Page County Unincorporated

Nothing contained herein shall require any change in the plans or construction of any building or structure for which a permit was granted prior to the effective date of this chapter. However, such construction must commence within 30 days after this chapter becomes effective. If construction is discontinued for a period of six months or more, further construction shall be in conformity with the provisions of this chapter for the district in which the operation is located.

In any district, structures may be erected on any single lot of record at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this chapter or land may be used notwithstanding limitations imposed by other provisions of this chapter. This provision shall apply even though such lot fails to meet the requirements for area or width, or both, that are generally applicable in the district, provided that yard dimensions and requirements, other than those applying to area or width, or both, shall conform to the regulations for the district in which such lot is located.

No such nonconforming use shall be enlarged or increased, nor extended to occupy a greater area of land than 40% more land than was owned or leased by the user at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this chapter. Wherever a nonconforming use of land has been discontinued for a period of two years, such use shall not thereafter be reestablished.

No such nonconforming structure or building may be enlarged or altered in a way which increases its nonconformity, but any structure or portion thereof may be altered to decrease its nonconformity; provided, however, that any structure or building which existed prior to the adoption of this chapter may be added to, enlarged or altered to the extent that any new addition, enlargement or alteration shall not extend any greater distance into the minimum yard dimensions, as defined by this chapter, than the dimensions of the structure or building which existed prior to the adoption of this chapter. A nonconforming structure which is destroyed or partially destroyed by any means to an extent of 75% or more of the market value thereof immediately prior to such damage or destruction shall not be repaired or restored to a nonconforming status, but shall be reconstructed in a manner and used only in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, unless construction is begun within 24 months after the destruction or partial destruction has taken place.

A nonconforming use may be extended throughout any part of an existing structure or building or any alteration, extension or addition to such structure, provided that any structural alterations, extensions or additions shall comply with all provisions of this chapter with respect to height, area, width, yard and coverage requirements for the zoning district in which the structure or building is located. However, such extension of a nonconforming use shall not exceed 50% of the gross floor area occupied by said nonconforming use at the time such nonconforming use became nonconforming or more than the maximum building coverage allowed in the district in which the structure is situated at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this chapter, whichever is greater.

It shall be the duty of the Zoning Administrator to prepare and maintain an accurate listing of uses and structures in all districts not permitted by right in that district and for which no special exception or variance has been issued and which does not otherwise comply with all sections of this chapter.

The maximum height of any data center building shall be 60 feet. The site shall be enclosed by a fence at least six feet in height with a locked gate at all access points. A vegetated buffer of at least 50 feet in width shall be maintained along all property lines.

In the Agricultural (A-1) and Woodland-Conservation District (W-C) districts, the subject parcel or parcels shall be no less than 15 contiguous acres in area.

Building height: two stories or 35 feet maximum. Front yard: 100 feet minimum. Side yards: 100 feet minimum on each side when truck loading space is provided; 50 feet on each side when no truck loading spaces are provided. Rear yard: One hundred feet minimum when truck loading spaces are required and 50 feet when no truck loading spaces are required.

Signs prohibited in all districts: Flashing, simulated traffic signals, signs on vehicles, dumpster signs.

Permitted uses: single-family detached dwellings, two-family dwellings, multifamily dwellings, garden apartments and townhouses... Only one permitted principal residential structure shall be allowed on any lot.

On a corner lot, nothing shall be erected (except street signs, utility poles or traffic signs), placed, planted or allowed to grow in such manner as to impede vision between a height of 2 1/2 and 10 feet above the center-line grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded by the street center lines of such intersecting streets and a line joining the street center lines at a distance of 75 feet from the point of intersection.

On a corner lot, nothing shall be erected... to impede vision between a height of 2 1/2 and 10 feet above the center-line grades... at a distance of 75 feet from the point of intersection.

Sight line easements shall be provided on all corner lots to meet the intersection sight distance established by VDOT...

The height limitations contained in the district regulations do not apply to spires, belfries, cupolas, silos, feed mills, barns, antennas, water tanks, ventilators, chimneys, structures required for electric and telephone facilities or other similar appurtenances.

Every building hereafter erected or moved shall be on a lot adjacent to a public street or with access to a private street approved by the governing body...

Where a district boundary line divides a lot in single or joint ownership of record at the time such line is established, the regulations for the less restricted portion of such lot shall extend not more than 30 feet into the more restricted portion, provided that the lot has frontage on a street in the less restricted district.

Where a lot is not served by a public water supply and/or sanitary sewerage system and Chapter 100, Subdivision of Land, state statute or other local statute or ordinance in force or the Health Official requires a higher standard for lot areas or lot width than this chapter, the more restrictive regulations shall apply.

When an unimproved lot is situated between two improved lots with front yard dimensions less than those required for the zoning district, the front yard required for the unimproved lot may be reduced to a depth equal to the average of the two adjoining lots... In no case shall a front yard be reduced by more than 50% of the required front yard for that district.

Terraces, patios or unenclosed porches may project no more than five feet into any yard setback. Open balconies or fire escapes... do not project more than five feet into any yard nor closer than three feet to any adjacent lot line. Aboveground swimming pools may project no more than five feet into any yard setback.