Spotsylvania County Unincorporated

The following signs are prohibited in any zoning district and in any area of the county: (1) Any portable sign except permitted temporary signs and banner signs. (2) Any sign or illumination that causes any direct glare into or upon any building other than the building to which the sign may be related. (3) Any sign of which all or any part is in motion by any means... (4) Any sign, electronic or digital display, with flashing or intermittent lights... (5) Any sign that is attached to a tree, utility pole or other unapproved supporting structure... (6) Which imitates an official traffic sign or signal... (8) Which contains or consists of strings of light bulbs, not part of a decorative display but used as a means of attracting attention.

Adult entertainment establishments shall be permitted to have signs and visible messages based on the allowable sign area of the zoning district in which they are located, provided: (1) Sign messages may not include any of the following: (a) Adult merchandise; (b) Adult entertainment; (c) Graphic or pictorial depiction of adult merchandise and/or adult entertainment; (d) Specified sexual activities; (e) Specified anatomical areas; (f) Any person or persons in a nude or semi-nude state of dress; or (g) Any graphic or pictorial depiction of a person or persons in a nude or semi-nude state of dress. (2) Messages which are visible or intended to be visible from outside the property (such as on or within doors or windows) shall not display any of the following: (a) Adult merchandise; (b) Adult entertainment; (c) Graphic or pictorial depiction of adult merchandise and/or adult entertainment; (d) Graphic or pictorial depiction of specified sexual activities; (e) Graphic or pictorial depiction of specified anatomical areas; (f) Any person or persons in a nude or semi-nude state of dress; or (g) Any graphic or pictorial depiction of a person or persons in a nude or semi-nude state of dress. (b) Adult merchandise shall not be visible from any point outside the establishment.

(a) All required off-street parking spaces shall be located on the same lot as the structure or use to which they are accessory or on a lot contiguous thereto which has the same zoning classification and is under the same ownership... (2) Such required space shall be located within five hundred (500) feet walking distance of a building entrance to the use that such space services. (d) Except as may be qualified elsewhere in this chapter, off-street parking spaces that are located on the ground and are open to the sky may be located in any required yard but not nearer to any front lot line than ten (10) feet. Except as may be qualified elsewhere in this chapter, parking structures and carports shall be subject to the minimum yard requirements applicable in the zoning district in which located; except parking structures that are completely underground may be located in any required yard, but not closer than one (1) foot to any lot line. (g) All off-street parking areas, including aisles and driveways, except those required for single-family detached dwellings, shall be constructed and maintained with a dustless surface. (j) Parking areas shall not be lighted at any time other than during the same hours that the use to which the parking is appurtenant is open for business, and up to an hour prior to opening and an hour following closing, except for necessary security lighting. (p) Tractor-trailer trucks and refrigerated trucks shall not be permitted to park in approved subdivisions in the residential (1) and residential (2) districts, except when actually making pickups or deliveries. (q) Any vehicle located at a dwelling, single-family must be registered with the commissioner of revenue to the physical address of the dwelling, single-family as required by chapter 12, article II, vehicle registration fee of the County Code.

Except as may be qualified elsewhere in this chapter, off-street parking spaces that are located on the ground and are open to the sky may be located in any required yard but not nearer to any front lot line than ten (10) feet.

parking structures and carports shall be subject to the minimum yard requirements applicable in the zoning district in which located; except parking structures that are completely underground may be located in any required yard, but not closer than one (1) foot to any lot line.

Tractor-trailer trucks and refrigerated trucks shall not be permitted to park in approved subdivisions in the residential (1) and residential (2) districts, except when actually making pickups or deliveries.

Minimum required parking spaces. Uses | Parking requirement. Agriculture (i.e., Farming) | Exempt. Dwelling, Multiple-Family | [table omitted]. Note 4: The number of spaces required may be reduced by up to fifty (50) percent if the use is located within five hundred (500) feet of any public parking lot or any commercial parking lot where sufficient spaces are available by permission of the owners without charge, during the time of service to make up the additional spaces required.

Required off-street parking shall be consistent with the following universal size parking dimensions below:

Where the property is classified in an overlay district, the regulations governing development in the overlay district shall apply in addition to the regulations governing development in the underlying general district.

No use shall be established in any zoning district unless it is expressly designated by this chapter as a 'permitted use' or 'special use' in the district in which the use is to be located.

Minimum district size: 4 acres. Min lot area non-residential: 10,000 sqft. Max height 65 ft. Front 25, side 15, rear 25. FAR 0.70. Density 12 du/acre. Open space 25%.

Permitted uses: ... Dwelling, single-family, detached; ... Special uses: ... Dwelling, two-family; Dwelling, multifamily; ...

Density: 1 du per 2 gross acres. Min lot area: 2 acres (non-lakefront). Min lot width: 100 ft. Front 30, side 10, rear 5. Max height 35 ft. Open space: cluster 15%.

Density: 1 du per 2 acres. Min lot area: 1 acre lakefront, 2 acres non-lakefront. Min lot width: 80 ft cluster. Yards: front 30, side 10, rear 5. Height: 35 ft. Open space: 15% cluster.

All development in the PDH district shall be approved through the site plan process and shall be consistent with an approved master development plan.

Minimum district size: 5 acres. No lot area or width requirements. Bulk and density set by approved GDP. Secondary commercial uses limited to 400 sqft/du (PDH-1-4) or 300 sqft/du (PDH-5-16).

Minimum district size: 5 acres. Bulk regulations set by GDP. Secondary uses of commercial nature require 50 residential units.

Maximum density shall be eight dwelling units per acre. A minimum of 10 percent of the total land area of a manufactured home park shall be set aside as common open space. All manufactured home parks shall be served by public water and public sewer. Manufactured homes shall be placed on permanent foundations.

Min district size 15 acres. Average lot area 3,000 sqft, min 2,500 sqft. Max height not specified. Setbacks: 15 ft to other homes, 35 ft to public street, 10 ft to private street/open space. FAR 0.25. Density 6 homes/acre. Open space 20%.

Minimum lot area: 2,500 sqft. Max density: 6 du/acre. Height: 35 ft. Open space: 20%.