Ashland

Micro-Brewery/Distillery/Winery. A facility for the production and packaging of alcoholic beverages for distribution, retail or wholesale, on- or off-premises, with production capacity of not more than 10,000 barrels per year for micro-breweries or 5,000 gallons per year for micro-distilleries and micro-wineries.

Dwelling, townhome. A group or row of not less than three (3) single-family dwelling units, but not more than a group or row of six (6) units, with such units attached to the adjacent dwelling or dwellings by party walls with lots, utilities and other improvements being designed to permit individual and separate ownership of such lots and dwelling units.

Dwelling, multifamily. A structure arranged or designed to be occupied by three (3) or more families, the structure having three (3) or more dwelling units.

Dwelling, two-family. A structure arranged or designed to be occupied by two (2) families, the structure having only two (2) dwelling units on one parcel of land. Also, referred to as a duplex.

Dwelling, single-family, attached. A single-family dwelling attached to one other one-family dwelling by a common vertical wall with a zero (0) setback line between two (2) lots.

Dwelling, cottage court. A collection of single-family detached dwellings arranged around and fronting on a common green space, instead of individual street frontage; utilities and other improvements being designed to permit individual and separate ownership of such lots and dwelling units.

Manufactured Home. Any structure complying with the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards, which is transportable in one or more sections; is eight (8) body feet or more in width and forty (40) body feet or more in length in the traveling mode, or is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet when erected on a site; is built on a permanent chassis; is designed to be used for dwelling purposes by one family, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities; and which includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems to be utilized in the structure. The term "manufactured home" includes the term "mobile home."

Hotel/motel. A building or group of attached or detached buildings in which temporary lodging up to a maximum of twenty-nine days in a six month period is provided and offered to the public as transient guests in return for compensation.

Extended stay permit. A permit issued by the Town of Ashland that enables a hotel or motel that meets the proper requirements set forth in Chapter 20 of the Ashland Town Code to permit guests to stay at the hotel or motel for more than 29 consecutive days, but less than 90 consecutive days in a six month period.

Freestanding emergency department. A licensed facility that is structurally separate and distinct from a hospital and provides emergency care. Also referred to as an off-site hospital-based or satellite emergency department. Patients are not permitted to stay beyond 24 consecutive hours.

Medical Office. A building used exclusively by physicians, dentists, and similar personnel for the treatment and examination of patients that stay no longer than 24 consecutive hours on the premises.

Clinic. An establishment where human patients who are not lodged overnight are admitted for examination or treatment by physicians, dentists or other professionals licensed by the state board of medicine.

Bed and breakfast. A use which is subordinate to the principal use of dwelling unit as a single-family unit occupied by the owner; such use shall include providing lodging on a nightly basis for periods of less than two (2) weeks and where not more than one meal daily is provided in connection with the provision of sleeping accommodations.

Boarding kennel. A place designed and used to house, board, breed, handle or otherwise keep or care for dogs, cats, or other household pets in return for compensation.

Kennel. Any place, so designed that dogs cannot escape, where five (5) or more dogs, more than four (4) months of age are kept or maintained; or any place, so designed that dogs cannot escape, where any number of dogs over four (4) months in age are kept for the sole purpose of sale, rental, boarding, grooming or breeding for which any fee is charged. A kennel shall not be interpreted to include pet shop, the housing of dogs for purposes of biological research, or an animal shelter.

Livestock. Animals, other than dogs, cats and other household pets, which are kept or raised for use, profit or enjoyment, including cattle, horses, sheep, goats, swine, fowl, rabbits and similar animals.

Livestock market. A commercial establishment wherein livestock is collected for sale and auctioned.

Lodge. A facility, owned or operated by a corporation, association, person or persons, for social, educational, or recreational purposes, to which membership is required for participation and not primarily operated for profit nor to render a service that is customarily carried on as a business. A lodge does not include fraternities, sororities, or facilities for members to reside.

Fraternity/sorority house. A social or academic association of the students or alumni or alumnae of a college or university usually having a name consisting of Greek letters, recognized by a nationally chartered society and recognized by an accredited institution of higher learning, in Ashland, and recognized by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

Guest house. Living quarters within a detached accessory building for use by temporary guests of the occupants of the premises, such quarters having no separate utility meters, and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling.