Farmville

Fences shall not impair vehicular or pedestrian travel visibility. In the case of corner lots in all districts, no fence shall be erected that blocks or otherwise impedes the view of streets and traffic.

The outside storage for supplies, materials, or heavy equipment must be in the rear yard and screened from any non-industrial zoned parcels or rights-of-way in accordance with the landscape section of this chapter. Outside storage areas shall not exceed thirty-five (35) percent of the total area of the site.

All automobile repair services shall meet the following minimum standards: a. All vehicles stored on the premises in excess of seventy-two (72) hours shall be placed in a storage yard. b. No exterior display or storage of new or used automobile parts is permitted. c. There shall be no storage of motor vehicles in landscaped areas or within ten (10) feet of the public road right-of-way.

Bed and breakfasts shall be subject to the following minimum standards: ... g. Bed-and-breakfasts shall only be permitted in existing structures and may not increase the size of the structure, including accessory structures, by more than twenty-five (25) percent of the original square footage. ... m. The maximum stay for a guest shall be fourteen (14) days. ... o. Bed-and-breakfast establishments must be occupied by the owner.

All day care centers shall comply with any and all requirements of town and state codes... b. Minimum lot size: One-half (½) acre, except in B-1. ... e. Fencing. A fence a minimum of four (4) feet in height shall completely enclose the outdoor recreation area so that children are safely contained.

All home occupations shall be subject to the following general standards: a. No signs shall be permitted. b. The area devoted to the home occupation shall not exceed thirty-five (35) percent of the gross floor area of the dwelling unit. c. Use shall be conducted as an accessory use and shall not change the character of the dwelling unit nor have any exterior evidence of its use.

Areas associated with retail uses shall have no outdoor display except during town authorized special events or by a conditional permit. ... 1. Shall be limited to a maximum of five (5) percent of the total lot area. ... 6. Walls or fences shall not be less than six (6) feet in height, nor exceed eight (8) feet in height.

The following general standards shall apply to all drive-in restaurants: a. Stacking spaces shall not interfere with the travelway traffic or designated parking spaces. b. Stacking spaces shall be located to the side or rear of the principle structure and shall not be adjacent to any street right-of-way. c. Four (4) stacking spaces shall be located behind the order speaker and three (3) stacking spaces shall be located between the order speaker and the pickup window.

The following additional requirements apply to sales from a mobile restaurant operating on private property or within public spaces or rights-of-way... g. A mobile restaurant may operate between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and between 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday... k. No mobile restaurant shall locate within fifty (50) feet of the entrance to a business that sells food for consumption... l. No mobile restaurant shall locate within one hundred (100) feet of a single family or two-family residential use.

All short-term rental businesses shall comply with the following general standards: ... j. Night Limits: A host is permitted a maximum one hundred four (104) nights of type A and type B rentals in each calendar year for a short-term rental business located in the R-1, R-2, and R-3 residential zoning districts. Of these one hundred four (104) nights of rentals, no more than forty-five (45) nights may be type B rentals. ... k. Primary Residence Requirement: In all residential zoning districts, the dwelling unit used for short-term rentals must be the host's primary residence, which means that he or she resides there for at least one hundred eighty-five (185) days during each year.

Dwelling units shall be allowed by-right on the second floor or any higher floor. b. Dwelling units occupying the first floor of any structure shall only be allowed when: 1. First floor residential units are not visible from a public street. 2. The building fronts on a public street, the residential portion of the first floor shall be required to be shielded by office or retail space or a lobby that maintains a commercial appearance.

The facades of individual townhouses within any contiguous row of townhouses shall be sufficiently varied in their materials, design, or appearance as to visually distinguish them as individual dwelling units. c. Any townhouse shall front on, or be accessed by, a public street. d. Any provided open space shall be owned and maintained by the developer, until such time as it is turned over to the ownership and maintenance of an approved homeowners' association.

The approval of a cemetery shall include the following uses without further zoning approval required: all uses necessarily or customarily associated with interment of human remains, benches, ledges, walls, graves, roads, paths, landscaping, and soil storage consistent with federal, state, and local laws on erosion and sediment control. b. Mausoleums, columbaria, chapels, administrative offices, and maintenance storage areas that are shown in the applicant's plan of development shall not require additional local legislative approval provided such structures and uses are developed in accordance with the original plan of development.

Any outdoor activity area, swimming pool, ball field, or court which adjoins a residential use type shall include screening and buffering in accordance with the landscape section of this chapter. b. Where nighttime lighting is proposed it shall be fully shielded and large evergreen trees shall be required to appropriately screen any adjoining residences.

The funeral home shall have a buffer between it and any residentially-zoned property abutting or directly across the street from the funeral home use in accordance with the landscape section of this chapter.

Applicants shall demonstrate that the use will be compatible with the neighborhood with regards to traffic circulation, parking, and appearance and size of structures. b. Entrances to the site shall be minimized and located in a manner promoting safe and efficient traffic circulating while minimizing the impact on the surrounding neighborhood. c. Any canopy over the fuel pumps shall have the same roof shape and exterior materials as the primary structure. d. Dumpsters shall be located so as to minimize view from off-site areas and shall be fully screened by a wall constructed of the same material and color as the principal structure.

Parking shall be located behind the front line of the principal building. b. No guest rooms shall be located on the first floor. c. The structure shall match the scale and mass of the surrounding structures as determined by the zoning administrator.

The following general standards shall apply to all medical offices: a. Entrances to the site shall be minimized and located in such a way as to maximize safety, maintain efficient traffic circulation, and minimize the impact on any surrounding residential neighborhood. b. Loading areas shall be sited in such a way so as to minimize the impact on any surrounding neighborhood.

The following general standards shall apply to all shopping centers: a. Entrances to the site shall be minimized and located in such a way as to maximize safety, maintain efficient traffic circulation, and minimize the impact on any surrounding residential neighborhood. b. The scale, massing, and building design shall be compatible with surrounding developments. The structures shall be street oriented with pedestrian entrances from the street. c. No outdoor display of goods shall be permitted.

Car washes shall be located and designed so that vehicular circulation does not conflict with traffic movements in adjacent streets, service drives, and/or parking areas. b. Car washes shall be constructed in a design similar to the building character of the surrounding area. c. Parking shall be located behind the front line of the principal building. d. Any use that has a car wash shall treat the car wash as a primary use. e. No sales, repair, or outside storage of motor vehicles shall be conducted on the site.