C-1
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 0.1 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 435,600 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (10 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Housing
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Land with elevation greater than 800 feet, soil type Class 4 or greater, and slope greater than 15 percent. Covers steep slopes, hardwood forests, areas of erosive soils, and open spaces such as parklands, farms, lakes, or mountains.
Uses
Permitted by right22
- Single family detached dwelling (including mobile home)
- General farming, agriculture, horticulture, dairy, and forestry
- Public school, public park, and public playground
- Preserve and conservation area
- Hunting or fishing club
- Farm Sawmill
- Small boat dock (with repair)
- Cemetery and graveyard
- Church, parish hall, and rectory
- Accessory use and building
- Public Service Corporation transmission lines, poles, pipes, meters, transformers and other facilities necessary for the transmission and maintenance of public service utilities. Subject to Code of Virginia, § 15.1-456, as amended.
- Farm Winery
- Intensive livestock, dairy or poultry facility subject to Article 3-10.
- Home occupation as defined.
- Sorghum syrup production with wholesale sales.
- Small wind energy system.
- Farm market.
- Processing farm and food products if 51 percent or more of the products are grown on the property and if applicable state and federal regulations are implemented.
- Wild game processing.
- Biodiesel fuel production for use exclusively by the landowner.
- Residential/business solar energy systems. See Article 14, section 14-17.
- Short-Term Lodging Unit, see Article 20-160A (definitions).
Conditional / special use29
- Summer camp.
- Travel trailer or camper camp as provided in Article 15.
- Public Service Corporation generating, booster, or relay station (Main).
- General store as defined.
- Antique craft and gift shop.
- Animal show ground.
- Temporary carnival, fair, or show with a non-profit local sponsor.
- Temporary wayside stand.
- Private park and playground.
- Temporary construction yard.
- Private school or day care center.
- Commercial riding stable and ring.
- Lodge, inn, or hotel with interior eating facilities or overnight lodging.
- Public building.
- Firearm or archery club and/or range.
- Kennel.
- Veterinary clinic and building.
- Home occupation as defined.
- Restaurant/Caterer.
- Sorghum syrup production with retail sales.
- Golf course.
- Golf driving range.
- Country club.
- Showroom.
- Small wind energy system with a tower height of greater than 60 feet to 100 feet.
- Primitive Campgrounds as provided in Article 15-A.
- Airport or heliport.
- Reserved.
- Short-Term Lodging Unit, see Article 20-160A (Definitions).
Accessory1
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Environmental
- Nutrient management plan required
No intensive facility shall commence operation until a nutrient management plan has been reviewed and approved.
Height
The height regulations for the Conservation, C-1, district shall conform to the height regulations for the Residential Limited, R-1 District, as detailed in section 5-8. All agricultural uses are exempt from height restrictions.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building side/rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.10 ft
All accessory buildings must be located ten feet or more from a side or rear property line.
- DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. criteria
Elevation greater than 800 feet; soil type Class 4 or greater; slope greater than 15 percent.
Structures shall be located 50 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width, or 100 feet or more from the center line of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.
- Livestock structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from adjacent non-C-1/A-1 districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.600 ft
From an adjacent Zoning District that is not Conservation, C-1 or Agricultural, A-1: 600 feet; reducible to 400 feet with vegetative screen.
- Minimum acreage for intensive livestock/dairy/poultry facility
For beef/dairy cattle: 60 acres; for swine: 20 acres; for poultry: 20 acres.
- Livestock structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line300 ft
In the Conservation, C-1 or Agriculture, A-1 Zoning Districts: 300 feet.
- Livestock structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public road300 ft
The setback for intensive livestock, dairy, or poultry structures from a public road shall be at least 300 feet.
- Livestock structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from sensitive uses1,000 ft
All livestock, dairy, or poultry structures shall be set back at least 1,000 feet from incorporated towns, residential R-1, R-2, and R-3 Zoning Districts, mobile home parks, public schools, churches, County owned buildings, public recreation areas; public wells, public springs, and public water intakes. Reducible to 800 feet with vegetative screen.
- Livestock structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from water bodies100 ft
All livestock, dairy, or poultry structures shall be set back at least 100 feet from any well, stream, creek, river, or other water impoundment of any type.
- Maximum number of lots per 10 years4 lots
No lot, tract or parcel of land in the Conservation, C-1 District shall be subdivided into more than four smaller lots, tracts or parcels of land within any ten-year period.
Signage
- Development plan sign area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each parcel for which a development plan has been approved shall display at its entrance a sign no smaller than two square feet, or larger than four square feet, clearly visible from the nearest roadway, indicating that a development plan is in effect for the parcel and containing the words 'Certified Agricultural Development Site.'
From the ordinance
The minimum lot area for permitted uses shall be ten acres, except for an outdoor archery range, which shall be three acres.