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.

302. Specific definitions - Family1 standards

One (1) or more persons occupying a single dwelling unit, provided that unless all members are related by blood or marriage no such family shall contain more than five (5) persons

302. Specific definitions - Family day home1 standards

A child day program offered in the residence of the provider ... for one (1) through twelve (12) children under the age of thirteen (13)

302. Specific definitions - Restaurant, small1 standards

An establishment of no more than two thousand (2,000) square feet in size

302. Specific definitions - Retirement community1 standards

A facility consisting of three (3) or more dwelling units, the occupancy of which is limited to senior citizens.

302. Specific definitions - Sawmill, temporary1 standards

A sawmill located on private property for a period not to exceed six (6) months

302. Specific definitions - Shopping center1 standards

located on a parcel of land ten (10) or more acres in size

302. Specific definitions - Shopping complex1 standards

located on less than a ten-acre parcel of land

302. Specific definitions - Sign, monument1 standards

is less than six (6) feet in height

302. Specific definitions - Sign, two-faced1 standards

This includes "V" shaped signs with an angle of separation less than forty-five (45) degrees.

302. Specific definitions - Temporary Family Health Care Structure3 standards

Any temporary family health care structures ... shall be deemed a permitted accessory use in any single-family residential zoning district on lots zoned for single-family detached dwellings.

302. Specific definitions - Theater, outdoor1 standards

An area not to exceed five (5) acres

302. Specific definitions - Townhouse2 standards

A residential unit in a series of from three (3) to twelve (12) single-family attached dwellings

302. Specific definitions - Travel trailer2 standards

which is not eight (8) feet or more in body width and is not forty (40) feet or more in body length

302. Specific definitions - Truck stop1 standards

with adequate parking, maneuvering and access for at least three (3) combination tractor-trailer vehicles

302. Specific definitions - Wind Energy System, Small1 standards

has a maximum power of at most fifty (50) kW

710.057 standards

The following uses shall be prohibited within the Watershed District (WS): ... Production or disposal of hazardous waste ...

710.05, 710.06, 710.077 standards

The watershed areas within the county are hereby divided into two types of districts: Primary Water Supply Districts (PWS) and Secondary Water Supply Districts (SWS).

711.08, 711.06, 711.078 standards

Land uses within a MU/TND District shall be permitted either by right (P) or by special exception (SE), or are prohibited (X) as follows: ...

714.09, 714.12, 714.143 standards

The Special Floodplain District (SFD) shall be those areas identified as an AE Zone on the maps accompanying the FIS for which one (1) percent annual chance flood elevations have been provided and the floodway has not been delineated.

714.09, 714.181 standards

The Approximated Flood Plain District (AFP) shall be that floodplain area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided, but where a one hundred (100) year floodplain boundary has been approximated on the FIRMs.

Source documents

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