Greene County Unincorporated

Fifty percent of the required landscape shall be planted around the building and perimeter of the parcel. The rate of installation shall be one tree and three shrubs for every 150 ft².

A minimum ten-foot wide buffer landscape strip shall be provided between parking lot and adjacent right-of-way. The buffer strip shall contain at least one small tree and three shrubs per 20 linear feet or one large tree and five shrubs per 40 linear feet. This area may not be included in interior or perimeter planting area calculations.

Maximum mounting height: 25 feet. Spillover light from commercial and industrial uses and zoning districts that are adjacent to public roads and those parcels in residential, agricultural and conservation zoning districts shall not exceed one-half footcandle at the property line.

(1) Maximum mounting height: 25 feet ... (3) Spillover light from commercial and industrial uses and zoning districts that are adjacent to public roads and those parcels in residential, agricultural and conservation zoning districts shall not exceed one-half footcandle at the property line. (4) High intensity light beams in the form of outdoor search lights, lasers or strobe lights shall not be permitted.

On parcels which contain a minimum of ten parking lot light poles, shall be reduced by a least 50 percent of full operational levels within one hour after the close of business, unless needed for safety and security. ... provided, however, that this provision shall not require parking lot lighting levels to be reduced to less than 0.2 footcandles as measured horizontally at the surface on which the light pole is mounted.

Lighting in island canopy ceilings shall be recessed, full cut-off fixtures with flat lenses. Lights shall not be mounted on the top or sides (facia) of the canopy and the sides of the canopy shall not be illuminated.

Motion activated light fixtures located as follows: 1. On lots developed with single family dwellings when such lighting fixtures emit initial lighting levels of 6,000 lumens or less, are extinguished within five minutes upon cessation of motion and are aimed such that the lamp or light bulb portion of the lighting fixture is not visible at five feet above the property boundary; or 2. On all other lots when such lighting fixtures are aimed such that the lamp or light bulb portion of the lighting fixture is not directly visible at five feet above the property boundary.

Performance guarantees for required improvements shall be in an amount equal to at least 110 percent of the estimated full cost of completing the installation of the required improvements, including the costs of materials, labor, and project management.

Building permits shall not be issued for more than 80 percent of the lots in a phase of a residential subdivision with public streets until the streets have been constructed to VDOT standards, inspected, and accepted into the state highway system, unless the developer posts a surety for maintenance of streets until accepted into state system as outlined in Section 8-3-4.

Performance guarantees for required improvements shall be in an amount equal to at least 110 percent of the estimated full cost of completing the installation of the required improvements, including the costs of materials, labor, and project management.

No performance guarantee for improvements shall be partially released until construction or installation of at least 30 percent of the guaranteed improvements has been completed. No performance guarantee shall be reduced to less than ten percent of the full amount of the performance guarantee until construction or installation of all the guaranteed improvements has been completed.

Minimum lot size: Five acres. Maximum lot coverage: 75 percent, including all impervious surfaces. Minimum open space: 25 percent of the lot area shall remain landscaped or undeveloped.

The Floodplain District (FP) shall include all areas of special flood hazard within the jurisdiction of Greene County identified as Zone A, AE, AH, AO, A99, VE, or other flood hazard zones on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM)...

All uses, activities, and development occurring within any floodplain district shall be undertaken only upon the issuance of a zoning permit.

An electronic message center has a maximum size limit of 24 square feet and shall be considered as part of the aggregate sign area for the building or storefront.

The following may be authorized by the county administrator subject to guidelines established by the Greene County planning commission: (1) Temporary occupancy of mobile or manufactured home in the residential R-1 district by the owner on his property for up to 12 months or until a certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever shall be less, while a dwelling is being reconstructed or replaced; (2) Mobile or manufactured homes used as office and living quarters of supervisory or other personnel on the construction site for the duration of such work, in all districts;

In residential districts there shall be provided either in a private garage or on the lot, space for the parking of two automobiles for each dwelling unit in a new building...

Recreation vehicle parks and campgrounds shall be allowed in the conservation and agriculture districts by special use permit issued by the board of supervisors.

Each request by petition for amendment to this ordinance including amendment to the zoning map shall be accompanied by a sketch 'site development plan' for all property included in the amendment request.

For the purpose of this ordinance, the unincorporated area of Greene County, Virginia, is hereby divided into the following districts: ... Planned Unit Development | PUD