Botetourt County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
10 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
1Commercial
3Industrial
3Industrial District M-1
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 80 ft
- Permitted uses
- 24
M-2 Industrial District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Permitted uses
- 17
Industrial District M-3
- Front setback
- 30 ft
Residential
3Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 12 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Residential District
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Residential District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 1
General provisions
349 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Structures shall not exceed four hundred (400) square feet in floor area nor be closer than thirty (30) feet to a public road right-of-way.
Structures shall not exceed four hundred (400) square feet in floor area nor be closer than thirty (30) feet to a public road right-of-way.
In all zoning districts, a structure or use may convert to condominium ownership only if all requirements of this zoning ordinance, the subdivision ordinance, the comprehensive plan, and all other applicable ordinances can be met.
In all zoning districts, a structure or use may convert to condominium ownership only if all requirements of this zoning ordinance, the subdivision ordinance, the comprehensive plan, and all other applicable ordinances can be met.
In all zoning districts, a structure or use may convert to condominium ownership only if all requirements of this zoning ordinance, the subdivision ordinance, the comprehensive plan, and all other applicable ordinances can be met.
In all zoning districts, a structure or use may convert to condominium ownership only if all requirements of this zoning ordinance, the subdivision ordinance, the comprehensive plan, and all other applicable ordinances can be met.
Containers shall not exceed a height of nine (9) feet. Containers may be placed in driveways, but shall be setback a minimum of ten (10) feet from the front property line. Only one (1) container shall be located on site for a period no longer than thirty (30) consecutive days within a six-month period.
Containers shall not exceed a height of nine (9) feet.
Containers shall not exceed a height of nine (9) feet.
Containers shall not exceed a height of nine (9) feet.
Paved sidewalks, a minimum of five (5) feet in width, must be provided along public rights-of-way and must connect to the required sidewalk along the façade of buildings. Paved sidewalks, a minimum of eight (8) feet in width, must be provided along the facades of buildings with customer entrances. In lieu of section 25-485(c) peripheral parking lot landscaping, a landscape strip of a minimum of thirty (30) feet in width shall be provided along all existing and proposed public rights-of-way. An opaque fence or wall of at least six (6) feet in height, within a landscape strip of a minimum of fifty (50) feet in width, shall be installed adjacent to all parcels located in a residential use district.
Paved sidewalks, a minimum of five (5) feet in width, must be provided along public rights-of-way and must connect to the required sidewalk along the façade of buildings.
Paved sidewalks, a minimum of five (5) feet in width, must be provided along public rights-of-way and must connect to the required sidewalk along the façade of buildings.
Paved sidewalks, a minimum of five (5) feet in width, must be provided along public rights-of-way and must connect to the required sidewalk along the façade of buildings.
Audible sound from a wind energy system shall not exceed sixty (60) decibels, as measured from any adjacent non-participating landowners' property line.
The applicant will ensure the surety shall remain in full force and effect until the County has inspected the site and verified the wind energy system has been decommissioned...
The facility owner and operator of each wind energy systems with a rated capacity of one hundred kilowatts (100 kW) or more shall submit a report to the zoning administrator once a year, no later than July 1.
A temporary meteorological tower is permitted as a use by right in the Agricultural Use District (A-1) and the Forest Conservation Use District (FC) provided the following requirements are met: Height not exceed 199 feet, lot not smaller than 5,000 acres, setback 400% of height.
A temporary meteorological tower shall not exceed one hundred ninety-nine (199) feet in height. No temporary meteorological tower shall be permitted by right on a lot or parcel smaller than five thousand (5,000) acres in size.
A temporary meteorological tower shall not exceed one hundred ninety-nine (199) feet in height. No temporary meteorological tower shall be permitted by right on a lot or parcel smaller than five thousand (5,000) acres in size. A temporary meteorological tower shall be setback a distance at least equal to four hundred (400) percent of the total structure height from any property line.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.