Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated

Minimum lot area of ten (10) acres shall be required. A minimum buffer two hundred (200) feet in width is required adjacent to residential districts or uses and a minimum buffer one hundred (100) feet in width is required adjacent to public rights-of-way.

No site shall be developed as a rubble landfill and no existing rubble landfill shall be enlarged or altered except in conformance with the zoning district(s) regulation(s) as a conditional use. Minimum standards for a rubble landfill shall be as follows: Minimum lot area of ten (10) acres shall be required. A minimum buffer two hundred (200) feet in width is required adjacent to residential districts or uses and a minimum buffer one hundred (100) feet in width is required adjacent to public rights-of-way. The additional standards required in subsection 5-5006.F.3., below, for a sanitary landfill.

Minimum lot area of one hundred (100) acres shall be required. A minimum buffer three hundred (300) feet in width is required adjacent to residential districts or uses and a minimum buffer, one hundred fifty (150) feet in width is required adjacent to public rights-of-way.

No site shall be developed as a sanitary landfill or solid waste disposal site, and no existing sanitary landfill shall be enlarged, altered, or changed in use, except in conformance with the zoning district regulations of this ordinance and the following provisions: Minimum lot area of one hundred (100) acres shall be required. A minimum buffer three hundred (300) feet in width is required adjacent to residential districts or uses and a minimum buffer, one hundred fifty (150) feet in width is required adjacent to public rights-of-way. Access from paved streets is required. Said streets shall be able to withstand maximum load limits established by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). Access shall not be through any residential subdivision or development. In addition to, and to the interior of, any required buffer zone plantings, a minimum six-foot-high solid board fence or masonry wall shall be required around all property lines adjacent to property zoned or developed for residential uses. The operation of the sanitary landfill shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and county licensing, permits, and authorization.

Where receptacles for recyclable materials are located outside of a building, they shall be located so as to not disrupt or interfere with on-site traffic circulation, required fire lanes or required parking, loading or stacking areas. Specific circulation pattern shall be established to provide safe and easy access to recycling receptacles. Adequate space shall be provided for the unloading of recyclable materials. A regular schedule for picking up recycled materials shall be established and maintained. The site shall be maintained free of litter. Where receptacles for recyclable materials are located outside of a building, they shall be screened from public view in accordance with the screening zone specifications of article VIII.

The edge of an excavation area for borrow pits and other purposes shall be located at least such distance as to protect adjoining property from collapse, caving or sliding, but in no event shall such excavation areas be less than two hundred (200) feet from adjoining property lines or others.

When established as a conditional use, processing and removal of sand, gravel, or stone, stripping of topsoil (but not including stripping of sod), and borrow pits, shall be subject to the following standards: Any operator engaging in mining and disturbing less than one (1) acre of land and removing less than five hundred (500) tons of material at any particular site is exempt from the provisions of this ordinance; providing, however: Excavation or grading when conducted solely in aid of on-site farming or construction. Each person intending to engage in such restricted mining shall submit an application for exemption, a sketch of the mining site and an operations plan to the zoning administrator, who shall approve the application if he determines that the issuance of the permit shall not violate the provisions of this ordinance. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to break or disturb the surface soil or rock in order to facilitate or accomplish the extraction or removal of minerals, ores, rock or other solid matter including any activity constituting all or part of a process for the extraction or removal of minerals, ores, rock or other solid matter so as to make them suitable for commercial, industrial, or construction use but does not include those aspects of deep mining not having significant effect on the surface without first obtaining a conditional use permit to do so from the board of supervisors of Isle of Wight County. Nothing herein shall apply to strip mining of coal. Such permits shall not be transferable. The application shall be signed by the operator and the landowner and when issued shall be issued in the name of the operator and shall not be transferable between operators. The application fee shall be as prescribed in Table 3 (fee schedule for zoning applications). If the operator believes changes in his original plan are necessary or if additional land not shown as part of the approved plan of operation is to be disturbed, he shall submit an amended plan of operation, which shall be approved by the board of supervisors in the same manner as an original. Application for excavation permits shall be directed to the board of supervisors of Isle of Wight County and shall be filed with the zoning administrator. The application shall include the following information and attachments: The common name and geologic title, where applicable, of the mineral, ore or other solid matter to be extracted; A description of the land upon which the applicant proposes to conduct mining operations, which description shall set forth the location of its boundaries and any other description of the land to be disturbed in order that it may be located and distinguished from other lands and easily ascertainable as shown by a map attached thereto showing the amount of land to be disturbed; The name and address of the owner or owners of the surface of the land; The name and address of the owner or owners of the mineral, ore or other solid matter; The source of the operator's legal right to enter and conduct operations on the land to be covered by the permit; The total number of acres of land to be covered by the permit; A reasonable estimate of the number of acres of land that will be disturbed by mining operations on the area to be covered by the permit during the ensuing year; Whether any borrow pit permits of any type are now held by the applicant and the number thereof; Name and address of the applicant, if an individual; the names and addresses of all partners, if a partnership; the state of incorporation and the name and address of its registered agent, if a corporation; or the name and address of the trustee, if a trust; If known, where the applicant or any subsidiary or affiliate or any partnership, association, trust or corporation controlled by or under common control with the applicant, or any person required to be identified by subsection 3.i. of this section, has ever had a borrow permit of any type issued under the laws of this or any other state revoked or has ever had a mining or other bond, or security deposit in lieu of bond, forfeited; The application for a permit shall be accompanied by the minimum number of copies required by the application of an accurate map or plan and meet the following requirements: Be prepared by a licensed engineer or licensed surveyor; Identify the area to correspond with the land described in the application; Show adjacent deep mining, if any, and the boundaries of surface properties, with the names of the owners of the affected area which lie within one hundred (100) feet of any part of the affected area; Be drawn to a scale of four hundred (400) feet to the inch or better; Show the names and locations of all streams, creeks or other bodies of public water, roads, buildings, cemeteries, oil and gas wells, and the utility lines on the area affected and within five hundred (500) feet of such area; Show by appropriate markings the boundaries of the area of land affected, the outcrop of the seam at the surface or deposit to be mined, and the total number of acres involved in the area of land affected; Show the date on which the map was prepared, the north arrow and the quadrangle name; Show the drainage plan on and away from the area of land affected, including the directional flow of water, constructed drainage ways, natural waterways used for drainage and the streams or tributaries receiving the discharge; Provide information delineating the vehicular access to be utilized by the excavation operator and a statement listing the various public streets/highways to be used as haul routes; Provide an erosion and sedimentation control plan designed in accordance with all applicable state requirements related to land-disturbing activities; Provide an estimation of the total number of cubic yards to be excavated

The application shall be signed by the operator and the landowner and when issued shall be issued in the name of the operator and shall not be transferable between operators. The application fee shall be as prescribed in Table 3 (fee schedule for zoning applications). If the operator believes changes in his original plan are necessary or if additional land not shown as part of the approved plan of operation is to be disturbed, he shall submit an amended plan of operation, which shall be approved by the board of supervisors in the same manner as an original. Application for excavation permits shall be directed to the board of supervisors of Isle of Wight County and shall be filed with the zoning administrator. The application shall include the following information and attachments: The common name and geologic title, where applicable, of the mineral, ore or other solid matter to be extracted; A description of the land upon which the applicant proposes to conduct mining operations, which description shall set forth the location of its boundaries and any other description of the land to be disturbed in order that it may be located and distinguished from other lands and easily ascertainable as shown by a map attached thereto showing the amount of land to be disturbed; The name and address of the owner or owners of the surface of the land; The name and address of the owner or owners of the mineral, ore or other solid matter; The source of the operator's legal right to enter and conduct operations on the land to be covered by the permit; The total number of acres of land to be covered by the permit; A reasonable estimate of the number of acres of land that will be disturbed by mining operations on the area to be covered by the permit during the ensuing year; Whether any borrow pit permits of any type are now held by the applicant and the number thereof; Name and address of the applicant, if an individual; the names and addresses of all partners, if a partnership; the state of incorporation and the name and address of its registered agent, if a corporation; or the name and address of the trustee, if a trust; If known, where the applicant or any subsidiary or affiliate or any partnership, association, trust or corporation controlled by or under common control with the applicant, or any person required to be identified by subsection 3.i. of this section, has ever had a borrow permit of any type issued under the laws of this or any other state revoked or has ever had a mining or other bond, or security deposit in lieu of bond, forfeited; The application for a permit shall be accompanied by the minimum number of copies required by the application of an accurate map or plan and meet the following requirements: Be prepared by a licensed engineer or licensed surveyor; Identify the area to correspond with the land described in the application; Show adjacent deep mining, if any, and the boundaries of surface properties, with the names of the owners of the affected area which lie within one hundred (100) feet of any part of the affected area; Be drawn to a scale of four hundred (400) feet to the inch or better; Show the names and locations of all streams, creeks or other bodies of public water, roads, buildings, cemeteries, oil and gas wells, and the utility lines on the area affected and within five hundred (500) feet of such area; Show by appropriate markings the boundaries of the area of land affected, the outcrop of the seam at the surface or deposit to be mined, and the total number of acres involved in the area of land affected; Show the date on which the map was prepared, the north arrow and the quadrangle name; Show the drainage plan on and away from the area of land affected, including the directional flow of water, constructed drainage ways, natural waterways used for drainage and the streams or tributaries receiving the discharge; Provide information delineating the vehicular access to be utilized by the excavation operator and a statement listing the various public streets/highways to be used as haul routes; Provide an erosion and sedimentation control plan designed in accordance with all applicable state requirements related to land-disturbing activities; Provide an estimation of the total number of cubic yards to be excavated

Such facilities shall be screened from view with a solid fence or wall along all property lines six (6) feet in height, except for approved access crossing and utility easements.

No shipping container shall be used as a residence. Shipping containers may serve as accessory structures as a permitted use in industrial zoning districts and as a conditional use in residential and commercial zoning districts.

Inoperable, junk, wrecked vehicles shall be completely screened from view with a solid fence or wall six (6) feet in height, except for approved access crossing and utility easements.

The maximum height allowed shall be no greater than two hundred (200) feet pursuant to Section 15.2-2293.1 of the Code of Virginia.

The maximum height allowed shall be no greater than two hundred (200) feet pursuant to Section 15.2-2293.1 of the Code of Virginia. The following setback requirements shall apply to all towers and antennas: a. The tower must be set back from any off-site residential structure no less than the full height of the tower structure and height of any mounted antenna. b. Towers, guys and accessory facilities must satisfy the minimum setback requirements for primary structures.

For fixed-wing aircraft, a clear zone extending one thousand (1,000) feet from the end of all runways shall be secured through ownership or easement, but, in no case, shall the end of a runway be closer than two hundred (200) feet from any property line.

An aircraft landing area or airport may be permitted, provided: ...

The placement of an antenna on or in an existing structure such as a building, sign, light pole, water tank, or other freestanding structure or existing tower or pole shall be permitted so long as the addition of said antenna shall not add more than twenty (20) feet in height to said structure or tower

The purpose of this section is to establish general guidelines for the siting of towers and antennas. ...

All composting operations shall submit the following in order to make application for a conditional use permit: ...

The purpose of requiring a conditional use permit is to ensure consistency with the comprehensive plan and appropriate land use.

The site or area used as a shooting range or match shall be fenced, posted every fifty (50) feet or otherwise restricted so that access to the site is controlled to insure the safety of patrons, spectators and the public at large.