Shenandoah County Unincorporated

These provisions shall apply to all lands within the jurisdiction of Shenandoah County and identified as areas of special flood hazard on the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) or included in the flood insurance study (FIS) that are provided to the County of Shenandoah by FEMA.

These zones are established as overlay zones, superimposed over the existing base zones... no structure shall be erected, altered or maintained, and no vegetation shall be allowed to grow to a height so as to penetrate any referenced surface.

The area subject to regulation by this article includes all land within 540 feet of the center line of U.S. 11.

The below-listed uses are required to have a decommissioning plan per § 165-164. A. Large-scale energy facilities.

An area of not less than 10 feet by 20 feet for each automobile or motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles stored in impoundment lots shall be completely screened from view on all sides by using a visually opaque fence at least eight feet in height. Motor vehicles placed in an impoundment lot shall not be permitted to remain there longer than 120 days.

Light screen buffer — A single row of trees, four feet tall and planted six feet on center. Medium screen buffer — A staggered double row of trees, four feet tall and planted six feet on center. Opaque screen buffer — A staggered triple row of trees, six feet tall and planted eight feet on center. Screen trees shall not be of a monoculture and shall consist of at least five different tree species.

One freestanding sign shall be permitted per lot. Sign, double-faced: located not more than 24 inches from each other.

A homeshare shall have no more than four guest bedrooms at any one time. Further, homeshares must comply with the supplementary regulations in § 165-32.4 of this chapter. Short-term rentals must comply with the supplementary regulations in § 165-32.4 of this chapter.

A building consisting of dwelling units arranged, designed, and each intended for and occupied exclusively by one family; said building consisting of not less than three nor more than eight attached dwelling units with a semidetached unit on each end thereof being included within the aforesaid minimum and maximum numbers; each dwelling unit shall be separated by an unpierced party wall going to the roof and contain at least two and not more than 2 1/2 stories; and each dwelling unit having at least one separate entrance from the outside.

Public safety towers, and lots on which the primary use is a public safety tower, shall be exempt from area, frontage, yard (setback), building coverage, and height regulations.

Unless otherwise provided, all plans should demonstrate a minimum of 50% coverage of a disturbance zone of a project by local pollinator-friendly plants.

All dwelling units shall be constructed in accordance with the Shenandoah County Building Code to include a permanent foundation, approved sanitary facility from the Virginia Department of Health, and receive a certificate of occupancy.

Any privately owned wastewater treatment discharging facility, with a point source discharge, processing over 1,000 gallons per day of wastewater, associated with the occupation of a structure existing as of May 27, 2008, and used for nonresidential uses. These systems may be permitted by special use permit on parcels where neither public sewer nor any other forms of septic are available. The requirement for a special use permit shall not apply to those systems designed to treat stormwater or those systems owned and operated by Shenandoah County. In addition to the requirements of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, monthly monitoring reports shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Office of Shenandoah County. If violations of the DEQ permit are found, the special use permit may be terminated by the County.

A building in which more than two rooms are let for hire and lodging only is provided for compensation to three or more persons, but not exceeding 13 persons.

No variance shall be granted for any proposed use, development, or activity within any Floodway District that will cause any increase in the 1% chance flood elevation.

All new developments shall be designed so that the dwellings that front on Route 11 shall address Route 11 by facing the front facade of the dwelling to the road and including a major building entrance.

K. Town Gateway: commercial and institutional. All new commercial and new institutional projects approved after the adoption of the overlay district shall meet the following requirements:

L. Town Gateway: industrial developments. All new industrial developments approved after the adoption of the overlay district shall meet the following requirements:

The Zoning Administrator is authorized to grant a modification from any provision contained in the Shenandoah County Zoning Ordinance with respect to physical requirements on a lot or parcel of land... if the Zoning Administrator finds in writing that: (a) The strict application of the ordinance would produce undue hardship; (b) Such hardship is not shared generally by other properties in the same zoning district and the same vicinity; and (c) The authorization of the modification will not be of substantial detriment to adjacent property...