The following non-structural uses and activities are permitted in any floodplain district... Encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements and other developments are prohibited unless certification... demonstrates that encroachments shall not result in any increase in flood levels during occurrence of the base flood.

Article 10, Sections 10-13.D, 10-14, 10-15, 10-179 standards

The following non-structural uses and activities are permitted in any floodplain district... Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as Zones A1-30 and AE on the Flood Insurance Rate Map, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development... will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one (1) foot.

Article 10, Sections 10-13.D, 10-14, 10-15, 10-189 standards

The following non-structural uses and activities are permitted in any floodplain district... The Approximated Floodplain District shall be that floodplain area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided, but where a one hundred (100)-year floodplain boundary has been approximated. Such areas are shown as Zone A on the maps accompanying the Flood Insurance Study.

Article 11, Nonconforming Uses14 standards

Any lot, use, or structure existing at the time of enactment of this Zoning Ordinance which does not conform to the provisions of this article may be continued as herein provided.

Article 13, Section 13-1-14 standards

A site plan shall be required for any development on any site, in all zoning districts, in any case in which construction or a change in use of the existing site increases the number of on-site parking spaces or anything that causes a visible change in the site.

Article 13, Section 13-104 standards

Intentional Communities shall have a density of no greater than one (1) dwelling per two (2) acres, unless there is central water or sewer. Clustering will be allowed... dwellings must be at least fifty (50) feet apart. At least sixty (60) percent of the property must be unimproved land.

Article 13, Section 13-107 standards

Intentional Communities shall have a density of no greater than one (1) dwelling per two (2) acres, unless there is central water or sewer. At least sixty (60) percent of the property must be unimproved land.

Article 13, Section 13-45 standards

The plan shall be prepared at a scale of not less than 1"=20' except for the index sheet... contour interval of two (2) feet or less for Major Site Plans; twenty (20) feet or less for Minor Site Plans.

Article 13, Section 13-6-14 standards

Easements of not less than fifteen (15) feet in width shall be provided for drainage, water, sewer, power lines and other utilities... Major streets shall approach major or minor streets at an angle of not less than eighty (80) degrees.

Article 13, Section 13-93 standards

There shall be a charge for the examination and approval or disapproval of every site plan. $500.00—Major Site Plan Approval; $100.00—Minor Site Plan; $100.00—Site Plan Amendment.

Article 15, Section 15-25 standards

Any person, firm, or corporation... violating... shall be guilty of a misdemeanor... fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).

Article 16, Section 16-46 standards

In order to provide for the orderly development of land in special situations where existing zoning district regulations are inadequate to protect the community, rezonings or amendments to the zoning map may be allowed subject to conditions voluntarily proffered by the zoning applicant... The governing body may approve reasonable conditions... criteria: (a) rezoning gives rise to need, (b) reasonable relation, (c) no cash contribution, (d) no mandatory dedication except by law, (e) no off-site improvements except by law, (f) relate to physical development, (g) conformity with comprehensive plan, (h) no discrimination.

Article 16, Sections 16-1 to 16-36 standards

A petition for rezoning shall be made by all property owners... The Planning Commission shall hold at least one public hearing... No change shall be made by the governing body unless referred to Planning Commission... Denial prevents reconsideration for one year.

Article 19, Section 19-1

No lot, parcel, or tract of land lying within the boundaries of the County of Nelson shall at any time be used as a permanent or temporary disposal site for the storage of nuclear waste materials or any spent radioactive substance.

Article 2, Definitions - Agricultural processing facility1 standards

The preparation, processing, or sale of food products, or accumulation for shipment or sale of crops and animals, in connection with an agricultural operation when more than twenty (20) percent of such crops or animals are not produced on an agricultural operation on the same or contiguous parcel(s) owned or controlled by the operator of the facility.

Article 2, Definitions - Agricultural processing facility, major2 standards

A major agricultural processing facility is one that either (i) has more than ten thousand (10,000) square feet of enclosed space devoted to agricultural processing operations or (ii) entails the preparation, processing, or sale of food products, or accumulation for shipment or sale of crops and animals, in connection with an agricultural operation when more than fifty (50) percent of such crops or animals are not produced on an agricultural operation on the same or contiguous parcel(s) owned or controlled by the operator of the facility.

Article 2, Definitions - Automobile graveyard, class A2 standards

Any rear yard or part of a rear yard upon which a maximum of two (2) inoperative vehicles of any kind are located and which is screened by natural plantings or by other reasonable means acceptable to the Administrator so that vehicles are not visible from the roadway or adjacent residential, commercial, or agricultural properties. A 'class A automobile graveyard' is considered to be an accessory use to single-family residential use.

Article 2, Definitions - Automobile graveyard, class B1 standards

Any place meeting setback side and rear yard requirements for buildings upon which a maximum of five (5) inoperative vehicles of any kind are located and which is screened by natural plantings or by other reasonable means acceptable to the Administrator so that such vehicles are not visible from the roadway or adjacent residential, commercial, or agricultural properties.

Article 2, Definitions - Automobile graveyard, class C1 standards

Any place meeting setback side and rear yard requirements for buildings upon which more than five (5) inoperative vehicles of any kind are located, and which is screened by natural plantings or by other reasonable means acceptable to the Administrator, so that such vehicles are not visible from the roadway or adjacent residential, commercial or agricultural properties.

Article 2, Definitions - Basement1 standards

A basement shall be counted as a story for the purpose of height regulations, if it is subdivided and used for business purposes, or for dwelling purposes by other than a janitor employed on the premises.

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