Shenandoah County Unincorporated

REDEVELOPMENT: Renovation or reuse of existing vacant or abandoned structure, building, or facility.

PHASE: A section of the disturbance zone of a project.

CONSTRUCTION SITE: The total necessary land required for all buildings or uses within a unified development before a zoning permit may be issued.

CONTIGUOUS: For the purpose of implementing Article XI, 'contiguous' shall mean sharing a common boundary line or located directly across a public road (other than an interstate highway), a private road or private access easement.

DESIGNATED GROWTH AREA: The Strasburg Annexation Area, the Toms Brook Maurertown Sanitary District, and any other designated growth area approved by the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors by adoption of an ordinance amending and adding to this definition.

SPARSELY SETTLED AREA: Any area in the Conservation (C-1) or Agriculture (A-1) zone that does not meet the definition of a densely settled area.

DENSELY SETTLED AREA: An area composed of five or more parcels of less than six acres each, which are contiguous to each other and on each of which is situated an existing dwelling, school, church and/or nonagricultural use.

STREET, COLLECTOR: A street that provides direct access to more than 25 residences, businesses or uses or collects traffic from one or more local streets or other collector streets.

STREET, LOCAL: A street that provides direct access to 25 or fewer residences, businesses or uses.

CUL-DE-SAC: A local street, one end of which is closed, having an appropriate turnaround for a safe and convenient reverse traffic movement.

DRIVEWAY: A space or area specifically designated and reserved on a lot for the movement of vehicles from one lot to another or from a lot to the public street.

ACCESS: A public or private right-of-way providing the ability to enter, approach or pass to and from one area to another area.

STREET (ROAD): A highway, street, avenue, boulevard, road, land, alley or any public or private right-of-way designated for vehicular use.

STREET LINE: The dividing line between a street or road right-of-way and the contiguous property.

STREETS, CENTER LINE OF: A line lying midway between the street right-of-way lines.

CENTER LINE: A line lying between the side lines of a street right-of-way.

ROAD: See 'street.'

YARD: An open space on a lot other than court unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward by structures except as otherwise provided herein.

YARD, FRONT: The minimum area between the street line and the nearest edge of the main building, excluding steps.

YARD, REAR: The minimum open unoccupied space on the same lot as a building or use, between the rear line of the building (excluding steps and accessory building), or use where applicable, and the rear line of the lot and extending the full width of the lot.