Amherst County Unincorporated

All signs, unless otherwise specified in the sign ordinance, are subject to the permitting procedure required in Section 1003 of the zoning ordinance.

Within a manufactured home park, the following area requirements shall apply: 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.

The parcel of land in which a shopping center is located shall not be less than ten (10) acres. No building or structure shall exceed sixty (60) feet in height.

No extraction or processing of natural resources may be conducted within one hundred (100) feet of a property line except in operations that cross property lines.

The minimum acreage for developing a PUD is fifteen (15) contiguous acres.

Each townhouse shall be located on a lot of not less than one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet in area. A minimum width of sixteen (16) feet per lot shall be maintained. There shall be a minimum ten (10) foot front yard. There shall be a rear yard with a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. Height shall be no more than forty (40) feet.

An overlay zone is established along Route 130 from the point of intersection of U.S. Route 29 to the Amherst/Rockbridge County boundary. The width of the overlay zone extends four hundred (400) feet beyond the right-of-way of Route 130.

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, or any of the following uses: Churches, monasteries, chapels, synagogues or convents; Public and private schools...

The following regulations shall apply to all short-term rentals of residential dwelling units:

Except when a special exception has been granted in the A-1 Agricultural Residential District, storage of biosolids shall be prohibited in all other districts.

The tower height shall not exceed a maximum height of one hundred (100) feet.

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.

Applications proposing to site a personal wireless service facility in an avoidance area shall include a radio frequency propagation plot...

The following uses are permitted at a farm winery and may be undertaken without a zoning permit:

The following uses having more than two hundred (200) people in attendance at any time will have a substantial impact... and are permitted at a farm winery with a special use permit.

The following uses are permitted at a farm winery... minimum front, side and rear yard requirements in Section 804 shall apply...

The minimum acreage for a single-family attached dwelling development shall be three (3) acres. The maximum lot coverage shall be forty (40) percent.

The minimum acreage for a single-family attached dwelling development shall be three (3) acres. The maximum lot coverage shall be forty (40) percent.

No flight strip or heliport shall be located within five hundred (500) feet of any adjoining residential structure.

No flight strip or heliport shall be located within five hundred (500) feet of any adjoining residential structure...