Prince George County Unincorporated

Places of public assembly, such as schools, churches, hospitals, apartment houses, theaters and assembly halls, shall not be erected or otherwise located in any area which would be classified as an approach zone.

A stormwater management plan shall be submitted as part of the plan of development process required by this article and in conjunction with site plan or subdivision plan approval.

This article shall apply to all privately and publicly owned lands within the jurisdiction of the County of Prince George and identified as areas of special flood hazard according to the flood insurance rate map (FIRM)... New construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure... shall have the lowest floor elevated to at least one foot above the base flood level.

Within any floodway area, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis... The placement of manufactured homes (mobile homes) is prohibited, except when replacing an existing manufactured home (mobile home) in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision.

Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction... shall be permitted... unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect... will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot.

The approximated floodplain district shall be that floodplain area for which no detailed flood profiles or elevations are provided... base flood elevations from other sources shall be used.

All new construction and substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor... elevated to or above the flood depth specified on the FIRM... If no flood depth number is specified, the lowest floor shall be elevated no less than two feet above the highest adjacent grade.

Buildings and structures within this zone shall have the lowest floor elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus one foot of freeboard.

All new construction and substantial improvements in zones V and VE... shall be elevated on pilings or columns so that the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member... is elevated to at least one foot above the base flood level.

In this area no emergency service, medical service, or governmental records storage shall be allowed except by special exception.

The floodplain districts described above shall be overlays to the existing underlying districts... more restrictive provisions shall apply.

If any legal activity is being pursued or any lot or structure is being legally utilized in a manner or for a purpose which does not conform to the provisions of this chapter on July 1, 1965, such manner of use or purpose may be continued... If any nonconforming use, structure or activity is discontinued for a period exceeding two years after July 1, 1965, it shall be deemed abandoned...

Home occupation permits may be issued by the zoning administrator for home occupation home office uses and for home occupation child care conducted by the residents of existing dwellings within the M-1, M-2, or M-3 district, including mobile homes within existing mobile home parks, as accessory uses to those dwellings.

All nonconforming uses shall obtain a zoning permit and a certificate of occupancy within 60 days after July 1, 1965.

On any building devoted in whole or in part to any nonconforming use, work may be done in any period of 12 consecutive months on ordinary repairs or on repair or replacement of nonbearing walls, fixtures, wiring or plumbing to an extent not exceeding ten percent of the current replacement value of the structure...

Nonconforming single-family residential structures, churches and accessory structures and farm buildings which are located in a B-1, M-1 or M-2 district may be expanded for their respective uses, subject to the following: (1) Expansion may not exceed 50 percent of the ground area of the original structure. (2) Any expansion may not come closer to a road or right-of-way than the existing structure, unless the setback requirements of the district can be met.

Nonconforming buildings located on lots or parcels in the RPA overlay district may be enlarged or have accessory structures constructed in conjunction with the principal building, provided such expansion does not exceed 50 percent of the ground area of the principal building to a maximum of 1,000 square feet of ground area.

Any lot of record which on July 1, 1965, is less in area or width than the minimum required by this chapter may be used when the requirements of the board of zoning appeals regarding setbacks, side and rear yards are met.

If a nonconforming activity is destroyed or damaged in any manner to the extent that the cost of restoration to its condition before the occurrence shall exceed 50 percent of the cost of reconstructing the entire activity or structure, it shall be restored only if such use complies with the requirements of this chapter. If a nonconforming structure is destroyed or damaged... exceed 75 percent...

Buildings or structures shall be started, reconstructed, enlarged or altered only after a zoning permit has been obtained from the administrator.