Spotsylvania County Unincorporated

An agreement in lieu of plan approval may be substituted for site plan approval for: (i) A single-family detached dwelling, or (ii) An accessory structure, where the land disturbance is less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet; except in cases where the zoning administrator has determined that the location of the proposed structure may encroach into a resource protection area (RPA), as defined in chapter 6A.

No temporary use shall be permitted unless it is determined that the following requirements are met, including any requirements for public safety. ... (a) Adjacent uses shall be suitably protected from any adverse effects of the use, including noise and glare. ... (b) The use shall not create hazardous conditions for vehicular or pedestrian traffic... (c) Adequate refuse management, security, emergency services... (d) The site is suitable for the proposed use, considering flood hazard, drainage, soils... (e) The use shall not have a substantial adverse impact on the natural environment... (f) The use shall not have a substantial adverse impact on public safety.

A minimum of five (5) parking spaces shall be provided for the first model home in a subdivision or other development and two spaces shall be provided for each additional model home. ... Business activity may be conducted at the model home only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., seven (7) days per week.

Such use shall be located on a lot having frontage on a primary or secondary or service drive. The hours of operation shall be limited to daylight hours. One temporary sign may be permitted in accordance with this chapter.

Such use shall be located on a lot having frontage on a primary or secondary or service drive. The hours of operation shall be limited to daylight hours, provided however, night operations up to 9:00 p.m. may be permitted during the month of October for pumpkins and the month of December for Christmas tree sales. One temporary sign may be permitted in accordance with this chapter.

A temporary use permit for such activities shall be issued for not more than five (5) consecutive days, in any six-month period. No such activity shall be located closer than three hundred (300) feet to a residential use. ... Such activities are permitted only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. ... One temporary on-site sign, advertising the activity and two (2) on-site directional signs for ingress and egress may be permitted in accordance with this chapter.

the issuance of a temporary use permit is limited to six (6) per calendar year with a duration no greater than two (2) consecutive days in each instance.

The maximum duration of a temporary occupancy permit shall be one hundred twenty (120) days.

A certificate of appropriateness shall be required in any historic overlay district for: The erection, reconstruction, alteration, or restoration of any building, structure, or landscape; or The razing, demolition, or movement of any building, structure, or landscape; or The alteration of any exterior architectural feature on any building or structure, regardless of the requirement for a building permit; or The erection or modification of any sign, which does not satisfy the requirements of section 23-4.3.2.

No sign face shall exceed fifteen (15) square feet. No copy area shall exceed sixty (60) percent of the sign face and never more than nine (9) square feet. No sign or sign element shall exceed six (6) feet in height. No sign or sign element shall exceed six (6) feet in width.

No permitted use shall be established until the person proposing such use has first applied for and obtained: (1) Site plan approval... (2) A building permit... (3) An occupancy permit...

Special use approval shall lapse, and become null and void, where the applicant or a successor-in-interest has failed to establish the use authorized thereby or to commence and diligently pursue the construction authorized thereby within eighteen (18) months after the date of approval of the special use unless otherwise indicated in the special use permit.

If a special use is denied, refiling of substantially the same application shall not be permitted until one (1) year after the date of the disapproval.

No special use shall be established until the person proposing such use has first applied for and obtained: (1) Special use approval... (2) Site plan approval... (3) A building permit... (4) An occupancy permit...

The planning commission shall not recommend, nor shall the board of supervisors approve, the proposed special use unless it satisfies the following standards: (a) General standards: (1) That the proposed use is in accord with the comprehensive plan and other official plans adopted by the county; (2) That the proposed use or development of the land will be in harmony with the scale, bulk, coverage, density, and character of the area or neighborhood in which it is located; (3) That the proposed use will not hinder or discourage the appropriate development and use of adjacent land and buildings or impair the value thereof; (4) That the proposed use will not adversely affect the health or safety of persons residing or working in the neighborhood of the proposed use; (5) That the proposed use will not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to property or improvements within the neighborhood; (6) That the proposed use is appropriately located with respect to transportation facilities, water supply, wastewater treatment, fire and police protection, waste disposal, and similar facilities; (7) That the proposed use will not cause undue traffic congestion or create a traffic hazard; (8) That the proposed use will have no unduly adverse impact on environmental or natural resources.

Use specific standards in the A-1, A-2, A-3 and Ru districts: (1) Automobile, tractor and trailer repair shops... (2) Places of worship... (3) Private schools... (4) Wineries...

Automobile, tractor and trailer repair shops in the A-1, A-2, A-3 and Ru districts: a. The floor area of the use shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) square feet; b. The use shall be located within two hundred fifty (250) feet of an intersection where at least one (1) of the intersecting roads is a state numbered road; c. The use shall not involve the outside storage of any vehicle, equipment or parts within two hundred (200) feet of any public road, unless such storage area is screened from all public roads with an opaque fence or wall of at least six (6) feet in height and with Transitional Screening 3; d. The design of the structure within which the use is located shall reflect the rural character of the county... e. No more that one (1) sign shall be located on the premises which shall be a ground sign not exceeding six (6) feet in height or twenty-four (24) square feet for each surface area and which shall be landscaped with shrubs; f. The permitted sign shall not provide for changeable copy.

Places of worship in the A-1, A-2, A-3 and Ru districts: a. The design of the structure within which the use is located shall reflect the rural character of the county, including but not limited to: i. all structures, shall be designed to reflect the traditional building style of rural Spotsylvania County; ii. all structures shall be constructed of materials that reflect the traditional building materials of rural Spotsylvania County, including but not limited to red brick, stucco, white frame and other colonial period materials; iii. roofs of all structures shall be pitched; and iv. colors and finishes shall be traditional and reflect the traditional and historical character of rural Spotsylvania County

Private schools in the A-1, A-2, A-3 and Ru districts: a. The design of the structure within which the use is located shall reflect the rural character of the county... b. No more that one (1) sign shall be located on the premises which shall be a ground sign which does not exceed six (6) feet in height or twenty-four (24) square feet for each surface area and shall be landscaped with shrubs.

Wineries in the A-1, A-2, A-3 and Ru districts: a. Public access shall be controlled and screened from land which is used or permitted to be used for residential purposes; b. Food service to the public shall be incidental to the primary winery production use; c. The design of the structure within which the use is located shall reflect the rural character of the county... d. No more that one (1) sign shall be located on the premises which shall be a ground sign not exceeding six (6) feet in height or twenty-four (24) square feet for each surface area and which shall be landscaped with shrubs; and e. The permitted sign shall not provide for changeable copy.