Amherst County Unincorporated

A family day home serving one (1) to five (5) children exclusive of the provider's own children and any children who reside in the home is deemed a residential occupancy by a single family.

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.

provided such projections shall not extend into the required yard areas for a distance exceeding two (2) feet.

The following uses may be undertaken without a zoning permit: ...

A single carport with a maximum size of two hundred fifty-six (256) square feet provided that such carport (i) is located no closer than fifteen (15) feet to the rear lot line, (ii) is located at a distance from the front lot line equal to at least half of the required front yard setback in Section 804 for the district in which the lot is located, and (iii) no other carports are located on the subject parcel.

Private access to a parcel of land used appropriately in a zoning district as provided herein shall be prohibited through another zoning district unless such private access is approved by the board of appeals in accordance with Section 1008 herein.

If, in any district hereunder, a use is not specifically permitted by right or special exception to this ordinance, a property owner, or his appointed agent, may submit an application for an amendment to this ordinance as provided by Section 1004 herein.

FH | Flood Hazard District

WS | Watershed District

MU/TND | Mixed Use/Traditional Neighborhood Development District

Unless district boundary lines are fixed by dimensions, and where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts as shown on the official zoning map, the following rules shall apply:

A nonconforming structure may be enlarged or altered as necessary, provided such enlargement(s) or alteration(s) do not exceed a cumulative fifty (50) percent of the floor area of the original nonconforming structure, and provided all yard and other appropriate requirements herein are met.

Off-street automobile storage or parking space shall be provided on every lot on which any permitted use or special exception is established in accordance with this ordinance. The term 'off-street parking space' shall mean a space at least nine (9) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet in length.

Each off-street loading space shall have minimum dimensions of fourteen (14) feet in height, twelve (12) in width, and fifty (50) feet in length. However, upon sufficient demonstration that a particular loading space will be used exclusively by shorter trucks, the zoning administrator may reduce the minimum length accordingly to as little as twenty-five (25) feet.

No fence, wall, shrubbery, sign, marquee or other obstruction to vision between the heights of two and one-half (2½) and ten (10) feet from the ground level shall be permitted within twenty (20) feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines of two (2) roads or railroad lines, or of a road intersection with a railroad line.

Developments subject to major site plan review per Section 1103.03 may include the installation of sidewalks, constructed to VDOT standards, along the public right-of-way when the proposed developments are (i) located within the county's designated growth boundary for sewer, and (ii) front along U.S. highways or primary highways as classified by the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Off-street parking space shall be at least nine (9) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet in length.

Site plan review is intended to insure proper design in types of development which can have deleterious effects on their surroundings.

Land subject to flooding, improper drainage, or erosion, or which is for topographical, geological or other reasons unsuitable for residential use shall not be platted for residential use

right-of-way of any subdivision street be less than fifty (50) feet in width; ... street intersection being at any angle of less than sixty (60) degrees; ... centerline offsets of less than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet shall not be permitted; ... Cul-de-sacs ... not less than two hundred (200) feet in length ... turnaround of at least sixty (60) feet in radius; ... No alley right-of-way shall be less than twenty (20) feet in width