County (unincorporated) · Virginia

Essex County Unincorporated

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
20
Districts
356
Extracted rules
1,422
Standards
10
Chapters read

Zoning districts

20 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

335 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

Section 36.144(d)1 standards

Should the use approved by the Conditional Use Permit cease for any twenty-four-month period during the life of the permit, the Conditional Use Permit shall become void.

Section 36.144(d)1 standards

Should the use approved by the Conditional Use Permit cease for any twenty-four-month period during the life of the permit, the Conditional Use Permit shall become void.

Section 36.1571 standards

After the Board of Zoning Appeals has granted a variance, the variance so granted shall lapse after the expiration of eighteen (18) months if no substantial construction or change of use has taken place in accordance with the plans for which such variance was granted, or if the Board of Zoning Appeals does not specify some longer period than eighteen (18) months for good cause shown.

Section 36.157(c)1 standards

After the Board of Zoning Appeals has granted a variance, the variance so granted shall lapse after the expiration of eighteen (18) months if no substantial construction or change of use has taken place in accordance with the plans for which such variance was granted

Section 36.157(c)1 standards

After the Board of Zoning Appeals has granted a variance, the variance so granted shall lapse after the expiration of eighteen (18) months if no substantial construction or change of use has taken place in accordance with the plans for which such variance was granted

Section 36.163 standards

Provisions shall be considered the minimum required to promote the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare; ... more restrictive regulations or standards shall govern; ... vested rights determinations shall be made in accordance with the Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2307.

Section 36.1766 standards

Site plans are required and shall be submitted for all new structures, all renovated structures, and all additions to existing structures, with the following exceptions: (1) Individual Single-Family Dwellings. (2) Individual Two-Family Dwellings. (3) Accessory Uses where the area of land disturbance is less than 2,500 square feet. (4) Bona fide agricultural operations...

Section 36.176(a)6 standards

Site plans are required and shall be submitted for all new structures, all renovated structures, and all additions to existing structures, with the following exceptions: (1) Individual Single-Family Dwellings. (2) Individual Two-Family Dwellings. (3) Accessory Uses where the area of land disturbance is less than 2,500 square feet.

Section 36.181(e)1 standards

Pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2259, the site plan shall be approved or disapproved within 60 days after it has been officially submitted for approval.

Section 36.181(e)1 standards

the site plan shall be approved or disapproved within 60 days after it has been officially submitted for approval.

Section 36.181(e)1 standards

the site plan shall be approved or disapproved within 60 days after it has been officially submitted for approval.

Section 36.181(f)1 standards

Pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2259, the site plan that is previously disapproved but has been modified, corrected, and resubmitted shall be acted on within 45 days of resubmission.

Section 36.181(f)1 standards

the site plan that is previously disapproved but has been modified, corrected, and resubmitted shall be acted on within 45 days of resubmission.

Section 36.184(a)1 standards

If no final plan is submitted within 18 months of the approved preliminary site plan and construction has not begun within the time period approved by the Board of Supervisors, the preliminary site plan approved shall lapse and be of no further effect.

Section 36.184(a)1 standards

If no final plan is submitted within 18 months of the approved preliminary site plan and construction has not begun within the time period approved by the Board of Supervisors, the preliminary site plan approved shall lapse and be of no further effect.

Section 36.184(b)1 standards

In accordance with Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2261, approval of a final site plan submitted under the provisions of this Article shall expire five years after the date of such approval unless building permits have been obtained for construction in accordance therewith.

Section 36.184(b)1 standards

approval of a final site plan submitted under the provisions of this Article shall expire five years after the date of such approval unless building permits have been obtained for construction in accordance therewith.

Section 36.2 (8)

This district is intended to permit development in accordance with a master plan of cluster type communities. ... A planned unit development may include light commercial facilities to the extent necessary to serve the needs of the particular planned unit development.

Section 36.2 (b)(1)

This district is enacted to implement the requirements of Code of Virginia, § 62.1-44.15:67 et seq., as amended, (The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act) and Regulation 9VAC25-830 et seq.

Section 36.2007 standards

Notice of public hearings shall be published once a week for two successive weeks... Notices shall specify the time and place of a hearing... not less than five days nor more than 21 days after the second advertisement shall appear in such newspaper.

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.