Dinwiddie County Unincorporated

Land may be used or occupied and buildings structurally altered or erected may be used or changed in use only after a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the administrator.

the location of hotels, motels, manufactured home parks, campgrounds, commercial amusement parks, hospitals, airports, borrow pits, hog farms, sanitary fill method garbage and refuse sites, and other permitted uses of like nature shall require... a conditional use permit.

the location of hotels, motels, manufactured home parks, campgrounds, commercial amusement parks, hospitals, airports, borrow pits, hog farms, sanitary fill method garbage and refuse sites, and other permitted uses of like nature shall require, in addition to the zoning permit and certificate of occupancy, a conditional use permit.

Purpose, permitted uses, general standards, development standards, landscaping and buffering, height, area and yard requirements for PMD district.

The planned industrial district is intended to permit, in accordance with the comprehensive plan the development of a planned industrial district containing not less than 500 contiguous acres in those areas of the county served by public sanitary sewer and water supply. The district shall be located within one and one-half miles of an interchange of a limited access highway... Building shall not exceed 90 feet in height... The minimum district size shall be 500 acres... The maximum ground coverage of any lot by structure, including accessory structures, shall not exceed 40 percent of the total area of the lot.

Statement of intent, designation, documents, procedures, minimum area, open space, height and spacing for PUD district.

The planned unit development district shall be categorized as commercial (PUD-C)... Planned unit development districts shall be located on a single parcel of land or separate but contiguous parcels which are under one ownership or control and which shall total not less than five acres. A minimum of 20 percent of the gross area of any planned unit development district shall be retained in open space. Structures may be erected up to 60 feet in height... all structures and uses within a planned unit development district shall be served by public water and public sewage systems.

All structures and uses within a planned unit development district shall be served by public water and public sewage systems. For commercial uses a minimum landscape setback of 50 feet shall be maintained from all property lines adjoining a different zoning district...

The purpose of the Mixed Use District (MU) is to implement the comprehensive plan goals by promoting economic growth in the comprehensive plan designated-planned growth areas of the county... The minimum area required for a mixed use development shall be five contiguous acres of land. Any development site that consists of five net developable acres or greater must include dedicated open space that is equal to at least ten percent of the area of the net developable acres.

The purpose of the Mixed Use District (MU) is to implement the comprehensive plan goals by promoting economic growth in the comprehensive plan designated-planned growth areas of the county... The minimum area required for a mixed use development shall be five contiguous acres of land.

Mixed use district requirements for streets, lighting, parking, signage, and development plan approval.

The purpose of this ordinance is to outline the process and requirements for the construction, installation, and operation of solar energy projects in Dinwiddie County...

Solar energy project requirements including height, setbacks, fencing, buffers, decommissioning, and monitoring.

Roof-mounted or ground-mounted solar collectors shall not exceed the square footage of the principal structure and shall meet specific setbacks and height limits.

If, in any district established under this chapter, a use is not specifically permitted and an application is made by a property owner to the administrator for such use, the administrator shall refer the application to the planning commission, which shall make its recommendations to the board of supervisors within 30 days.

Whenever there shall be plans in existence, approved by either the state department of highways and transportation 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.

In any district, all structures erected or enlarged and all uses established or expanded, shall provide off-street parking and loading in accordance with the requirements established herein.

All off-street loading areas, including aisles and driveways shall be constructed and maintained with a permanent, dustless surface material... Each off-street loading space shall be not less than 12 feet by 50 feet in dimensions with a vertical clearance of not less than 15 feet.

Adequate fire lanes shall be required as deemed necessary by the fire marshal for the access and egress of emergency vehicles. Fire lanes shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width and shall be marked for ease of visibility as required by the fire marshal.

Containers, shipping containers, trailers or semi-trailers designed for transport by a tractor trailer, or other portable storage containers are not allowed in any zoning district, except that such containers: ...