Blacksburg

Overlay Districts: CVO - Creek Valley Overlay, FHO - Flood Hazard Overlay, SHO - Special Housing Overlay, HPO - Historic Preservation Overlay, OSO - Open Space Design Overlay, AOD - Live/Work/Sell Arts Overlay.

Overlay Districts: CVO - Creek Valley Overlay, FHO - Flood Hazard Overlay, SHO - Special Housing Overlay, HPO - Historic Preservation Overlay, OSO - Open Space Design Overlay, AOD - Live/Work/Sell Arts Overlay.

If the standards specified in this ordinance are in conflict with the requirements with any lawfully adopted rule, regulations or laws, the more restrictive or higher standards shall govern.

Uses and activities not provided for or addressed by the terms of this ordinance, shall be considered prohibited uses and activities, unless the Administrator shall find that the use or activity is compatible and consistent with the provisions of this ordinance.

Uses and activities not provided for or addressed by the terms of this ordinance, shall be considered prohibited uses and activities, unless the Administrator shall find that the use or activity is compatible and consistent with the provisions of this ordinance.

Uses and activities not provided for or addressed by the terms of this ordinance, shall be considered prohibited uses and activities, unless the Administrator shall find that the use or activity is compatible and consistent with the provisions of this ordinance.

In acting upon a special exception, Town Council shall consider the Comprehensive Plan, the purposes of the zoning district, the intent of the standard in question, and the criteria in this Section; however, the Town Council shall not be required to make specific findings in support of its decision.

The Administrator shall not accept any amendment application for a lot or parcel that does not comply with the minimum lot area, width, or frontage requirements of the requested zoning district.

Within three (3) months prior to the filing of a conditional use permit or rezoning application, each applicant shall schedule and attend a pre-application meeting with the Zoning Administrator.

At least fifteen (15) days prior to the Commission's first scheduled public hearing on the requested land use action, the applicant shall erect on the subject property signs prepared by the town staff indicating that the property is subject to a public hearing.

No conditional use permit shall be issued except upon a finding of the Town Council that in addition to conformity with any standards set forth in this chapter, the proposed conditional use conforms with the following general standards: (1) The proposal as submitted or modified shall conform to the comprehensive plan of the Town, or to specific elements of the plan, and to official Town policies adopted in relation thereto, including the purposes of the Zoning Ordinance. (2) The proposal as submitted or modified shall have a minimum adverse impact on the surrounding neighborhood or community.

No conditional use permit shall be issued except upon a finding of the Town Council that in addition to conformity with any standards set forth in this chapter, the proposed conditional use conforms with the following general standards.

Any conditional use permit granted shall be null and void eighteen (18) months after approval by the Town Council if the use or development authorized by the permit is not commenced to a degree that, in the opinion of the Administrator, clearly establishes the intent to utilize the granted conditional use permit in a period of time deemed reasonable for the type and scope of improvements involved.

Activities or uses approved by a conditional use permit which are discontinued for a period of more than two (2) consecutive years shall not be reestablished on the same property unless a new conditional use permit is issued in accord with this ordinance.

Minor changes to a conditional use permit site plan shall include... alterations or additions which do not increase the gross floor area of a building or the size of a structure by more than ten (10) percent...

In residential zoning districts computations of the maximum number of dwelling units per acre... shall be based upon the lot area including that area severed for such purposes when...

In residential zoning districts computations of the maximum number of dwelling units per acre, or in commercial zoning districts maximum lot coverage, with respect to a lot from which land has been severed for a public park, school site, other public facility site, regional detention facility, mass transit facility or street improvement, shall be based upon the lot area including that area severed for such purposes when...

In residential zoning districts computations of the maximum number of dwelling units per acre, or in commercial zoning districts maximum lot coverage, with respect to a lot from which land has been severed for a public park, school site, other public facility site, regional detention facility, mass transit facility or street improvement, shall be based upon the lot area including that area severed for such purposes when...

This Appendix shall be administered and enforced by a Zoning Administrator, who shall be appointed by the Director of Planning and Building.

A zoning permit shall be required prior to the erection... except as listed below: (1) Patios. (2) Accessory structures less than six (6) feet in height and twenty (20) square feet in area.