S-1
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right10
Conditional / special use9
Accessory16
- Agriculture
- Conservation areas
- Farm sales
- Cemeteries, non-commercial
- Greenhouses, non-commercial
- Mobile food unit
- Small scale solar generation facility
- Utilities, minor
- Agriculture
- Conservation areas
- Farm sales
- Cemeteries, non-commercial
- Greenhouses, non-commercial
- Mobile food unit
- Small scale solar generation facility
- Utilities, minor
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exceptions for spires, agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. buildings90 ft
Spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennae and radio aerials may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade. Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest. Buildings and structures used for agricultural purposes, including barns, silos, windmills and the like, may be erected to a height of 90 feet from grade.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. near lot line1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
No accessory building which is within 15 feet of any property lot line shall be more than one story high.
- Maximum building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.35 ft
Buildings and structures may be erected up to 35 feet in height.
Other
- Development plan required for intensive livestock facilities
Any person who intends to establish or expand an intensive livestock, dairy or poultry facility shall file with the Zoning Administrator a development plan, including a plat, or similar document...
- Nutrient management plan required
After the effective date of this section, no intensive livestock, dairy or poultry facility for which the Commonwealth of Virginia requires a nutrient management plan shall commence operation until such plan has been approved...
Setback
- Dwelling not owned by operator setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from intensive livestock structure300 ft
Any dwelling not owned by the operator shall be set back 300 feet from any existing intensive livestock, dairy or poultry structure.
- Intensive livestock structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from primary highway ROW300 ft
Each intensive livestock, dairy or poultry structure shall be setback at least 300 feet from the right-of-way of any primary highway.
- Intensive livestock structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line300 ft
Each intensive livestock, dairy or poultry structure shall be set back 300 feet from any property line.
- Intensive livestock structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from secondary road ROW200 ft
Each intensive livestock, dairy or poultry structure shall be setback at least 200 feet from the right-of-way of any secondary road.
- Intensive livestock structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from sensitive areas1,000 ft
Each intensive livestock, dairy or poultry structure shall be setback at least 1,000 feet from any incorporated town, public school, place of worship, public water intake from a stream or river and from the boundary of any adjacent residential district.
Signage
- Development plan sign size4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each parcel for which a development plan has been approved shall display at its entrance a sign no smaller than two square feet, and no larger than four square feet...
- Sign regulations per Article 15
Sign regulations shall conform to Article 15 of this chapter.
From the ordinance
In Solar, General District S-1, the following uses, together with ordinary and necessary accessory uses, shall be permitted, and no others. Buildings and structures may be erected up to 35 feet in height.