Culpeper County Unincorporated

Home occupations must be clearly incidental and subordinate to the use of the premises for residential purposes and shall not alter the residential character of the dwelling.

Home occupations are a permitted accessory use in the A-1, RA, RR and R-1 Zoning Districts. The resident professional is a conditional use requiring a special use permit as provided for in Article 17 in the A-1, RA, RR and R-1 Zoning Districts. Cluster housing shall be applicable in the RR, R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts only.

Home occupations are a permitted accessory use in the A-1, RA, RR and R-1 Zoning Districts. The resident professional is a conditional use requiring a special use permit as provided for in Article 17 in the A-1, RA, RR and R-1 Zoning Districts. Land application of biosolids is authorized only in the A-1 and RA zoning districts.

The resident professional is a conditional use requiring a special use permit as provided for in Article 17 in the A-1, RA, RR and R-1 Zoning Districts.

The Zoning Administrator shall issue a zoning permit for any family day home, as defined in Article 2 of this ordinance and as permitted under Article 3-2-1.9 of this ordinance, serving five (5) through twelve (12) children, exclusive of the provider's own children and any children who reside in the home.

The Zoning Administrator shall issue a zoning permit for any family day home, as defined in Article 2 of this ordinance and as permitted under Article 3-2-1.9 of this ordinance, serving five (5) through twelve (12) children, exclusive of the provider's own children and any children who reside in the home.

Roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, and fire or parapet walls, skylights, radio towers, flagpoles, cupolas, chimneys, smokestacks or similar structures may be erected above the height limit herein prescribed, but no roof structure or any space above the height limit shall be allowed for the purpose of providing additional floor space.

Roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, and fire or parapet walls, skylights, radio towers, flagpoles, cupolas, chimneys, smokestacks or similar structures may be erected above the height limit herein prescribed, but no roof structure or any space above the height limit shall be allowed for the purpose of providing additional floor space.

On any corner lot in an A, R, or RA District, there shall be no planting, structure, fence, retaining wall, shrubbery or obstruction to vision more than three (3) feet higher than the curb level within the triangle formed by the street right-of-way lines and a line connecting said street lines twenty-five (25) feet from their intersection.

On any corner lot in an A, R, or RA District, there shall be no planting, structure, fence, retaining wall, shrubbery or obstruction to vision more than three (3) feet higher than the curb level within the triangle formed by the street right-of-way lines and a line connecting said street lines twenty-five (25) feet from their intersection.

Any two-story accessory building shall be required to meet the side and rear yard requirements for principal structures.

Any two-story accessory building shall be required to meet the side and rear yard requirements for principal structures.

No building or structure, or addition thereto, other than walls or fences, shall extend into a required setback area or yard except that chimneys may extend therein eighteen (18) inches, and the following unenclosed uses may extend therein no more than four (4) feet, but not nearer than five (5) feet to any property line; balconies, eaves, trim and fascia boards and similar architectural features, platforms and terraces.

No building or structure, or addition thereto, other than walls or fences, shall extend into a required setback area or yard except that chimneys may extend therein eighteen (18) inches, and the following unenclosed uses may extend therein no more than four (4) feet, but not nearer than five (5) feet to any property line; balconies, eaves, trim and fascia boards and similar architectural features, platforms and terraces.

Landscape features, such as trees, shrubs, flowers or plants, shall not be permitted or maintained on any required front, side or rear yard if they produce a hedge effect or interfere with the safe use of the public street or sidewalk.

Landscape features, such as trees, shrubs, flowers or plants, shall not be permitted or maintained on any required front, side or rear yard if they produce a hedge effect or interfere with the safe use of the public street or sidewalk.

Lots to be used solely for the location and operation of electric substations, or booster, relay or pump stations for natural gas, telephone, water, sewer, and similar public utilities and lots to be used for community facilities such as fire or police stations, waste transfer sites, post offices, and public recreation areas shall not be required to comply with area or frontage regulations.

Lots to be used solely for the location and operation of electric substations, or booster, relay or pump stations for natural gas, telephone, water, sewer, and similar public utilities and lots to be used for community facilities such as fire or police stations, waste transfer sites, post offices, and public recreation areas shall not be required to comply with area or frontage regulations.

In districts where more than one (1) detached principal building is allowed on a lot, there shall be a minimum separation between the nearest vertical walls to ensure adequate privacy, light, air circulation and design flexibility. The minimum distance required between principal structures shall be the sum of the two building heights (measured from the adjacent grade to the peak or highest structural point of the roof) multiplied by 0.75.

In districts where more than one (1) detached principal building is allowed on a lot, there shall be a minimum separation between the nearest vertical walls to ensure adequate privacy, light, air circulation and design flexibility. The minimum distance required between principal structures shall be the sum of the two building heights (measured from the adjacent grade to the peak or highest structural point of the roof) multiplied by 0.75.