King And Queen County Unincorporated

New construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure (including manufactured homes) in Zones AE and A with detailed base flood elevations shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood level plus 24 inches.

These provisions shall apply to all privately and publicly owned lands within the jurisdiction of King and Queen County and identified as areas of special flood hazard according to the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) that is provided to King and Queen County by FEMA.

The construction footprint shall not exceed 60 percent of the lot. A 100-foot vegetated buffer area located adjacent to and landward of the components listed in subsections (a) through (c) above.

For determining the water quantity technical criteria applicable to a land disturbance equal to or greater than 2,500 square feet (in the RMA/RPA), 10,000 square feet outside of the RMA/RPA but less than one acre, King and Queen County elects to use certain tiered water quantity control standards based on the percentage of impervious cover in the watershed.

Federal Air Regulations for imaginary surfaces regulations referred to in this article are attached at the end of this article as Appendix to Article 13.

These zones are established as overlay zones, superimposed over the existing base zones... no structure shall be erected, altered, or maintained, and no vegetation shall be allowed to grow to a height so as to penetrate any referenced surface.

A site plan shall be submitted to and approved by the appropriate authority for the following uses: (1) Any use within a Chesapeake Bay RPA or RMA, which involves more than 2,500 square feet of land disturbance. (2) Any proposed use in the floodplain overlay district. (3) Any development fronting a navigable waterway. (4) Multifamily residential projects. (5) Any minor and major subdivision projects. (6) Rural residential cluster developments. (7) Planned unit developments. (8) Conditional uses. (9) Any commercial or business use. (10) Any industrial or manufacturing use. (11) Institutional or governmental projects.

Every use or structure instituted, constructed, erected, enlarged, or structurally altered after the effective date of this ordinance shall provide off-street parking and loading facilities in accordance with the provisions of this article.

Subject to the limitations and restrictions set forth in this article, nonconforming uses and nonconforming buildings may be continued.

The purpose of this article is to create a special overlay-zoning district... boundaries of the economic development and transportation corridor overlay district are established... along U.S. Highway 360 and Virginia Route 33... depth of 1,000 feet from the center right-of-way.

A use or structure permitted as a conditional use by the district regulations set forth in this ordinance shall be authorized only upon approval of a conditional use permit by the board of supervisors.

Pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2308, a board of zoning appeals is created...

All outdoor light fixtures except those exempted, shall be fully shielded. ... Lighting for all parking, display and loading areas shall not exceed an average horizontal illumination level of 2.5 foot-candles.

Where otherwise permitted by the zoning ordinance, agricultural production activities shall be subject to the additional provisions and standards contained in this article 23.

Within a planned unit development only the following by right uses may be established: single-family detached dwellings, recreational uses, accessory uses, off-street parking.

The requirement set forth in this article shall govern the location of towers that exceed and antennas that are installed at greater than 50 feet in height and dish antennae/satellite dishes over six feet in diameter at any height.

Such towers shall not result in hazards to air navigation. (See article 8, section 3-188.)

Any part of the tower and its support structures must be at a minimum of 500 feet from any public street.

Outdoor dog kennels shall be located not less than 200 feet from all lot lines.

A minimum lot size of five acres shall be required.