Falls Church

Sign regulations shall depend upon and be appropriate to the uses allowed in the municipal center area in subsection 48-586(1) and in the principal uses allowed in the historic area in subsection 48-586(2).

Sign information items. For a permitted sign area of five or less square feet: five items. For a permitted sign area over five square feet: one item per square foot of sign, up to a maximum of 15 items.

For a permitted sign area of five or less square feet: five items. For a permitted sign area over five square feet: one item per square foot of sign, up to a maximum of 15 items.

If any building in or on which a nonconforming use is maintained is moved for any distance whatsoever, or if such building is removed or demolished, or if such building is damaged by fire, flood, storm or any means whatsoever to an extent equal to 75 percent of its assessed value for the year in which such damage occurs, the right of such nonconforming use to continue shall cease

No portion of the addition would be less than ten feet from the side or rear perimeter setback line for the R-C district

less than ten feet from the side or rear perimeter setback line for the R-C district

Any building, structure or premises where a nonconforming use has ceased for one year or more shall not again be put to a nonconforming use. ... all nonconforming uses of land not involving any building or structure having an assessed value of more than $500.00, and all nonconforming buildings and structures having an assessed value of not more than $500.00 each, and all signs, billboards and commercial advertising structures may be continued for a period of two years ... Any other nonconforming use in an R district which is first permitted in a B-2, B-3, or M-1 district, or which is not permitted in any district, may be continued for a period of ten years

Definitions: home occupation, family, bed and breakfast, impervious land cover

Home occupation means an occupation whose activity at the site is conducted entirely within the private dwelling which is clearly incidental and secondary to the principal use as a dwelling; which occupies less than 25 percent of the floor area of the dwelling; which does not involve display or sale of goods on the premises; and which does not use any equipment or process that creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical interference, detectable at the lot line.

Impervious land cover means a surface composed of any material that significantly impedes or prevents natural infiltration of water into the soil. ... Exception: Structures smaller than 200 square feet that do not require a building permit shall not count toward lot coverage or impervious lot coverage. For purposes of calculating impervious land cover, driveways, walks and patios using pervious materials may be reduced by up to 25 percent.

Family refers to one person living alone or two or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption, or who are living in an approved foster care program, with not more than two domestic servants living in the house as roomers; or a group of not more than eight persons not related by blood, marriage, or adoption living together on a single property

Group home means a dwelling unit in which individuals with mental illness, intellectual disability, or developmental disabilities reside, with one or more resident or nonresident staff persons. ... No conditions more restrictive than those imposed on residences occupied by persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption shall be imposed on such facility.

Temporary stand means a structure of a nonpermanent nature, placed on a lot for not more than 30 days within any one calendar year.

Tourist home means a dwelling, otherwise permitted in the district in which the same is situated, in which not more than four guestrooms are provided for transients.

Bed and breakfast establishment means a single-family dwelling unit in which accommodations limited to no more than five guestrooms are rented for periods not to exceed 14 consecutive days per guest.

Boardinghouse, lodginghouse or roominghouse means a building other than a hotel, motel or tourist home where meals, lodgings or both are provided for compensation, for four to eight persons, not transients.

Amusement arcade means any establishment, except those with a floor area greater than 15,000 square feet, in which more than four amusement machines are located and available for use and operated as a principal or accessory use. In an establishment with a floor area greater than 15,000 square feet, an amusement arcade shall exist as an accessory use, if more than 15 amusement machines are located and available for use or if more than five percent of the floor area of such establishment is devoted to amusement machine use.

Garage, carport, means an open accessory structure for the storage of private noncommercial motor vehicles of families resident upon the premises, the capacity of which does not exceed one vehicle for each family, plus two additional vehicles.

Story, half means a partial story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior sides are not more than two feet above the floor of such story; provided that any such story used as a separate dwelling unit, other than by a janitor or other employee and his family, shall be counted as a full story.

Substantial improvement means any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the start of construction of the improvement.