Essex County Unincorporated

Any buildings, barns, pens, and areas for the keeping of animals or animal waste storage shall be located at least 400 feet from any residential district lot line and any existing dwelling unit not located on the same property.

The manufactured home dwelling shall comply with the Virginia Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Law.

The manufactured home dwelling shall comply with the Virginia Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Law.

Every manufactured home park shall be enclosed with an approved fence or planted hedge not less than seven feet in height and with no openings to adjoining property other than the required entrances and exits to streets or public spaces.

Manufactured home parks shall have access to a paved road or major collector road.

The minimum required area for the use shall be five acres.

The minimum required area for the use shall be five acres.

The approval of a cemetery shall include the following uses without further zoning approval required: all uses necessarily or customarily associated with interment of human remains, benches, ledges, walls, graves, roads, paths, landscaping, and soil storage consistent with federal, state, and local laws on erosion and sediment control.

The approval of a cemetery shall include the following uses without further zoning approval required: all uses necessarily or customarily associated with interment of human remains, benches, ledges, walls, graves, roads, paths, landscaping, and soil storage consistent with federal, state, and local laws on erosion and sediment control.

Any active recreational area, including, but not limited to, swimming pools, ball fields, or courts, shall not be located closer than 50 feet to any property line.

Any outdoor activity area, swimming pool, ball field, or court that adjoins a residential lot line shall include screening and buffering in accordance with the landscape section of this Ordinance.

No portion of the use, excluding required screening and landscape buffers, shall be located within 150 feet of a residential district or structure containing a dwelling unit.

No portion of the use, excluding required screening and landscape buffers, shall be located within 150 feet of a residential district or structure containing a dwelling unit.

No vehicle or equipment displays shall be located within a required yard, setback, fire lane, travel way, sidewalk, or landscaped area.

No vehicle or equipment displays shall be located within a required yard, setback, fire lane, travel way, sidewalk, or landscaped area.

All structures shall be located a minimum of 100 feet from any residential district.

Car washes shall be located and designed so that vehicular circulation does not conflict with traffic movements in adjacent streets, service drives, and/or parking areas.

All outdoor storage and display areas shall be enclosed by a fence, wall, or landscaped screen not less than six feet in height.

All repairs and maintenance of goods and equipment shall be performed within a completely enclosed building.

Outdoor storage as an accessory use, where permitted, shall not exceed 30 percent of the total site area and shall be subject to the use requirements of this Article.