Craig County Unincorporated

Historic district overlay; buildings must be architecturally compatible; demolition requires approval.

The following uses are permitted in this district: Surface mining; Subsurface mining; Subsurface mineral extraction to include the exploration of and drilling for oil, natural gas, or petroleum; and Quarrying. The excavations shall be confined to areas a distance at least 100 feet from any and all adjoining property lines in any residential, business, or agricultural district and distance at least 200 feet from any dwelling or any and all property lines of any platted subdivision. Any building containing power-driven or power-producing machinery or equipment shall be distant at least 600 feet from all adjacent property in any residential, business, or agricultural district or the right-of-way lines of any existing or platted street, road, or highway.

Mining district with requirements for noise/dust/vibration, excavation setbacks, power machinery setbacks, and master plan.

Permitted mining uses; excavation setbacks 100 ft from property lines, 200 ft from dwellings; machinery 600 ft from residential/business/ag.

Permitted uses: surface mining, subsurface mining, subsurface mineral extraction, quarrying. Excavations must be 100 ft from property lines in residential/business/ag, 200 ft from dwellings. Power machinery 600 ft from adjacent properties.

Whenever there shall be plans in existence... the commission may recommend additional front yard setbacks for any new construction... adjacent to the future planned right-of-way...

Whenever there shall be plans in existence, approved by either the state department of highways or by the board of supervisors for the widening of any street or highway, the commission may recommend additional front yard setbacks for any new construction or for any structures altered or remodeled adjacent to the future planned right-of-way in order to preserve and protect the right-of-way for such proposed street or highway widening.

There shall be provided at the time of erection of any main building... minimum off-street parking space... as follows: ...

There shall be provided at the time of erection of any main building or at the time any main building is enlarged, minimum off-street parking space with adequate provision for entrance and exit by standard size automobiles as follows: ...

Emergency uses of individual manufactured homes will be allowed following official declaration of a disaster... in all residential districts... Manufactured homes are permitted as temporary offices or storage structures... in business or industrial districts...

Emergency uses of individual manufactured homes will be allowed following official declaration of a disaster or emergency by the board of supervisors or the governor in all residential districts where a disaster or fire has destroyed or damaged normal dwellings.

No inoperable automobile shall be kept, except within a fully enclosed building or structure, or an eight-foot high privacy fence...

No inoperable automobile shall be kept, except within a fully enclosed building or structure, or an eight-foot high privacy fence, on any property zoned for any purpose.

Automobile graveyards and junkyards... shall be allowed one year... to dispose of or to completely screen... by an eight-foot high masonry wall, a uniformly painted or stained eight-foot high solid board fence, or an evergreen hedge four feet in height.

Automobile graveyards and junkyards in existence at the time of the adoption of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived are to be considered as nonconforming uses. They shall be allowed one year after adoption of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived in which to dispose of or to completely screen on any side open to view the operation or use by an eight-foot high masonry wall, a uniformly painted or stained eight-foot high solid board fence, or an evergreen hedge four feet in height.

The permanent parking of a recreational vehicle in any district is hereby prohibited; except that one recreational vehicle may be parked or stored at the owner's primary residence... The zoning administrator may permit the temporary occupancy... for a period of not more than 120 days...

The permanent parking of a recreational vehicle in any district is hereby prohibited; except that one recreational vehicle may be parked or stored at the owner's primary residence, provided that no living quarters shall be maintained or any business practice in the trailer while such trailer is parked or stored.

Public safety facilities, including county and public buildings including police, fire, and rescue and emergency service buildings and other necessary structures, are hereby permitted uses in all zoning districts...

Public safety facilities, including county and public buildings including police, fire, and rescue and emergency service buildings and other necessary structures, are hereby permitted uses in all zoning districts, subject to the regulations for other structures as provided in the district regulations.

Telecommunications towers and antennas shall be located in the agricultural, limited (A-1), rural residential RR, business (B-1) and industrial (M-1) districts of the county only and by special exception permit only.