Amherst County Unincorporated

Blocks shall not be greater than two thousand (2,000) feet nor less than two hundred (200) feet in length

Must have twenty-five (25) feet of frontage at the front lot line on a public or private street ... no more than fifteen (15) percent of the total number of lots within a subdivision shall be flag lots ... A planting screen easement of at least ten (10) feet

An Erosion and Sediment Control plan must be submitted and approved prior to removal of any topsoil and/or gravel or any grading activity.

Easements having a minimum width of twenty (20) feet shall be provided as are necessary for utility lines ... stormwater drainage easement of adequate width, but not less than eight (8) feet

Each such street or road may provide access to a maximum of five (5) lots all of which shall be ten (10) acres or greater in size

Whenever any portion of a parcel or tract proposed to be subdivided is located within one thousand (1,000) linear feet of an existing, centralized public water system and within the designated growth area for public water ... the service shall be extended to all lots within the subdivision

The loading rate exceeds one thousand two hundred (1,200) gallons per day for any acre, or ... more than two thousand (2,000) linear feet of percolation piping

The overall density of the subdivision complies with the MU/TND Zoning District in accordance with subsection 711.09. All streets within a MU/TND subdivision shall connect to other public streets within the District. All streets and alleys within a MU/TND shall be public streets designed and constructed according to VDOT standards

The following general design requirements shall apply to all subdivisions... Water and sewage facilities shall be provided in all subdivisions.

One (1) tree per fifty (50) feet of street frontage and one (1) shrub per ten (10) feet of street frontage shall be planted...

Parking lots consisting of twenty (20) spaces or more: Interior landscaping shall include a minimum of one (1) shade tree per ten (10) parking spaces...

Where only vegetative screening is provided; such screening strip shall not be less than twenty (20) feet in depth...

If ten (10) percent of a business's tree canopy exists on a site prior to development, the business may either preserve and maintain the existing canopy...

Landscaping shall be installed by first planting season after CO; surety required. Minimum standards: tree per 50 ft frontage, shrub per 10 ft, shade tree 1.5 in caliper, etc.

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.

A single store, the ground floor area of which is four thousand (4,000) square feet or less ... no more than four (4) gasoline and/or diesel fuel pumps shall be permitted

A residential facility ... in which no more than eight (8) mentally ill, mentally retarded or developmentally disabled persons reside ... A group home is deemed a residential occupancy by a single family.

Private streets must comply with section 1301.07. Forest service roads must comply with section 1301.07.

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.

In accordance with section 407.04, any structure or land used for the sale of agricultural or horticultural produce...