Spotsylvania County Unincorporated

Use specific standards in the I-1 and I-2 district: (1) Adult oriented businesses in the I-1 and I-2 district: (a) No permit shall be authorized for such use or structure less than a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet from any: i. residential district boundary or residential use; ii. child day care center; iii. school, public or private, and their adjunct play areas and school board property, college or university; iv. public park, playground, swimming pool; v. public library, museum, or cultural center; vi. historic district; vii. church or other place of worship; viii. any other adult business; ix. any building used by a Federal, State or County agency or department; x. nursing homes; xi. hotel, motel, inn, and xii. lodging house.

Adult oriented businesses in the I-1 and I-2 district: (a) No permit shall be authorized for such use or structure less than a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet from any: i. residential district boundary or residential use; ii. child day care center; iii. school, public or private, and their adjunct play areas and school board property, college or university; iv. public park, playground, swimming pool; v. public library, museum, or cultural center; vi. historic district; vii. church or other place of worship; viii. any other adult business; ix. any building used by a Federal, State or County agency or department; x. nursing homes; xi. hotel, motel, inn, and xii. lodging house. (2) Spacing distances... (3) Hours of operation. The adult business shall not operate between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on any particular day. (4) Other requirements...

Solar energy facility (SEF) in the A-2, A-3, and Ru districts: (1) Components within the SEF may be replaced or upgraded as needed throughout the life of the facility provided they do not increase visibility from adjoining property owners. Alterations to the SEF's design which increase visibility beyond that which was approved through an existing SUP shall require amendment of the SUP. (2) Access to the property for Spotsylvania County Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services shall be provided in a manner acceptable to the county. (3) Noise requirements for SEFs shall be the same as noise requirements for other types of development within residential zoning designations per Section 14.51. (4) SEFs, including all electrical and mechanical components, shall conform to all relevant and applicable local, state, and national codes, standards, and inspection requirements, including but not limited to the Virginia Stormwater Management Program, Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program, Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act, County SUPs 23-4.5, County Chesapeake Bay Preservation 23-6A, and County Stormwater Management 23-19A. (5) Any cleaning products used to maintain photovoltaic materials must be biodegradable. (6) SEFs shall be screened as determined by the board of supervisors in order to minimize visibility and aesthetic impacts to neighboring uses and roadways. (7) A view shed analysis shall be submitted to assess visibility from adjoining property owners and roadways. (8) A map analysis shall be submitted depicting any airports within five (5) miles from the exterior boundaries of the SEF. Any airports located within this five (5) mile area shall be notified by the applicant of their SUP application. If notification is required to any airports then the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) must be additionally notified via FAA's Washington Airports District Office. The notifications must include a copy of the applicant's SUP application as submitted to the county. (9) As part of the SEF application, the applicant shall submit a construction phasing plan which shall include the following: a. The anticipated life of the project; b. The phasing of the project's construction, including any off-site improvements; c. When the project is estimated to be complete.

Solar energy facility (SEF) in the A-2, A-3, and Ru districts: (1) Components within the SEF may be replaced or upgraded as needed throughout the life of the facility provided they do not increase visibility from adjoining property owners. Alterations to the SEF's design which increase visibility beyond that which was approved through an existing SUP shall require amendment of the SUP. (2) Access to the property for Spotsylvania County Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services shall be provided in a manner acceptable to the county. (3) Noise requirements for SEFs shall be the same as noise requirements for other types of development within residential zoning designations per Section 14.51. (4) SEFs, including all electrical and mechanical components, shall conform to all relevant and applicable local, state, and national codes, standards, and inspection requirements... (5) Any cleaning products used to maintain photovoltaic materials must be biodegradable. (6) SEFs shall be screened as determined by the board of supervisors in order to minimize visibility and aesthetic impacts to neighboring uses and roadways. (7) A view shed analysis shall be submitted to assess visibility from adjoining property owners and roadways. (8) A map analysis shall be submitted depicting any airports within five (5) miles from the exterior boundaries of the SEF...

Use specific standards related to vehicle sale, rental, and ancillary service establishment, small scale: (a) In addition to the application requirements in section 23-4.5.3, the following shall be required submissions: 1. Vehicle delivery statement which details how stock vehicles will be delivered onto the lot. 2. A minimum of ten (10) paved vehicle stock spaces are required per dealership. 3. Certified parking plan drawn to scale that shows ingress and egress, loading zone, all parking spaces labeled with dimensions, and designates which parking spaces are for use by customers, employees, and vehicle stock. i. Indicate which entrance and/or driveway(s) any vehicle delivery truck will use to access the lot and the loading space(s). ii. For dealerships sharing one lot, the parking plan must demonstrate that the parking requirements are met for each individual dealership.

Where an application for an amendment to the zoning map is disapproved by the board of supervisors, the board may not reconsider substantially the same application for a period of one (1) year following the date of the denial of the application by the board of supervisors.

No variance shall be granted for any proposed use, development or activity that will cause any increase in flood levels during the one-hundred year flood.

When deemed necessary to achieve more creative planning and preservation of natural property features, the director of planning may approve pipestem lots either as a single lot or in a group of lots but only in accordance with the provisions of the design standards and one of the following: (a) Residential subdivisions approved for cluster development. (b) In the PDH and PDC districts when shown on an approved generalized development plan.

The features set forth in the following paragraphs may extend into minimum required yards as specified. ... Cornices, canopies, awnings, eaves ... may extend three (3) feet into any minimum required yard but not closer than two (2) feet to any lot line. ... Sills, leaders, belt courses ... may extend twelve (12) inches ... Open fire balconies ... may extend five (5) feet ... Bay windows, oriels, and chimneys ... may extend five (5) feet ... Carports ... may extend five (5) feet into any minimum required side yard ... Any open deck may extend ... Rear yard: twelve (12) feet ... Any roofed deck ... Rear yard: five (5) feet ... Any open or roofed deck attached to multiple-family, commercial, industrial or institutional structure may extend three (3) feet into any minimum required yard.

On a pipestem lot, notwithstanding the minimum yard requirements of the district in which located, the front yard shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet. The required twenty-five (25) feet shall be measured from the lot line formed by the pipestem. On a lot contiguous to a pipestem driveway serving more than one pipestem lot, in addition to the minimum front yard requirements of the district in which located, the yard contiguous to the pipestem driveway shall also be deemed a minimum required front yard and shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet.

On a pipestem lot, notwithstanding the minimum yard requirements of the district in which located, the front yard shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet. The required twenty-five (25) feet shall be measured from the lot line formed by the pipestem. On a lot contiguous to a pipestem driveway serving more than one pipestem lot, in addition to the minimum front yard requirements of the district in which located, the yard contiguous to the pipestem driveway shall also be deemed a minimum required front yard and shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet.

The zoning administrator shall have the authority ... to approve a reduction in the minimum yard requirements in the case of any building existing or partially constructed which does not comply with such requirements ... The error does not exceed ten (10) percent of the measurement that is involved ...

On every corner lot within the sight triangle there shall be no structure or planting of such nature and dimension as to obstruct sight distance other than a post, column or trunk of a tree ... not greater than one (1) foot in cross section or diameter. Such sight distance shall be maintained between two (2) horizontal planes, one of which is three and one-half (3½) feet, and the other ten (10) feet above the established grade ... Points shall be thirty (30) feet from the property lines extended.

On every corner lot within the sight triangle there shall be no structure or planting of such nature and dimension as to obstruct sight distance other than a post, column or trunk of a tree (but not branches or foliage), which is not greater than one (1) foot in cross section or diameter. Such sight distance shall be maintained between two (2) horizontal planes, one of which is three and one-half (3½) feet, and the other ten (10) feet above the established grade of either street... (1) For a lot having an interior angle of ninety (90) degrees or more at the street corner thereof: Points shall be thirty (30) feet from the property lines extended. (2) For a lot having an interior angle of less than ninety (90) degrees at the street corner thereof: Points shall be thirty (30) feet from the property lines extended, plus one (1) foot for every ten (10) degrees or major fraction thereof by which such interior angle is less than ninety (90) degrees.

The height limitations of this chapter shall not apply to barns, silos, residential chimneys, spires, cupolas, gables, penthouses, scenery lofts, domes, equipment and/or flues, monuments, radio towers, television antenna or aerials, water towers, water tanks, transmission towers and cables, smokestacks, or other similar roof structures and mechanical appurtenances; provided, however: No such structure when located on a building roof shall occupy an area greater than twenty-five (25) percent of the total roof area. ... A parapet wall, cornice or similar projection may exceed the height limit established for a given zoning district by not more than three (3) feet.

The height limitations of this chapter shall not apply to barns, silos, residential chimneys, spires, cupolas, gables, penthouses, scenery lofts, domes, equipment and/or flues, monuments, radio towers, television antenna or aerials, water towers, water tanks, transmission towers and cables, smokestacks, or other similar roof structures and mechanical appurtenances; provided, however: (A) No such structure when located on a building roof shall occupy an area greater than twenty-five (25) percent of the total roof area.

(c) No loading space or berth shall be located in a required front yard. (f) All required off-street loading spaces shall be no less than fifteen (15) feet wide, twenty-five (25) feet long and fifteen (15) feet high, except that where one (1) such loading space has been provided, any additional loading space lying alongside, contiguous to, and not separated from such first loading space need not be wider than twelve (12) feet.

All required off-street loading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the use served; provided that the zoning administrator may waive such location requirement...

(c) No stacking space shall be located in a required front yard. (f) All off-street stacking areas shall be no less than nine (9) feet wide and eleven (11) feet long.

All off-street stacking areas shall be no less than nine (9) feet wide and eleven (11) feet long.