Shenandoah County Unincorporated

ROOMING HOUSE: 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. A building which has accommodations for hire for more than 13 persons shall be defined as a 'hotel.'

BED-AND-BREAKFAST: ... A bed-and-breakfast shall have no more than 15 bedrooms available for rent.

TOURIST HOME: A building where lodging only is provided for compensation for up to 14 persons (in contradiction to hotels and boardinghouses) and open to transients.

BOARDINGHOUSE: A building where, for compensation, lodging and meals are provided for five to 13 persons.

APARTMENT HOUSE: A building used or intended to be used as the residence of three or more families living independently of each other.

DUPLEX: A two-family residential structure; the residential units may be arranged one above the other, or be semidetached.

PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT: Any building under 1,500 square feet wherein the primary occupation is the repair, care of, maintenance or customizing of personal properties ...

OFFICE BUILDING: ... No permit for any office building exceeding 1,500 square feet shall be approved in conservation, agriculture or residential districts unless a special use permit is secured.

WASTEWATER TREATMENT DISCHARGING FACILITY: ... processing over 1,000 gallons per day of wastewater ... These systems may be permitted by special use permit on parcels where neither public sewer nor any other forms of septic are available.

TRUCK STOP; TRUCK TERMINAL: Any establishment open to the public that has five or more diesel fuel pumps along with provisions for parking and/or servicing of five or more tractor trailers.

AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARD: Any lot or place which is exposed to the weather upon which more than five motor vehicles of any kind, incapable of being operated and which it would not be economically practical to make operative, are placed, located or found.

AUTOMOBILE PARKING LOT, COMMERCIAL: A lot or portion thereof, other than an automobile sales lot, held out or used for the storage or parking of six or more motor vehicles for a consideration, where service or repair facilities are not permitted.

AUTOMOBILE SALES LOT: A lot arranged, designed or used for the storage and display for sale of any three or more new or used motor vehicles capable of independent operation or any type of travel trailer and/or recreational vehicle, provided that the travel trailer and/or recreational vehicle is unoccupied, and where repair work is done wholly enclosed within a building.

CAMPS AND CAMPGROUNDS, RECREATIONAL: An area, whether publicly or privately owned, upon which are located sites for three or more travel trailers, camping trailers, motor homes, cabins or tents for seasonal or temporary recreational occupancy.

CARE CENTER, ADULT: A state-licensed facility in which four or more aged, infirm, disabled, or mentally impaired persons who reside elsewhere over the age of 18 years, not including those who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption to the people who maintain the facility, are received for care, protection and guidance, including meals, during only part of the twenty-four-hour day.

CHILD DAY CENTER: A state-licensed facility in which child day programs are offered to two or more children under the age of 13 years in a facility that is not the residence of the provider or of any of the children in care or to 13 or more children at any location.

POULTRY FACILITY, INTENSIVE: The housing, feeding or confining of more than 200 chickens, 132 turkeys or 100 other type of fowl and related accessory uses or structures, including feed storage bins, litter storage sites, incinerators, disposal pits or cold storage chests used for collection of dead birds.

SMALL-SCALE SOLAR FACILITY: A renewable energy facility that either: A. Has a total area impacted by the construction and operation of the facility no greater than two acres ...

SPECIAL EVENT CENTERS: A facility or site which, more than twice per calendar year, is utilized for events in exchange for compensation, such events to include meetings, conferences, banquets, dinners, weddings, parties, and other similar events.

SHORT-TERM RENTAL: ... no guest may stay in a short-term rental for a period exceeding 30 consecutive days.