Appomattox County Unincorporated

All lots and yards shall meet the dimensional requirements set forth in the district requirements of this article, in conjunction with all other requirements set forth herein.

Only one principal use or structure is permitted per lot unless otherwise provided herein. The Zoning Administrator shall determine what constitutes a principal use when two or more permitted uses occupy the same lot. No part of a yard or other open space, area, or off-street parking or loading space shall be included as part of a yard, open space, area, or off-street parking or loading space for another use, unless otherwise specifically provided for in this article.

No building shall hereafter be erected, constructed or altered so as to exceed the height limit specified in the regulations herein for the district in which it is located.

No maximum height restrictions are placed upon government buildings. The height requirements shall be determined by the appropriate governmental agency constructing or reconstructing the building.

Only one principal use or structure is permitted per lot unless otherwise provided herein.

Two or more contiguous lots under the same ownership may be used to satisfy zoning requirements only after a subdivision plat has been approved and recorded eliminating the common internal lot lines.

Two or more contiguous lots under the same ownership may be used to satisfy zoning requirements only after a subdivision plat has been approved and recorded eliminating the common internal lot lines.

Two or more contiguous lots under the same ownership may be used to satisfy zoning requirements only after a subdivision plat has been approved and recorded eliminating the common internal lot lines.

For the purpose of this article, Appomattox County is divided into the following base zoning districts: IP Planned Industrial District

Appomattox County is divided into the following base zoning districts: IP Planned Industrial District

The following overlay districts are established herein: FPO Floodplain Overlay District

Appomattox County is divided into the following base zoning districts: Planned Industrial District (IP) ... overlay districts: Floodplain Overlay District (FPO)

No building permit shall be issued without written confirmation from the Zoning Administrator that all zoning requirements have been met... Land may not be used or occupied in violation of this article... civil penalty of $200 for the initial summons or ticket, and $500 for each additional... misdemeanor offenses punishable by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $1,000.

Nonconforming uses are declared by this article to be incompatible with permitted uses in the districts involved. Nonconforming status is not associated with the ownership of the property, but rather is based upon the use of the property itself. A use or structure established illegally is not afforded protection of nonconforming status.

In any district in which single-family dwellings are permitted, a single-family dwelling and customary accessory building may be erected on any lot of record at the effective date of this article notwithstanding limitations imposed by other provisions of this article. This provision shall apply even though such lot fails to meet the requirements for area, width, or both; however, all yard setbacks (front, side, rear) shall conform to the regulations for the district in which such lot is located.

The nonconforming use is not discontinued for a period of two years, and so long as the buildings or structures are maintained in their then structural condition. If the use has been discontinued for more than two years, but the site has been actively marketed in the interim, then that particular use or building shall be allowed to continue.

Vested rights as established under the provisions of this section shall not continue beyond two years after the effective enactment date of this article if substantial expenditures or obligations have not been incurred during that time period.

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the landowner or homeowner from removing a valid nonconforming mobile or manufactured home from a mobile or manufactured home park and replacing that home with another comparable manufactured home that meets the current HUD Manufactured Housing Code.

On any nonconforming structure or portion of a structure containing a nonconforming use, work may be done in any period of 12 consecutive months on ordinary repairs or on repair/replacement of nonbearing walls, fixtures, wiring, or plumbing to an extent not exceeding 50% of the value of the nonconforming structure as appraised by the latest County assessment.

Any use which was established prior to the designation of such use as being permitted by conditional use shall be deemed to have received a conditional use of indefinite duration authorizing the continuation, enlargement, expansion, modification, relocation, and extension of such use within the overall boundary of the zoning district permitting such use by right prior to the adoption of the requirement for a conditional use.