York County Unincorporated

Incidental storage facilities for goods and materials used or offered for retail sale on the premises.

Motor vehicle fuel dispensing pumps, pump islands, or service kiosks installed for and utilized exclusively by vehicles owned or operated by commercial or industrial establishments to which they are accessory.

Antenna structures for radio communication purposes or other information or data transfer purposes associated with a business or industrial operation. Antenna structures in excess of one hundred feet (100') in height (including both the supporting structure and the antenna) shall be permitted only by the board after conducting a duly advertised public hearing.

Dish antennae shall not exceed twelve feet (12') in diameter and fifteen feet (15') in height. Dish antennae shall be permitted in rear yards and on roofs. No part of a dish antenna shall be closer than ten feet (10') to any lot line. When located on a roof, such antenna shall be set back from all edges of the roof a distance of at least two (2) times its height.

Dish antennae shall be subject to the following provisions: (1) Dish antennae shall not exceed twelve feet (12') in diameter and fifteen feet (15') in height. (2) Dish antennae shall be permitted in rear yards and on roofs. No part of a dish antenna shall be closer than ten feet (10') to any lot line. When located on a roof, such antenna shall be set back from all edges of the roof a distance of at least two (2) times its height.

Incidental retail sales of products produced or refined on the premises.

Incidental monitoring equipment or devices designed to monitor general conditions or specific processes or events or both.

Small wind energy systems subject to the standards set forth in section nos. 24.1-231 and 274 of this chapter.

Solar energy facilities designed to primarily serve the energy demands of the property on which located and subject to the standards set forth in Section 24.1-275 of this chapter.

Parking or storage of heavy trucks and cargo or utility trailers provided that the following requirements are observed: (1) such vehicles may be parked in any required parking spaces located on the site, provided they can fit within a single standard-dimension parking space, as set forth in Section 24.1-607, and that the site remains compliant with the requirements of Section 24.1-604(c). (2) vehicles that cannot fit in a standard-dimension parking space must be accommodated on a properly paved and located surface that does not constitute any of the required parking space, drive aisles, or fire lanes on the site. (3) wheels or other transporting devices shall not be removed except for necessary repairs or seasonal storage. (4) any signage attached or affixed in any manner to the trailer must be capable of remaining in place and being legal when the trailer is driven on public roads.

Other uses and structures of a similar nature which are customarily associated with and incidental to commercial or industrial uses, as determined by the zoning administrator.

Except where other provisions of this chapter are more restrictive, the following requirements shall apply to the location, height, and size of all accessory uses or structures in all districts, including the planned development district unless the approving ordinance for such district (project) has established alternative or supplementary requirements: (a) With the exception of statues, arbors, trellises, flagpoles, fences, walls or roadside stands, accessory buildings or structures shall not be located closer to the front lot line than the principal building façade provided, however, that where the setback of the principal building exceeds fifty feet (50'), accessory buildings and structures shall be subject only to a fifty-foot (50') minimum setback requirement. (b) Accessory buildings or structures located closer to the front lot line than the rear of the principal building shall observe the side yard requirements applicable to the principal building. (c) An accessory building or structure attached to a principal building by any wall or roof construction, or located within ten feet (10') of any principal building, shall be considered a part of the principal building and shall observe all yard regulations applicable thereto. (d) Accessory buildings and structures shall observe minimum side and rear yard setbacks of five feet (5') except where the provisions of this chapter specifically require otherwise and provided, however: (1) There shall be no side and rear yard requirements for fences or walls; and (2) There shall be no rear yard requirement for docks, piers or boathouses; however, a setback of ten feet (10') from side lot lines extended to mean low water shall be observed. (e) Roadside stands shall be set back at least twenty feet (20') from any road right-of-way. (f) The above listed requirements shall not apply to the parking or storage of small cargo or utility trailers, recreational vehicles and similar equipment; however, no such trailer, vehicle, or equipment shall be stored within twenty feet (20') of any public road right-of-way, unless in a driveway. (g) Except as authorized by section Nos. 24.1-231, 24.1-272, or section 24.1-274 of this chapter, no accessory building or structure shall exceed the maximum height limitation established for the district or the height of the structure to which it is accessory, whichever is less, provided, however, that buildings which are accessory to a single-story building may be constructed to a maximum height not exceeding 1.25 times the height of the principal building. In cases where this is permitted, the accessory building shall be separated from the principal building by a distance of at least twenty feet (20') and shall observe a minimum side and rear yard setback of ten (10) feet rather than the normally applicable five (5) feet. (h) With the exception of barns and similar structures associated with a bona fide agricultural/farming operation, the building footprint (i.e., lot coverage) of a structure accessory to a residential use shall not exceed the area of the building footprint of the principal residential structure. (i) Accessory structures shall be located on the same lot as the principal structure.

With the exception of statues, arbors, trellises, flagpoles, fences, walls or roadside stands, accessory buildings or structures shall not be located closer to the front lot line than the principal building façade provided, however, that where the setback of the principal building exceeds fifty feet (50'), accessory buildings and structures shall be subject only to a fifty-foot (50') minimum setback requirement.

Accessory buildings or structures located closer to the front lot line than the rear of the principal building shall observe the side yard requirements applicable to the principal building.

An accessory building or structure attached to a principal building by any wall or roof construction, or located within ten feet (10') of any principal building, shall be considered a part of the principal building and shall observe all yard regulations applicable thereto.

Accessory buildings and structures shall observe minimum side and rear yard setbacks of five feet (5') except where the provisions of this chapter specifically require otherwise and provided, however: (1) There shall be no side and rear yard requirements for fences or walls; and (2) There shall be no rear yard requirement for docks, piers or boathouses; however, a setback of ten feet (10') from side lot lines extended to mean low water shall be observed.

Roadside stands shall be set back at least twenty feet (20') from any road right-of-way.

The above listed requirements shall not apply to the parking or storage of small cargo or utility trailers, recreational vehicles and similar equipment; however, no such trailer, vehicle, or equipment shall be stored within twenty feet (20') of any public road right-of-way, unless in a driveway.

Except as authorized by section Nos. 24.1-231, 24.1-272, or section 24.1-274 of this chapter, no accessory building or structure shall exceed the maximum height limitation established for the district or the height of the structure to which it is accessory, whichever is less, provided, however, that buildings which are accessory to a single-story building may be constructed to a maximum height not exceeding 1.25 times the height of the principal building. In cases where this is permitted, the accessory building shall be separated from the principal building by a distance of at least twenty feet (20') and shall observe a minimum side and rear yard setback of ten (10) feet rather than the normally applicable five (5) feet.

With the exception of barns and similar structures associated with a bona fide agricultural/farming operation, the building footprint (i.e., lot coverage) of a structure accessory to a residential use shall not exceed the area of the building footprint of the principal residential structure.