King William County Unincorporated

a nonconforming use of a building may be changed to another nonconforming use of the same or of a more restricted classification

if the use is discontinued and remains idle or unused for a continuous period of more than two years

Nonconforming structures which have been damaged or destroyed ... to the extent of more than 50 percent ... shall be restored, repaired or replaced, in conformity with the regulations

The casual, intermittent, temporary, or illegal use of land, structures or buildings shall not be sufficient to establish the existence of a nonconforming use

When evidence available to the zoning administrator is deemed by him to be inconclusive, whether a nonconforming use exists shall be a question of fact and shall be decided by the board of zoning appeals

If the owner of a lot in any district does not own a parcel ... and if such lot does not conform ... the provisions ... shall not prevent the owner ... from erecting a single-family dwelling

In a residential district where any sign does not comply ... may be maintained but shall not be replaced, reconstructed, moved, structurally altered or relighted

A dwelling nonconforming as to use in a business or industrial district shall be considered as a conforming use in application of the area and bulk requirements

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the landowner or home owner from removing a valid nonconforming manufactured home ... and replacing that home with another comparable manufactured home

No sign shall exceed a height of 15 feet.

Individual signs shall be limited in their size and placement according to the following regulations: Maximum Sign Dimensions—Agricultural and Residential Zoning Districts (A-C, R-R, and R-1)

Individual signs shall be limited in their size and placement according to the following regulations: Maximum Sign Dimensions—Agricultural and Residential Zoning Districts (A-C, R-R, and R-1)

No historic landmark, structure, building, or sign, within an HP district shall be erected, reconstructed, substantially altered, moved, razed, destroyed nor restored in an HP district until the plans for such shall have been approved by the historic preservation and architectural review board (HPARB), and a certificate of approval issued.

These landscape requirements shall apply to: 1. All new developments, or redevelopments, requiring an approved site plan... 2. All properties seeking rezoning or conditional use permit... (b) These requirements shall not apply to parcels containing single-family detached dwellings or two-family dwellings.

No historic landmark, structure, building, or sign, within an HP district shall be erected, reconstructed, substantially altered, moved, razed, destroyed nor restored in an HP district until the plans for such shall have been approved by the historic preservation and architectural review board (HPARB), and a certificate of approval issued.

For all properties located within the historic preservation overlay district, used for business or commercial purposes and subject to the review of the architectural review board, lighting fixtures shall be reviewed as a component of any site plan or other alteration before a certificate of approval is issued.

Parking lot light fixtures and light fixtures on buildings shall be full cut-off fixtures.

Light fixtures in parking lots shall not be more than 20 feet in height in the general business district

Light fixtures in parking lots shall not be more than 30 feet in height in the light industrial district.

A remote parking lot to satisfy this requirement shall be 500 feet measured along lines of public access from the principal use