Buena Vista

Pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 62.1-44.15:27, this ordinance is adopted as part of an initiative to integrate the City of Buena Vista stormwater management requirements...

No person may engage in any land-disturbing activity until a VSMP authority permit has been issued... Exemptions for single-family residences disturbing less than one acre.

Land subject to flooding and land deemed to be topographically unsuitable shall not be platted for residential occupancy...

Administration provisions including permit procedures, board of zoning appeals, and sign posting requirements.

The regulations established herein constitute minimum requirements which shall apply to all subdivisions

Subdivision regulations covering utility requirements, erosion control, plat approval, and design standards.

Any violation... shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10.00 or more than $1,000.00.

Site plans are required and shall be submitted for all new structures, all renovated structures and all additions to existing structures, with the following exceptions: 1501.01 — Single-family dwellings. 1501.02 — Two-family dwellings.

For the purposes of this ordinance, the City of Buena Vista is divided into zoning districts named and described in the following sections. The boundaries of said zoning districts are hereby established and shown on the official zoning map...

Every part of a required yard or court shall be open from its lowest point to the sky unobstructed, except for the ordinary projection of sills, cornices, buttresses, ornamental feature, chimneys, flues, eaves, provided such projections shall not extended into the required yard areas for a distance exceeding two feet.

Every part of a required yard or court shall be open from its lowest point to the sky unobstructed, except for the ordinary projection of sills, cornices, buttresses, ornamental feature, chimneys, flues, eaves, provided such projections shall not extended into the required yard areas for a distance exceeding two feet.

Gardening shall be exempt from zoning permit requirements in any district allowing residential uses provided that such gardening shall not be objectionable by reason of odor, dust, noise, pollution, soil erosion, sedimentation, or drainage.

if such construction does not commence within 30 days after this ordinance becomes effective, or if construction is discontinued for a period of six months or more, further construction shall be in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance

Single large buildings meeting or exceeding the size limits set forth below must receive a conditional use permit in accordance with article 8 of these regulations prior to construction

Except as otherwise stated, a principal building or structure may be erected, or a primary use established, only on a lot which possesses frontage on one of the following: A public street... or a private street which meets the requirements below.

Private streets shall be constructed, at a minimum, using the VDOT GS-4 Geometric Design Standards for Rural Local Road System or VDOT GS-8 Geometric Design Standards for Urban Local Street System.

Private streets shall be constructed, at a minimum, using the VDOT GS-4 Geometric Design Standards for Rural Local Road System or VDOT GS-8 Geometric Design Standards for Urban Local Street System.

The amount of the bond or other security for performance shall not exceed the total of the estimated cost to construct the street and a reasonable allowance for estimated administrative costs and inflation which shall not exceed 25 percent of the cost of the construction.

The minimum street frontage for any use in any zone, if not otherwise specified elsewhere in this code or in an approved plan of development, shall be 25 feet.

The minimum street frontage for any use in any zone, if not otherwise specified elsewhere in this code or in an approved plan of development, shall be 25 feet.