. ... Food trucks, trailers and carts shall have at a minimum three (3) parking spaces for patron use.

Section 9248 standards

Food trucks, trailers or carts shall be located at a minimum distance of twenty-five (25) feet from the edge of any means of ingress or egress...

Section 9255 standards

Setbacks for energy storage facilities shall be seventy-five (75) feet from the nearest lot line of a parcel not under common ownership. ... Energy storage facilities may not exceed a height of twenty (20) feet.

Section 925.013 standards

Setbacks for energy storage facilities shall be seventy-five (75) feet from the nearest lot line of a parcel not under common ownership.

Short-term rentals (unnumbered section before Section 917)5 standards

The maximum number of occupants in the dwelling unit for overnight accommodation shall be calculated as two (2) adults per bedroom.

Source documents

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