Essex County Unincorporated

Any plat of subdivision recorded in any clerk's office, may be vacated as outlined in the sections below, taken from the Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2270 et seq.

any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each lot or parcel of land subdivided, transferred or sold in violation of this chapter

any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each lot or parcel of land subdivided, transferred or sold in violation of this chapter

There shall be a charge to compensate the County for the costs incurred during the examination and approval or disapproval of every subdivision plat or lot required to be reviewed by the Agent or Board of Supervisors. This fee shall be payable to "Treasurer, Essex County," in such amount as set by schedule adopted ordinance of the Essex County Board of Supervisors.

Accessory dwelling unit means a dwelling that exists as part of a principal dwelling or on the same lot as the principal dwelling and is subordinate in size to the principal dwelling.

Accessory dwelling unit means a dwelling that exists as part of a principal dwelling or on the same lot as the principal dwelling and is subordinate in size to the principal dwelling.

If the work described in any zoning permit has not begun within eighteen (18) months from the date of issuance thereof, said permit shall expire. If the work described in any zoning permit has not been substantially completed within five (5) years of the date of issuance thereof, said permit shall expire.

If the work described in any zoning permit has not begun within eighteen (18) months from the date of issuance thereof, said permit shall expire. If the work described in any zoning permit has not been substantially completed within five (5) years of the date of issuance thereof, said permit shall expire.

If the work described in any zoning permit has not begun within eighteen (18) months from the date of issuance thereof, said permit shall expire. If the work described in any zoning permit has not been substantially completed within five (5) years of the date of issuance thereof, said permit shall expire.

The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Overlay District shall apply to all lands identified as CBPAs as designated by the Essex County Board of Supervisors and as shown on the Overlay CBPA Map adopted by the Essex County Board of Supervisors on October 22, 1991.

Required buffers shall consist of a continuous six-foot high buffer with a minimum width of 25 feet.

Major subdivisions have 6 or more lots... Minor subdivisions have two to five lots... Single subdivisions include one division... Family subdivisions encourage... conveyance to immediate family.

The maximum residential densities allowable within residential subdivisions shall be in accordance with the provisions of the zoning district and guided by the Comprehensive Plan and the Future Land Use Map. In every Subdivision of over five lots, the Board of Supervisors may require the platting and dedication to the governing body, or to a homeowner's association, of suitable and adequate open space for recreation.

The use of flag lots is prohibited except where safety or environmental factors prevent normal lot design... stem that accesses the street or road shall be no less than 50 feet in width at any point. The length of such stems shall be limited to no more than 300 feet.

Such appeal shall be taken within 30 days after the decision appealed from by filing with the Zoning Administrator, and with the board, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The Board of Zoning Appeals shall ... decide the same within 90 days of the filing of the appeal. A petition ... must be submitted 30 days after the filing of the decision. Construction ... may be prevented ... by suit filed within fifteen days after the start of construction.