Powhatan County Unincorporated

Only one dwelling shall be allowed on a single lot. The dwelling shall be configured through massing, door placement, centralized parking location, and use of exterior materials to give the dwelling the appearance of a large single-family detached home. Ground-floor dwelling units shall be accessed via internal corridors or from individual exterior porches or stoops served by a designated walkway, and upper-story dwelling units shall be accessed via internal corridors, common stairways, or individual stairways. The dwelling shall not have vehicular access via more than one driveway from any abutting street, unless via a circular drive.

Dwelling, three- or four-family. Three- or four-family dwellings shall comply with the following standards: 1. Only one dwelling shall be allowed on a single lot. 2. The dwelling shall be configured through massing, door placement, centralized parking location, and use of exterior materials to give the dwelling the appearance of a large single-family detached home. 3. Ground-floor dwelling units shall be accessed via internal corridors or from individual exterior porches or stoops served by a designated walkway, and upper-story dwelling units shall be accessed via internal corridors, common stairways, or individual stairways. 4. The dwelling shall not have vehicular access via more than one driveway from any abutting street, unless via a circular drive.

The overall density of dwellings in a manufactured home park shall not exceed eight units per gross acre or six units per net acre. Each manufactured home shall be located within a designated manufactured home space. The minimum area of a manufactured home space shall be 4,500 square feet. The minimum width of a manufactured home space shall be 2.5 times the width of the manufactured home, or 25 feet, whichever is greater. No manufactured home shall occupy more than 25 percent of the manufactured home space. Manufactured homes shall be located at least 25 feet from streets internal to the park, and at least 25 feet from each other, except 20 feet between facing ends. Each unit shall include an outdoor patio space at least 250 square feet. Streets shall be hard surfaced and at least 24 feet wide. Cul-de-sac streets shall have a turning radius of 35 feet. Parks shall not operate as closed parks. No general retail or wholesale establishment. Each park shall provide at least one multi-purpose recreational area of at least 10,000 square feet or 10% of total area. All utilities shall be located underground.

Manufactured home parks shall comply with the following standards: 1. General. i. The overall density of dwellings in a manufactured home park shall not exceed eight units per gross acre or six units per net acre. Floodplains and other areas consisting of adverse topographic features shall not be included in density calculations. ii. Each manufactured home shall be located within a designated manufactured home space, whose corners are clearly marked by permanent ground markers corresponding to the approved plan for the park. 2. Dimensional standards. i. The minimum area of a manufactured home space shall be 4,500 square feet. ii. The minimum width of a manufactured home space shall be 2.5 times the width of the manufactured home, or 25 feet, whichever is greater. iii. No manufactured home shall occupy more than 25 percent of the manufactured home space on which it is located. 3. Locational standards. i. Manufactured homes shall be located at least 25 feet from streets internal to the manufactured home park, as measured from the closest exterior wall. ii. Manufactured homes shall be spaced at least 25 feet from each other and from any service buildings, except that minimum spacing between the facing ends of manufactured homes shall be 20 feet. 4. Patio standards. Each manufactured home unit shall include an outdoor patio space that is at least 250 square feet in area and is directly accessible from an entranceway to the manufactured home. 5. Streets. Streets in manufactured home parks shall meet all state and county requirements for applicable roadways, and comply with the following standards: i. Streets providing frontage to individual manufactured home spaces and collector streets with no parking shall be hard surfaced and be at least 24 feet wide. ii. Cul-de-sac streets shall be at least 24 feet wide and have a turning radius of 35 feet. 6. Miscellaneous standards. i. Manufactured home parks shall not operate as closed parks in which entry is denied to those who do not own or lease a home from the dealer, park owner, or operator. ii. No manufactured home park may serve as a general retail or wholesale establishment. Demonstration sites or storage areas for manufactured homes are prohibited. iii. Each manufactured home park shall provide at least one multi-purpose recreational area, the area of which shall be at least the greater of 10,000 square feet or ten percent of the total area of the manufactured home park. iv. All utilities shall be located underground, with no overhead wires allowed, except for control instrumentation and substations, which shall be screened in accordance with section 83-465, Screening, of Article VIII, Development Standards.

The major component parts of a continuing care retirement community shall each comply with the standards applicable to the principal use most closely representing the component—i.e., nursing home standards for the skilled nursing services components, assisted living facility standards for assisted living services component, and single-family, duplex, townhouse, and/or multifamily dwelling standards, as appropriate, for the independent living component.

Continuing care retirement community. The major component parts of a continuing care retirement community shall each comply with the standards applicable to the principal use most closely representing the component—i.e., nursing home standards for the skilled nursing services components, assisted living facility standards for assisted living services component, and single-family, duplex, townhouse, and/or multifamily dwelling standards, as appropriate, for the independent living component.

Rooms shall be rented to no more than four persons at any one time; The owner shall maintain the house as a primary residence; Sleeping rooms in a rooming house shall not include individual kitchen facilities and shall be accessed by a common room or hallway, and shall not have individual access to the outside (except for emergency exits).

Rooming or boarding house. Rooming and boarding houses shall comply with the following standards: 1. Rooms shall be rented to no more than four persons at any one time; 2. The owner shall maintain the house as a primary residence; 3. Sleeping rooms in a rooming house shall: i. Not include individual kitchen facilities; and ii. Be accessed by a common room or hallway, and shall not have individual access to the outside (except for emergency exits).

Telecommunications facilities: towers shall be set back from any property line and from an existing residential dwelling on the same parcel by a distance equal or exceeding 120 percent of the tower height. Towers shall be designed to permit extensions to a maximum height of 199 feet. Collocated antennas allowed by right if no height increase by 20 ft or 25%. Exemptions for towers 35 ft or less in any district, or 100 ft or less in I-1/I-2. Removal of abandoned facilities within 90 days. Land disturbance permit required if >10,000 sq ft.

Telecommunications facility. ... 7. Telecommunications towers. ii. Height. To permit collocation, towers shall be designed and constructed to permit extensions to a maximum height of 199 feet, except as otherwise provided in the approved conditional use permit. iii. Setbacks. All towers shall be set back from any property line and from an existing residential dwelling on the same parcel by a distance equal or exceeding 120 percent of the tower height, and from an existing residential dwelling on an adjacent property by at least 500 feet, or 200 percent of the tower height, whichever is greater. ... iv. Design Standards. ... F. A type C perimeter buffer shall be provided around the entire facility, including support buildings (see section 83-460, Tree protection and section 83-461, Landscaping, and buffers, of Article VIII, Development Standards). G. A fence at least six feet high shall be provided around the base of the tower and any associated equipment.

Child day care centers: comply with state regulations. Outdoor play areas shall be safely segregated from accessways, parking, loading, or service areas; not operated after 8:00 p.m. Vehicular access shall provide designated passenger pick-up and delivery area with at least one drop-off/pick-up space per 20 children.

Child day care center. Child day care facilities shall comply with the following standards: 1. The facility shall comply with all applicable state regulations regarding the licensing and operations of child care facilities. 2. Outdoor play areas shall be: i. Safely segregated from accessways, and parking, loading, or service areas; and ii. Not operated for outdoor play activities after 8:00 p.m. 3. Vehicular access and circulation shall: i. Be designed to enhance the safety of children as they arrive and leave the facility; and ii. Provide a designated passenger pick-up and delivery area that includes at least one drop-off/pick-up space per 20 children and is located adjacent to the child day care center in such a way that children do not have to cross vehicular accessways to enter or exit the facility.

Hospitals shall be in compliance with state regulations; located on a site of at least five acres and front on or have direct access to an arterial or collector street; served by public water and wastewater system; include safe and separate emergency vehicle access.

Hospitals shall be: 1. In compliance with all applicable state regulations regarding the licensing and operation of a hospital; 2. Located on a site that has an area of at least five acres and fronts on or has direct access to an arterial or collector street; 3. Served by a public water and wastewater system; and 4. Include vehicular access and circulation systems and exterior signage that provides safe and separate emergency vehicle access to the hospital, with minimal conflicts with pedestrian or other vehicular traffic in the area.

Nursing homes: comply with state regulations; direct vehicular access to arterial or collector street, no access to local street unless designed to inhibit regular use; security provisions (e.g., fencing) to restrict patients from leaving; accessory retail limited to 1,000 sq ft or 10% of gross floor area, whichever is less.

Nursing homes shall comply with the following standards: 1. The nursing home shall comply with all applicable state regulations regarding the licensing and operation of a nursing home facility. 2. The site shall have direct vehicular access to and from an arterial or collector street. There shall be no vehicular access to or from any local street, or any such access shall be located and designed to inhibit its regular use. 3. The site shall include security provisions (e.g., fencing) that restrict patients from leaving the property without authorization. 4. Accessory uses to a nursing home may include retail sales of foods and beverages, gifts, books and periodicals, and other convenience items, as long as such accessory retail uses are limited to a floor area not exceeding 1,000 square feet or ten percent of the building's gross floor area, whichever is less.

Cemeteries: comply with state and federal regulations; include adequate space for parking and maneuvering of funeral processions; if combined with funeral home, comply with standards for each component.

Cemetery. Except as otherwise stated, new cemeteries and expansions of existing cemeteries shall comply with the following standards: 1. The cemetery shall comply with all applicable state and federal regulations regarding the licensing and operation of cemeteries. 2. The cemetery shall include adequate space for the parking and maneuvering of funeral processions. 3. If a cemetery use is combined with a funeral home or mortuary use, the combined use shall comply with the standards (including districts where permitted) applicable to each component use.

Community gardens: limited to production for home consumption; overhead lighting prohibited; signage limited to single non-illuminated flat sign of 4 sq ft; perimeter fencing subject to section 83-466; must have established operating rules.

Community gardens shall comply with the following standards: 1. Garden use shall be limited to production of produce for home consumption only. 2. Overhead lighting in community gardens is prohibited. 3. Signage is limited to a single, non-illuminated, flat sign of four square feet in area. 4. Perimeter fencing, including trellises, is allowed in community gardens and is subject to the standards in section 83-466, Fences and walls. 5. The community garden shall have an established set of operating rules addressing the governance structure of the garden, hours of operation, assignment of garden plots, and maintenance and security requirements and responsibilities.