York County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
1 districts, grouped by category.
General provisions
282 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
THE PLAT SHALL CONTAIN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TITLES AS APPLICABLE: a. PLAT OF EASEMENT DEDICATION b. PLAT OF RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION c. PLAT OF EASEMENT/RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION
Pursuant to the requirements of title 15.2, Code of Virginia, there is hereby established a Board of Zoning Appeals...
Site plans shall be required for any land use or development except single-family detached and individual duplex dwelling units and their customary accessory uses; bona fide agricultural operations; and filling and grading operations where no impervious structures or improvements will be installed and no clearing undertaken.
minimum diameter (caliper) of fourteen inches (14") when measured four and one-half feet (4-½') above ground level.
no larger than eighteen (18) feet in height, ten (10) feet in width, and twenty-five (25) feet in length
minimum diameter (caliper) of twenty-two inches (22") when measured four and one-half feet (4-½') above ground level.
line of intersection of roof decking and wall face not more than three feet (3') above the top floor level.
In no case shall any exempted pond or lake have a water depth exceeding thirty-three feet (33').
leading edge of the dripline of the trees contained therein plus five feet (5').
no land, building, structure or premises shall hereafter be used, and no building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected, altered, located, or moved, except in conformance with the regulations established by this chapter for the district in which located.
all development shall comply with all applicable requirements and permitting procedures of the various local, state, and federal review and regulatory agencies including, but not limited to, the York County Wetlands Board, Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia Department of Transportation, Health Department, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
no land, building, structure or premises shall hereafter be used, and no building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected, altered, located, or moved, except in conformance with the regulations established by this chapter for the district in which located.
The territory of the county shall be divided into the classes of zoning districts provided for in article III of this chapter.
In the event any land area is annexed or adjusted into the jurisdictional boundaries of York County, such land shall automatically be classified RC-Resource Conservation until such time as that classification may be changed through a specific rezoning action approved by the board of supervisors in accordance with all applicable procedures.
In the event any land area is annexed or adjusted into the jurisdictional boundaries of York County, such land shall automatically be classified RC-Resource Conservation until such time as that classification may be changed through a specific rezoning action approved by the board of supervisors.
Before the issuance of any building permit for the construction, alteration or change of use of any building, structure or premises, application shall be made to the zoning administrator for a zoning certificate.
Before the issuance of any building permit for the construction, alteration or change of use of any building, structure or premises, application shall be made to the zoning administrator for a zoning certificate.
Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for any construction, alteration or change of use, application shall be made to the zoning administrator for a certificate of zoning compliance which shall certify that any required plans have been fully and faithfully implemented on the site.
Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for any construction, alteration or change of use, application shall be made to the zoning administrator for a certificate of zoning compliance.
The failure to obtain a zoning certificate or certificate of zoning compliance prior to establishing a use on property shall be a violation of this chapter.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.