Fluvanna County Unincorporated

The following signs shall be permitted in the Zion Crossroads Urban Development Area, and supersede other sign dimensions listed in this ordinance: [table of sign types]

Except as otherwise provided herein, no sign shall be erected, altered, refaced or relocated unless a sign permit has been approved by the Zoning Administrator.

All signs and components thereof shall be legible and shall be maintained in good repair and in a safe, neat, and clean condition. ... Any sign that is obsolete ... shall be removed within ten (10) days.

All persons must obtain a permit from the County in order to advertise or conduct a sale for the purpose of discontinuing a retail business ... A fee of $50.00 for the processing of the permit ... valid for a maximum of sixty (60) days.

No nonconforming sign shall be enlarged nor be worded so as to advertise or identify any use other than that in effect at the time it became a nonconforming sign. ... A nonconforming sign shall be considered abandoned if the business for which the sign was erected has not been in operation for a period of at least two (2) years.

If, at the time of enactment of this ordinance, any legal activity is being pursued, or any lot or structure legally utilized in a manner or for a purpose which does not conform to the provisions of this ordinance, such manner or use or purpose may be continued as herein provided.

If any nonconforming use, structure or activity is discontinued for a period exceeding two (2) years, after the enactment of this ordinance, it shall be deemed abandoned and any subsequent use shall conform to the requirements of the ordinance.

All nonconforming uses shall be identified and catalogued, and zoning permits and certificates of occupancy shall be issued by the Zoning Administrator within one year after the adoption of this ordinance.

On any building devoted in whole or in part to any nonconforming use, work may be done in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months on ordinary repairs or on repair or replacement of nonbearing walls, fixtures, wiring or plumbing, provided that the cubic content of the structure as it existed at the time of passage or amendment of this ordinance shall not be increased.

Whenever the boundaries of a district are changed, any uses of land or buildings which become nonconforming as a result of such change, shall become subject to the provisions of this article.

A nonconforming structure may be extended, expanded, or enlarged by a total of not more than one hundred percent (100%) of its square footage as of its initial construction provided that all setback and yard requirements of the ordinance are met by the addition.

A nonconforming structure may be extended, expanded, or enlarged by a total of not more than one hundred percent (100%) of its square footage as of its initial construction provided that all setback and yard requirements of the ordinance are met by the addition.

Any unimproved lot of record at the time of the adoption of this ordinance which is less in frontage, area or width than the minimum required by this ordinance may be used only when the requirements of the relevant district regarding setbacks and side and rear yards are met.

No lot or parcel or portion thereof shall be used or sold in a manner diminishing compliance with lot width and area requirements established in each district by this ordinance, nor shall any division be made which creates a lot with width or area below the requirements in each district established by this ordinance.

Where in any zone, a conforming structure devoted to a non-conforming activity or a nonconforming structure is destroyed or damaged in any manner, whether wholly or partially, either may be repaired or restored provided such repair or restoration is started within twelve (12) months from the date of damage or partial destruction. Such restoration shall not exceed two hundred percent (200%) of its size in square footage when destroyed.

Where in any zone, a conforming structure devoted to a non-conforming activity or a nonconforming structure is destroyed or damaged in any manner, whether wholly or partially, either may be repaired or restored provided such repair or restoration is started within twelve (12) months from the date of damage or partial destruction. Such restoration shall not exceed two hundred percent (200%) of its size in square footage when destroyed.

Any manufactured home which was lawfully in existence in the County on the effective date of this ordinance may be replaced by another manufactured home, subject to the following: ...

Buildings or structures shall be started, reconstructed, or enlarged only after a zoning permit has been obtained from the administrator or his designated agent.

Every use, structure or building in which sanitary sewer facilities is required by the Uniform Statewide Building Code, or in which any such facility is proposed to be used, shall be served by a lawful public sewerage system or a private sewerage system approved by appropriate authority and designed in accordance with the regulations of the Virginia Department of Health.

Every use, structure or building in which sanitary sewer facilities is required by the Uniform Statewide Building Code, or in which any such facility is proposed to be used, shall be served by a lawful public sewerage system or a private sewerage system approved by appropriate authority and designed in accordance with the regulations of the Virginia Department of Health.