Louisa County Unincorporated

Family. One or more persons related by blood, marriage, legal adoption, or under approved foster care.

Family day care home. A single-family dwelling in which more than five but less than 13 individuals, are received for care, protection and guidance during only part of a 24-hour day. Individuals related by blood, legal adoption or marriage to the person who maintains the home shall not be counted towards this total. The care of five or fewer individuals for portions of a day shall be considered as a "home occupation."

Group home. A residential facility in which no more than eight individuals with mental illness, intellectual disability, or developmental disabilities reside, with one or more resident or nonresident staff persons, as residential occupancy by a single family.

Assisted Living Facility. A residential facility in which no more than eight aged, infirm or disabled persons reside, with one or more resident counselors or other staff persons, as a single family residential occupancy.

Bed and Breakfast. A dwelling in which not more than ten bedrooms provide overnight, seven nights or less, lodging for guests for compensation. The serving of meals to guests is optional. Service of meals to customers other than overnight guests is not permitted.

Boardinghouse. A dwelling in which no more than ten bedrooms provide extended, six or more days, lodging for guests for compensation. The serving of meals to guests is optional. Service of meals to customers other than overnight guests is not permitted.

Campground. Facilities providing camping or parking areas and incidental services for travelers in recreational vehicles and/or tents. The overnight parking of recreational vehicles shall be a permitted accessory use at parking facilities, and shall not be classified as a campground, provided that the following criteria is met: 1. Recreational vehicles shall only be parked on a temporary overnight basis, and shall not be parked for more than 12 continuous hours at a time; 2. Parking facilities shall not provide incidental services principally for recreational vehicles, and 3. The parking of recreational vehicles shall not interfere with the movement of traffic or create a safety hazard.

Division, parcel. To divide a parent parcel into no more than two additional parts for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development. Lots shall be divided from parent tracts, or the residue parcel that remains after a prior one-lot division, so long as such residue parcel has five or more acres or a minimum of 300 feet of existing state road frontage. For clarity, it is the specific intent of this provision to allow a maximum of three total lots, including the residual parcel, to be created from any parent parcel by division, if any.

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, into two or more parts for the purpose of sale or gift to a member of the immediate family of the property owner or the beneficiary of a trust that owns the property, subject to the requirements of section 86-531 of this Code.

Growth area overlay districts. Means designated areas in the county having the highest potential for growth and provision of future public infrastructure and possibly new or expanded community facilities and services. Generally these districts allow for a mixture of residential, civic, commercial or industrial uses and contain development requirements for buffering, screening, site design and architectural guidelines according to section 86-109, and secs. 86-122-125 (see the adopted Louisa County Comprehensive Plan).

A dwelling unit less than 1,500 square feet in finished floor space and located within a detached accessory structure no more than one-half the size of the finished square footage of the primary dwelling unit... Only one accessory dwelling unit shall be allowable per lot.

Accessory structures constructed before main structures shall comply with the setbacks and yard requirements for main structures.

Accessory uses are allowable uses in all zoning districts, subject to any requirements found in this chapter.

A temporary sign, not exceeding 60 square feet... The display of banners may not exceed two weeks.

A dwelling in which not more than ten bedrooms provide overnight, seven nights or less, lodging for guests for compensation.

A dwelling in which no more than ten bedrooms provide extended, six or more days, lodging for guests for compensation.

The overnight parking of recreational vehicles shall be a permitted accessory use at parking facilities... shall not be parked for more than 12 continuous hours at a time

Any facility providing care, protection and guidance to less than ten individuals... Any facility providing care, protection and guidance to ten or more individuals...

A structure, without a roof, directly adjacent to a principal building, which has an average elevation of 30 inches or greater from finished grade.

it is the specific intent of this provision to allow a maximum of three total lots, including the residual parcel, to be created from any parent parcel by division