Botetourt County Unincorporated

In the SC district: No portion of any building shall be erected closer than fifty (50) feet to any public street. No portion of any building shall be erected closer than seventy-five (75) feet to any residential district boundary and no loading space shall be closer than fifty (50) feet to any residential district boundary.

In the SC district: a. No portion of any building shall be erected closer than fifty (50) feet to any public street. b. No portion of any building shall be erected closer than seventy-five (75) feet to any residential district boundary and no loading space shall be closer than fifty (50) feet to any residential district boundary.

In the planned office park district POP, no buildings, outdoor storage, areas for collection of refuse, or loading area shall be located within fifty (50) feet from any road right-of-way, within thirty (30) feet of any boundary within the planned office park district POP, or within fifty (50) feet of any planned office park district POP boundary.

In the planned office park district POP, no buildings, outdoor storage, areas for collection of refuse, or loading area shall be located within fifty (50) feet from any road right-of-way, within thirty (30) feet of any boundary within the planned office park district POP, or within fifty (50) feet of any planned office park district POP boundary.

In the FC district, buildings shall be located thirty-five (35) feet or more from any street right-of-way which is fifty (50) feet or greater in width, or sixty (60) feet or more from the center line of any street right-of-way less than fifty (50) feet in width. The minimum side yard shall be ten (10) feet and the total width of the two (2) required side yards shall be twenty-five (25) feet or more. Each main building shall have a rear yard of twenty-five (25) feet or more.

In the FC district, buildings shall be located thirty-five (35) feet or more from any street right-of-way which is fifty (50) feet or greater in width, or sixty (60) feet or more from the center line of any street right-of-way less than fifty (50) feet in width. This shall be known as the setback line. No building shall be required to set back from the street a distance greater than the setback line observed by the one (1) or two (2) existing buildings on the immediately adjoining lots on either side, whichever is the further removed from the street. ... The minimum side yard shall be ten (10) feet and the total width of the two (2) required side yards shall be twenty-five (25) feet or more. Each main building shall have a rear yard of twenty-five (25) feet or more.

In the AR district, the minimum frontage shall be one hundred (100) feet on public roads. Lots fronting on private roads or highways shall have one (1) side width of at least one hundred (100) feet. Buildings shall be located no less than thirty-five (35) feet from any street right-of-way fifty (50) feet or greater in width, or no less than sixty (60) feet from the center line of any street right-of-way less than fifty (50) feet in width. The minimum side yard shall be ten (10) feet and the total width of the two (2) required side yards shall be twenty-five (25) feet or more. Each main building shall have a rear yard of twenty-five (25) feet or more.

In the AR district, the minimum frontage shall be one hundred (100) feet on public roads. Lots fronting on private roads or highways shall have one (1) side width of at least one hundred (100) feet. ... buildings shall be located no less than thirty-five (35) feet from any street right-of-way fifty (50) feet or greater in width, or no less than sixty (60) feet from the center line of any street right-of-way less than fifty (50) feet in width. ... The minimum side yard shall be ten (10) feet and the total width of the two (2) required side yards shall be twenty-five (25) feet or more. Each main building shall have a rear yard of twenty-five (25) feet or more.

Yards and setbacks shall be in accord with an approved development plan.

Yards and setbacks shall be in accord with an approved development plan.

Minimum lot area: One (1) acre. Minimum lot width: One hundred (100) feet. Maximum floor area ratio: 0.50; impervious surfaces on any lot shall not exceed seventy (70) percent of the lot area. Building height: Sixty (60) feet.

The flood hazard overlay district shall apply to all lands within the jurisdiction of Botetourt County and identified as being in the 100-year floodplain. Underlying uses apply except as restricted. Notice to buyer required. Variances only under criteria.

In the floodway sub-district, the following uses and activities are permitted provided that they are in compliance with the provisions of the underlying district and are not prohibited by any other ordinance and provided that they do not require structures, fill, or storage of materials and equipment: (1) Agricultural uses... (2) Public and private recreational uses... (3) Accessory residential uses (but not habitable structures)... (4) Accessory industrial and commercial uses...

The floodway district shall be limited to uses which will not impede the flow of flood waters or cause an increase in flood levels. Permitted uses shall be limited to agricultural, recreational, accessory residential, temporary nonresidential, storage, repair, and accessory structures.

Permitted uses limited to farming, forestry, open space, lawns, gardens, parking, signs, railroads, streets, bridges, utilities, pipelines. Prohibited: structures, filling, storage, septic tanks, roads except as permitted.

In the floodway sub-district, the following uses and activities are permitted provided that they are in compliance with the provisions of the underlying district and are not prohibited by any other ordinance and provided that they do not require structures, fill, or storage of materials and equipment: ...

Permitted uses in the floodway district shall be limited to: ... No development or use shall be permitted in the floodway sub-district that would result in any increase in the base flood elevation.

The flood-fringe sub-district shall be that area of the one hundred-year floodplain not included in the floodway sub-district.

The approximated floodplain district shall be that floodplain area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided, but where a one hundred-year floodplain boundary has been approximated.

Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as zones A1-30 and AE on the flood insurance rate map, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the county.