Blacksburg

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.

A zoning permit shall be required prior to the erection, construction, reconstruction, moving, adding to, or alteration of any structure, or the establishment of any land use, except as listed below: (1) Patios. (2) Accessory structures less than six (6) feet in height and twenty (20) square feet in area.

All zoning permits issued shall be valid for a period of six (6) months, unless the structure, use or activity for which the permit was issued has commenced.

The Town shall issue or deny any application for a certificate of zoning compliance within seven (7) days of an application being filed.

Temporary or partial certificates of zoning compliance shall be valid for a period not to exceed six (6) months, during which time all improvements required by Town law must be made.

Within the districts established by this chapter or amendments thereto, there exist lots, structures, uses of land and characteristics of use which were lawful before this chapter was passed or amended, which will be nonconforming.

In any district in which single-unit dwellings are permitted, a single-unit dwelling and customary accessory building may be erected on any single undeveloped lot of record... Accessory apartments may also be erected on such lots if the requirements of the accessory apartment permit program... can be met.

In any district in which single-unit dwellings are permitted, a single-unit dwelling and customary accessory building may be erected on any single undeveloped lot of record at the effective date of this division or amendments thereto; but only if such lot cannot be combined with another adjoining undeveloped lot or lots under the same ownership in order to establish a lot or lots conforming to the requirements of this division.

No nonconforming structure may be altered in a way which increases the nonconformity. However, a principal structure which is nonconforming due to encroachment into a required yard may be enlarged within or coextensive with the plane of the structure... if a nonconforming structure is destroyed or damaged, and the cost of restoring the structure to its condition does not exceed fifty (50) percent of current assessed value... then the structure may be restored...

No nonconforming structure may be altered in a way which increases the nonconformity. However, a principal structure which is nonconforming due to encroachment into a required yard may be enlarged within or coextensive with the plane of the structure, so long as no new nonconformity is thereby created. ... if a nonconforming structure is destroyed or damaged, and the cost of restoring the structure to its condition does not exceed fifty (50) percent of current assessed value of the entire structure, then the structure may be restored to its original nonconforming condition, provided that a building permit is secured, reconstruction is started within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the damage

No nonconforming structure may be altered in a way which increases the nonconformity. ... if a nonconforming structure is destroyed or damaged, and the cost of restoring the structure to its condition does not exceed fifty (50) percent of current assessed value of the entire structure, then the structure may be restored to its original nonconforming condition, provided that a building permit is secured, reconstruction is started within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the damage, and such reconstruction is diligently pursued to completion.

such use may be continued so long as the then existing or a more restricted use continues and it is not discontinued for more than two years... No existing structure devoted to a use not permitted... shall be enlarged, extended, moved, or structurally altered except in changing the use... Any nonconforming use may be extended throughout any parts of a building which were manifestly arranged or designed for such use...

Where, at the effective date of this ordinance or amendments thereto, lawful use exists of buildings, structures, or land, individually or in combination, which use is made no longer permissible under the terms of this division as enacted or amended, such use may be continued so long as the then existing or a more restricted use continues and it is not discontinued for more than two years

Where, at the effective date of this ordinance or amendments thereto, lawful use exists of buildings, structures, or land, individually or in combination, which use is made no longer permissible under the terms of this division as enacted or amended, such use may be continued so long as the then existing or a more restricted use continues and it is not discontinued for more than two years, and so long as the nonconforming use does not undergo a change in character of the use in existence upon adoption of the Zoning Ordinance on April 22, 1997, as Ordinance No. 1137.

Nonconforming parking lots may continue to be used after a change in use... Owners of nonconforming parking lots may make certain modifications... (1) Landscaping... (2) Resurfacing. (3) Any other modification to the parking lot, not exceeding 75% of the paved area of the parking lot.

Owners of nonconforming parking lots may make certain modifications to the parking lot, without bringing the parking lot into conformity with the requirements of Article V, as follows: ... (3) Any other modification to the parking lot, not exceeding 75% of the paved area of the parking lot.

Owners of nonconforming parking lots may make certain modifications to the parking lot, without bringing the parking lot into conformity with the requirements of Article V, as follows: ... Any other modification to the parking lot, not exceeding 75% of the paved area of the parking lot.

in cases where signs existing as of the date of the adoption of this ordinance exceed the total allowable sign area for the subject parcel, no additional signs shall be permitted thereon... A nonconforming sign may be repaired provided it has not been damaged in excess of fifty percent of its replacement value... A 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.

Except where otherwise provided, in cases where signs existing as of the date of the adoption of this ordinance exceed the total allowable sign area for the subject parcel, no additional signs shall be permitted thereon. ... A nonconforming sign may be repaired provided it has not been damaged in excess of fifty percent of its replacement value.

Certain minor modifications of overhead utility poles shall be permitted. These minor modifications include, but are not limited to, the addition of brackets up to 24 inches in length, in-line relocations, addition of guy wires and poles, a single additional crossarm, replacement with taller poles, and limited pole relocations to accommodate minor line adjustments.