County (unincorporated) · Virginia

Rockingham County Unincorporated

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15
Districts
315
Extracted rules
897
Standards
14
Chapters read
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Zoning districts

15 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

300 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

Sec. 17-607 (Auction facility)3 standards

The minimum lot size on which the auction facility is located shall be five (5) acres. No structure shall be located closer than fifty (50) feet to any property line. No livestock pens shall be located any closer than three hundred (300) feet from any property line.

Sec. 17-607 (Biomass conversion facility)4 standards

No structure used for storage of biomass and no outside storage of biomass shall be located closer than one hundred fifty (150) feet to any property line and no closer than one hundred (100) feet from the travel surface of public roadways.

Sec. 17-607 (Bulk storage of liquid petroleum gas)1 standards

Up to a thirty thousand (30,000) gallon tank for the storage and distribution of liquid petroleum gas shall be permitted.

Sec. 17-607 (Campground)2 standards

No recreational vehicle, camping sites, structure, or facility shall be located closer than one hundred (100) feet to any property line.

Sec. 17-607 (Company store)1 standards

The interior floor area of the company store shall not exceed one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet.

Sec. 17-607 (Contractor's operation, small)3 standards

The area covered by all structures used in connection with such use, excluding a parking area, shall not exceed a total of five thousand (5,000) square feet.

Sec. 17-607 (Convenience store)2 standards

Building shall be limited to no more than four thousand (4,000) square feet, and Customer seating shall comprise no more than twenty (20) percent of the convenience store square footage.

Sec. 17-607 (Craft brewery)2 standards

In the R-4, R-5, MXU, B-1, B-2, PCD, and PMR zoning districts, annual production shall be no more than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) barrels of beer or ale.

Sec. 17-607 (Dwelling, accessory)2 standards

Any enclosed area used for the accessory dwelling shall not exceed fifteen hundred (1,500) square feet. Only one (1) accessory dwelling shall be permitted per parcel.

Sec. 17-607 (Dwelling, additional)2 standards

No more than two (2) additional dwellings shall be allowed on parcels where there are at least fifteen (15) acres per additional dwelling.

Sec. 17-607 (Dwelling, live/work)2 standards

The cumulative sign area for each unit shall not exceed four (4) square feet with no dimension of any individual sign greater than thirty-six (36) inches.

Sec. 17-607 (Dwelling, manufactured home)1 standards

At a minimum, a four (4) foot by four (4) foot landing shall be required at each door

Sec. 17-607 (Dwelling, rowhouse)1 standards

No more than eight (8) rowhouses shall be included in any rowhouse grouping.

Sec. 17-607 (Dwelling, single-family detached with independent living quarters)2 standards

No independent living quarters shall have a floor area in excess of six hundred (600) square feet or twenty-five (25) percent of the finished floor area of the existing dwelling in which it is located, whichever is greater

Sec. 17-607 (Dwelling, temporary family health care structure)1 standards

A temporary family health care structure shall be accessory to a primary single-family detached dwelling only. Only one (1) temporary family health care structure shall be permitted on any lot on which a single-family detached dwelling is located.

Sec. 17-607 (Event center)1 standards

Hours of operation shall be from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and may continue until 1:00 a.m. Saturday and Sunday mornings and holidays provided the event is held entirely indoors so that light and sound generated by the event do not leave the premises after 11:00 p.m.

Sec. 17-607 (Wind Energy Systems)5 standards

The wind energy system shall be set back a distance at least equal to one hundred ten (110) percent of the structure height from all adjacent property lines and a distance equal at least to one hundred fifty (150) percent of the structure height from any dwelling inhabited by humans on neighboring property.

Sec. 17-607 (Wireless Telecommunications Facilities)10 standards

In the R-1, R-2, R-3, PSF, PMF, R-4, R-5, MH-1, and MHP zoning districts, all wireless telecommunications facilities shall be stealth.

Sec. 17-607 (Yard Sales)2 standards

A yard sale shall be limited to a period of no more than three (3) consecutive days and no more than three (3) yard sales in a one-year period.

Sec. 17-607 - Agriculture-related business, not otherwise listed2 standards

Total building area for any business shall not exceed two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.