Purcellville

Length of blocks shall not exceed 1,200 feet in length. In any townhouse development, the minimum lot width shall be no less than 20 feet and the minimum lot depth shall be not less than 100 feet. Each group of townhouses shall have at least 15 feet of side yard. Except for townhouse developments, lot depths shall not exceed two and one-half times the width of the lot.

A minimum of two acres shall be required for all developments proposing the use of common parking courts. Maximum grade for travelways Not exceed nine percent, with provisions for a landing not exceeding five percent. No entrance to a common parking court shall serve more than 30 dwelling units.

Every development shall retain to the maximum extent possible all existing healthy trees at least six inches in diameter measured at a point three feet above the ground. Removal of healthy trees of at least a six-inch diameter three feet above the ground shall occur only with the approval of the town arborist. No excavation, embankment or other subsurface disturbance shall be undertaken within an area equal to one foot of horizontal distance for every inch in diameter of any tree to be retained, and no impervious surface may be located within 12 and one-half feet of any such tree.

Signs constitute a separate and distinct use of the land... These regulations shall apply to all signs erected within the Town of Purcellville.

All signs shall be maintained... wind pressure of not less than 50 pounds per square foot.

No zoning permit shall be issued for any use, structure or activity on any parcel of land which includes within its boundaries moderately steep slopes unless and until the following standards have been met...

No more than three periodic partial releases will be granted within any 12-month period. The cumulative amount of all bond reductions shall equal no less than 90 percent of the original bond value. Periodic partial releases may not occur before the completion of at least 30 percent of the facilities covered by the bond.

No lot shall be used in whole or in part for dwelling purposes unless such lot abuts upon a street in accordance with the minimum street frontage requirements of this ordinance. No lot or parcel of land abutting the terminus of a public street shall be deemed to comply with street frontage requirements unless such lot abuts on an approved permanent cul-de-sac.

Except for buildings accessory to a farm, no accessory building shall be constructed upon a lot for more than six months prior to beginning construction of the main building and no accessory building shall be used for more than six months unless the main building on the lot is also being used or unless the main building is under construction.

If a nonconforming use is discontinued or abandoned for a continuous period of more than two years at any time since becoming nonconforming, then that use is considered as abandoned and cannot be renewed or reestablished.

If a nonconforming use is discontinued or abandoned for a continuous period of more than two years at any time since becoming nonconforming, then that use is considered as abandoned and cannot be renewed or reestablished.

A residential nonconforming structure may expand up to 50 percent of the existing square footage at the time the residential use became nonconforming, provided the setbacks that applied at the time the residential use became nonconforming are maintained.

A residential nonconforming structure may expand up to 50 percent of the existing square footage at the time the residential use became nonconforming, provided the setbacks that applied at the time the residential use became nonconforming are maintained.

Development on nonconforming lots shall comply with the dimensional requirements of the underlying zoning districts to the greatest extent possible, except that required side yards may be reduced to no less than ten percent of the lot width on each side, or five feet on each side, whichever is greater.

Development on nonconforming lots shall comply with the dimensional requirements of the underlying zoning districts to the greatest extent possible, except that required side yards may be reduced to no less than ten percent of the lot width on each side, or five feet on each side, whichever is greater.

No more than 30 percent of the required minimum area of any lot shall be located in a floodplain area and no part of the area of any lot shall be covered by any body of water except that no more than 30 percent of the required minimum area of any lot may be covered by the waters of a lake, pond, or canal planned and approved as a part of and wholly within the subdivision.

No more than 30 percent of the required minimum area of any lot shall be located in a floodplain area and no part of the area of any lot shall be covered by any body of water except that no more than 30 percent of the required minimum area of any lot may be covered by the waters of a lake, pond, or canal planned and approved as a part of and wholly within the subdivision. All subdivisions created as cluster subdivisions under Section 1.20 before April 8, 2025, are hereby regarded as 'grandfathered' and may continue under their original zoning and development permit approvals. After April 8, 2025, no new cluster subdivisions will be approved under this section.

Building height is the vertical distance from the average finished grade or from the average level of the finished grade at the front building line, if higher, to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or to the deck line or highest point of coping or parapet of a mansard roof, or to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip, shed, and gambrel roofs.

At all street intersections, sight obstructions that create a traffic hazard, as determined by the zoning administrator, shall be prohibited. No obstructions within a site triangle, except for buildings existing at the date of passage of this article, shall be permitted between a height of three feet and eight feet above grade measured from the level of the street at the edge of pavement on which the obstruction lies.

Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky, except as authorized by this article, and except ordinary projections of sills, belt courses, window air conditioning units, chimneys, cornices, and ornamental features which may project to a distance not to exceed 36 inches into a required yard.