Louisa County Unincorporated

Signs are classified and regulated in this section by their purpose, physical type, location and characteristics and shall apply to all outdoor signs.

A sign or portion of a sign that is capable of displaying words, symbols, figures, or images that can be electronically changed by remote or automatic means. Electronic message signs permitted prior to the effective date of this chapter (June 16, 2025) must comply with all lighting/illumination standards, contained in article V, signs, within 12 months.

All new WCFs be 199 feet or less in height. Under no circumstance shall any WCF exceed 300 feet. ... Setbacks ... fencing ... screening ...

Family subdivision: Pursuant to Code of Virginia, §§ 15.2-2244(C) and 15.2-2244.2, means splitting any tract, parcel or lot of land, within the agricultural (A-1), agricultural (A-2), residential limited (R-1), or residential general (R-2) zoning districts...

A guest home is an accessory structure for use by family and friends and prohibited for use as a rental unit. A guest home shall meet primary dwelling setbacks.

No more than five clients or customers and two employees who do not live on the premises shall be allowed on the premises at any one time on a regular basis.

No more than ten employees or clients shall be allowed on the premises at any one time on a regular basis.

The use of any area of land of more than 200 square feet in area for the buying or selling, storage, keeping, or abandonment of junk.

The boarding, breeding, raising, grooming or training of two or more household pets of any age not owned by the owner or occupant of the premises, and/or for commercial gain.

The keeping, breeding, raising, showing or training of four or more household pets over six months of age for personal enjoyment of the owner or occupants of the property, and for which commercial gain is not the primary objective.

A building designed to provide rental storage space in cubicles where each cubicle has a maximum floor area of 400 square feet, are enclosed by walls and ceiling and have a separate entrance for the loading and unloading of stored goods.

For towing services that store less than ten vehicles, the business is exempt from fencing, visual barriers, or other local ordinances. Towing services that temporarily store less than ten vehicles may do so up to 30 days.

Any temporary organized gathering expected to attract 200 or more people at one time in open spaces outside an enclosed structure.

A space for parking a one passenger vehicle that is less than 16 feet long and eight feet wide and marked "compact car."

A space for parking one passenger vehicle that is at least 18 feet in length and nine feet in width.

A vehicle: 1. Built on a single chassis; 2. Consisting of 400 square feet or less in area determined by multiplying its longest horizontal length by its longest horizontal width; 3. Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable; and 4. Primarily used as temporary living quarters for recreational camping, travel, or seasonal use, not as a permanent dwelling.

A portable sawmill temporarily located on private property for the non-commercial processing of timber cut only from that property or from property immediately contiguous and adjacent thereto. Non-commercial sawmills may only be operated for 21 calendar days.

A woody plant producing multiple shoots or stems from the base height, with a total height of 15 feet or less. When used to meet the landscaping criteria, perennial plants that, at the time of planting, shall have a minimum height of two feet measured from the ground elevation after planting or was grown in a three-gallon container.

A sign or signs identifying the produce, crops, animals or poultry raised or quartered on the property and which do not exceed 32 square feet in area.

A sign advertising an auction that does not exceed four square feet in area, and which is posted for a total of 30 days or less in a calendar year. Removal of such signs shall occur within seven days after the auction date. In addition, one sign 32 square feet or less, is allowable on the subject property seven days before the event and removed no later than the day following the event.