Northampton County Unincorporated

Residential subdivisions with lawful plats of record dated and recorded before December 28, 2000, may be allowed to develop using a side setback/yard of 25 feet in the Agricultural District and 15 feet in the residential districts.

Where the rear line of a lot abuts an alley, up to one-half of the width of such alley may be counted toward the required rear yard, but in no case shall the rear yard be reduced to less than five feet.

Chimneys, church steeples, cooling towers... may be erected to a height not exceeding 100 feet... Water towers may be erected to a height not exceeding 150 feet... Farm buildings... may be erected to a maximum height of 45 feet... Radio, T.V., electrical transmission towers... shall not exceed a height of 199 feet.

Accessory buildings located closer than ten feet to a main building shall be construed to be a part of the main building... On a corner lot in a residential district, no planting, wall, fence or other obstruction to motorist's vision shall be planted, erected or maintained higher than three feet above the adjoining edge of pavement within a triangle comprised of two 20-foot right-of-way legs... On a corner lot in any commercial or industrial district... higher than three feet... within a triangle comprised of two ten-foot right-of-way legs.

The minimum lot frontage of a lot shall be not less than the lot width at the building line; except, that where lot lines are established radially from a curved street... the frontage of such lots thus created may be reduced to not less than 70% of the lot width at the building line; provided further, that the frontage of any lot located on the turnaround of a cul-de-sac (dead-end street) may be reduced to not less than 50% of the lot width.

Within an HP District, the following additional regulations shall apply: ... no heights shall exceed those of any historic landmarks already in the HP District.

The purpose of this Historic Preservation Overlay District is to promote appreciation for and protection of the character and heritage of the villages, towns and countryside of Northampton County by preserving and enhancing historic districts and their gateways, buildings, structures, places and areas.

No officially designated historic landmark, building, or structure within an HP District shall be razed, demolished, removed, or altered in exterior architectural features or appearance, including the placement of signs, until a certificate of approval is issued by the Board of Supervisors, acting upon the advice of the HRB.

No structure or tree shall be erected, altered, or allowed to grow so as to penetrate the airport approach, horizontal, or transitional surfaces.

No use shall be conducted within the AP District in such a manner as to create electrical interference with navigational signals or radio communications between the airport and aircraft, make it difficult for pilots to distinguish between airport lights and other lights, result in glare in the eyes of pilots, impair visibility, or in any way create a hazard or endanger the landing, take off or maneuvering of aircraft intending to use the airport.

A 100-foot vegetated buffer area located adjacent to and landward of the components listed in the subsections (D)(1)(a)-(f) above and along both sides of any water body with perennial flow.

The CAP overlay district applies to lands designated on the zoning map. Requirements include buffer preservation, vegetation replacement, and plan of development for land disturbance over 2,500 sq ft.

A 100-foot buffer area of vegetation that is effective in retarding runoff, preventing erosion, and filtering nonpoint source pollution from runoff shall be maintained if present and established where it does not exist.

Any development or redevelopment exceeding 2,500 square feet of land disturbance shall be accomplished through the approval of a plan of development prior to any clearing or grading of the site or the issuance of any building permit, to assure compliance with all applicable requirements of this chapter.

Any development or redevelopment exceeding 2,500 square feet of land disturbance shall be accomplished through the approval of a plan of development prior to any clearing or grading of the site or the issuance of any building permit.

The US13C District shall apply to all lands as designated by the Board of Supervisors as US13C on the zoning district map. ... Buildings shall be set back from the VDOT right-of-way in accordance with Appendix B.

The US13C District shall apply to all lands as designated by the Board of Supervisors as US13C on the zoning district map. ... The US13C District shall apply to all developments abutting U.S. Route 13 and requiring site plan or subdivision review.

Of the two sides of a corner lot, the front shall be deemed to be the shorter of the two sides fronting on streets. The side yard on the side facing the side street shall be 30 feet or more for both main and accessory buildings. The aggregate floor area of an accessory building or structure shall not exceed 25% of the area of the lot or parcel.

Minimum area for creation of a permanent Mobile Home Park District shall be five acres. Minimum site area for mobile homes shall be 5,000 square feet space per unit. Maximum percent lot coverage (parks) 50%.

The one existing Planned Unit Development in the County, known as the Bayview Citizens for Social Justice, will be renamed 'Bayview PUD', with all of its unique attributes as created by vote of the Board of Supervisors on August 11, 1999.