Stafford County Unincorporated

Residential facility, health department-licensed. A facility in which no more than eight (8) individuals with mental illness, mental retardation, or developmental disabilities reside, with one or more resident counselors or other staff persons, considered as residential occupancy by a single-family and allowed in any residential zoning district by-right.

Residential facility, social services-licensed. A facility in which no more than eight (8) aged, infirm, or disabled persons reside, with one or more resident counselors or other staff persons, considered as residential occupancy by a single-family.

Retail sale. To sell in small quantities directly to the public. Private sales parties at a residence, not to exceed two (2) per week, and which are not open to the general public, shall not be considered a retail sale.

Net area. The gross area of a site minus all wetlands, floodplains, and slopes greater than thirty-five (35) percent.

Neighborhood center. A concentrated area of no more than ten (10) acres containing up to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of low-intensity commercial retail and institutional uses...

Microbrewery. A facility that produces and sells no more than ten thousand (10,000) barrels of beer, malt liquor or ale, annually, and as regulated by any applicable Virginia law.

Nightclub. An establishment, excluding theaters and recreational enterprises, which provides entertainment ... more than two (2) times per month, stays open after 11:00 p.m., and has a capacity exceeding one hundred (100) patrons.

Office, medical/dental. A room or group of rooms used for a medical, dental, or psychiatric practice offering medical services on an outpatient basis and including a total of not more than the full-time equivalent of two (2) principal health care providers and two (2) other health care providers...

Inoperative motor vehicle. Any motor vehicle which is not in operating condition, or which for a period of sixty (60) days or longer has been partially or totally disassembled by the removal of tires and wheels, the engine, or other essential parts required for the operation of the vehicle...

Holiday displays. Displays erected on a seasonal basis in observance of religious, national, or state holidays which are not intended to be permanent in nature, of less than ninety (90) days in duration and which contain no advertising material.

Resident. A person who resides in a dwelling for more than ninety (90) days in a calendar year.

Golf course. A tract of land for playing golf, consisting of at least nine (9) holes and may include a club house, driving range(s) and putting green(s).

Manufactured home. A structure subject to federal regulation, which is: transportable in one or more sections; and, is eight (8) body feet or more in width and forty (40) body feet or more in length, or is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet when erected on-site...

Low-growing vegetation. Any form of vegetation that does not grow to a mature height greater than twenty-four (24) inches and is on the approved list of plantings as depicted in Table 6.4.

Highly permeable soils. Soils with a given potential to transmit water through the soil profile. Highly permeable soils are identified as any soil having a permeability of greater than six (6) inches of water movement per hour in any part of the soil profile to a depth of seventy-two (72) inches...

Highly erodible soils. Soils (excluding vegetation) with an erodibility index (EI) from sheet and rill erosion equal to or greater than eight (8).

Forecourt. An open area at, or within thirty (30) inches of, grade level that serves as an open space, plaza or outdoor dining area.

Primary surface, airport. A surface longitudinally centered on an airport runway. The primary surface for the Stafford Regional Airport runway extends two hundred (200) feet beyond each end of the runway and is one thousand (1,000) feet wide.

Lot, corner. A lot or parcel of land abutting two (2) or more streets at their intersection, or upon the same street forming an interior angle of less than one hundred ten (110) degrees.

Lot line, rear. A lot line or lot lines most distant from and opposite the front lot line. If a rear lot line is less than ten (10) feet in length, or if the lot comes to a point at the rear, the rear lot line shall be deemed to be a ten-foot line parallel to the front lot line...