Powhatan County Unincorporated

The purpose of the Commerce Center (CC) District is to accommodate a wide range of retail, service, office, and institutional uses that provide goods and services serving the residents and businesses in the community at large (e.g., most retail sales and services uses, small- to medium-sized shopping centers, restaurants, office buildings, recreational and entertainment uses, hotels, places of worship, medical clinics).

The purpose of the Mining and Mineral Extraction (M) District is to accommodate surface and subsurface extraction of building or landscaping materials (e.g., stone, gravel, sand, topsoil), mineral solids (e.g., coal, ores, gems), mineral liquids (e.g., crude petroleum), or gases (e.g., natural gas) from the earth.

The purpose of the Mining and Mineral Extraction (M) District is to accommodate surface and subsurface extraction of building or landscaping materials (e.g., stone, gravel, sand, topsoil), mineral solids (e.g., coal, ores, gems), mineral liquids (e.g., crude petroleum), or gases (e.g., natural gas) from the earth.

The purpose of the Village Residential Planned Development (VR-PD) District is to provide the planning and design flexibility needed to accommodate and encourage the unified development of walkable residential neighborhoods...

The following uses are allowable as principal uses in the VR-PD District, only if the planned development (PD) plan approved for the district expressly identifies the use type as allowed

The purpose of the Village Center Planned Development (VC-PD) District is to provide the planning and design flexibility needed to accommodate and encourage the unified development of small-scale, mixed-use village centers...

The following uses are allowable as principal uses in the VC-PD district, only if the planned development (PD) plan approved for the district expressly identifies the use type as allowed

The purpose of the Commerce Center Planned Development (CC-PD) District is to provide the planning and design flexibility needed to accommodate and encourage the unified development of large-scale commercial and light industrial uses...

The following uses are allowable as principal uses in the CC-PD District, only if the planned development (PD) plan approved for the district expressly identifies the use type as allowed

The purpose of the planned development district is to create large, cohesive master-planned developments that incorporate commercial and light industrial uses, with complementary residential uses.

The purpose of the planned development district is to create large, cohesive master-planned developments that incorporate commercial and light industrial uses, with complementary residential uses. This district must be utilized in the areas denoted economic opportunity...

keeping or maintaining a dump heap shall be prohibited on property in all transition base districts.

The purpose of the Residential Utility (R-U) District is to accommodate single-family and duplex residential development, plus limited institutional development.

The purpose of the Office (O) District is to accommodate professional office, administrative office, and limited institutional development.

The purpose of the General Commercial (C) District is to accommodate general commercial development on land previously zoned general commercial.

If there is any conflict between the provisions or requirements of the overlay district and those of any underlying district, the more restrictive provisions and/or those pertaining to the overlay district shall apply.

telecommunications towers are prohibited within historic overlay districts.

Irrespective of the principal use standards applicable to the underlying zoning district, telecommunications towers are prohibited within historic overlay districts.

The various special flood hazard districts shall include the SFHAs. The basis for the delineation of these districts shall be the FIS and the FIRM for Powhatan County prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Insurance Administration, dated September 26, 2024.

All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus 18 inches.