Amherst County Unincorporated

All units shall be connected to water and sewerage systems approved by the health department ... Provision shall be made for common open space such that one (1) percent of the gross area of the site shall be devoted to common open space for each dwelling unit per acre of density ... Fencing or vegetative screening shall be provided to a height of six (6) feet ... Paved common walks of a width of at least four (4) feet

All units shall be connected to water and sewerage systems approved by the health department... Provision shall be made for common open space such that one (1) percent of the gross area of the site shall be devoted to common open space for each dwelling unit per acre of density. ... Fencing or vegetative screening shall be provided to a height of six (6) feet...

Portable signs with an area larger than thirty-two (32) square feet ... not permitted. ... No portion of any sign other than a freestanding pole type sign shall be located within eight (8) feet of the right-of-way ... The maximum area of on-site nonattached signs ... shall not exceed two hundred (200) square feet. Attached signs may cover a maximum of twenty (20) percent ... Off-site directional signs shall not exceed six (6) feet in height.

The minimum area for each manufactured home park shall be one (1) acre with a minimum of three (3) manufactured home stands and a maximum of five (5) manufactured home stands per acre ... No manufactured home and an accessory building shall occupy more than thirty (30) percent of the area of the lot ... No manufactured home unit ... shall be located closer than thirty-five (35) feet to a street right-of-way line ... nor closer than sixty (60) feet to the centerline ... No main or accessory structure shall be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to the property line ... No manufactured home shall be placed within twenty (20) feet of another manufactured home nor closer than ten (10) feet to the manufactured home lot line.

The parcel of land in which a shopping center is located shall not be less than ten (10) acres. ... There shall be a side yard, rear yard, alley, service court or combination thereof of not less than thirty (30) feet in depth. ... No building or structure shall exceed sixty (60) feet in height ... All buildings, parking lots and other forms of construction shall have a minimum setback of one hundred fifty (150) feet from the right-of-way of arterial highways ... All buildings will have a setback of twenty-five (25) feet from other street right-of-way lines, or property lines, unless adjacent to a residential district, then the setback shall be seventy-five (75) feet. ... permanently screened from adjoining residential districts by a wall, fence, evergreen hedge and/or other suitable enclosure of a minimum height of seven (7) feet ... A landscaped area at least ten (10) feet in depth

No extraction or processing of natural resources may be conducted within one hundred (100) feet of a property line ... Quarry areas being excavated shall be entirely closed within a fence located at least ten (10) feet back from the edge of any excavation.

The minimum acreage for developing a PUD is fifteen (15) contiguous acres. ... Residential uses—Maximum between 40% and 60%. Open space (excluding parking area)—Minimum of 20% usable area. ... The minimum side yard setback shall be sixteen (16) feet at each end of a group of townhouse units. ... Single-family dwellings — 35 feet. Two-family dwellings — 40 feet. Townhouses — 45 feet. Multi-family dwellings (including condominiums) — 80 feet. Other uses — 45 feet.

Fencing or vegetation screening shall be provided to a height of six (6) feet... Common walks or trails... of a width of at least four (4) feet... Walk grades shall not exceed ten (10) percent.

Each townhouse shall be located on a lot of not less than 1,200 sq ft... front yard 10 ft... rear yard 25 ft... height no more than 40 ft... max lot coverage 50% interior, 40% end/corner... common areas 10%...

No adult entertainment establishments shall be permitted within two (2) miles of any other existing adult entertainment establishment; and within one thousand (1,000) feet of any existing residential use or residentially zoned district...

The maximum number of occupants in the dwelling unit for overnight accommodation shall be calculated as two (2) adults per bedroom... All vehicles of tenants shall be parked in driveways or parking areas...

storage of biosolids shall be prohibited in all other districts in the county.

The tower height shall not exceed a maximum height of one hundred (100) feet. The minimum distance between the ground and any protruding blades... shall be fifteen (15) feet... The wind energy system shall be set back two (2) times the height of the tower height plus blade length from the property line.

A personal wireless service facility shall be set back from all unassociated structures and from all property lines at a distance that is not less than one hundred (100) percent of the height of the tower or support structure.

Energy storage facilities shall not exceed a maximum lot coverage of 20 acres. ... The project area must be set back a distance of at least seventy-five (75) feet from all property lines. ... Energy storage facilities may not exceed a height of twenty (20) feet...

Accessory building, use or structure. A building, use or structure on the same lot with, and of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to, the principal use or structure.

Family. 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

Group home. A residential facility licensed by the department of behavioral health and developmental services in which no more than eight (8) mentally ill, mentally retarded or developmentally disabled persons reside with one (1) or more resident counselors or other staff persons.

Bed and breakfast lodging. A single-family dwelling containing sleeping and breakfast accommodations as an accessory use to the principal use. Such lodging shall have no more than five (5) room accommodations for transient persons

General convenience store. A single store, the ground floor area of which is four thousand (4,000) square feet or less