Tappahannock

there are hereby established certain zones which include all of the area and airspace of the Town of Tappahannock lying equal to and above the approach surfaces, transitional surfaces, horizontal surfaces, and conical surfaces as they apply to the Tappahannock Municipal Airport and the Essex County Airport.

The following uses are specifically prohibited in all districts: 1. Any use that involves the manufacture, handling, sale, distribution, or storage of any highly combustible or explosive materials. 2. Slaughterhouses, rendering plants. 3. Use of a travel trailer as a temporary or permanent residence. 4. Use of a motor vehicle, tractor trailer unit or semi truck parked on a lot as a structure... 5. Use of mobile home or travel trailer in any Commercial or Industrial District... 6. Mobile homes (trailers) may be permitted and used by the public school system in any Residential District...

The following activities, so long as they satisfy the general criteria set forth above, are specifically regarded as accessory to residential principal uses: 1. Offices or studios within an enclosed building... 2. Hobbies or recreational activities of a noncommercial nature. 3. The renting out of one or two rooms within a single-family residence... 4. Yard sales or garage sales, so long as such sales are not conducted on the same lot for more than three days... during any 90-day period.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no zoning or special exception permit is necessary for the following uses: a. Streets. b. Electric power, telephone, telegraph, cable television, gas, water, and sewer lines, wires or pipes, together with supporting poles or structures, located within a public right-of-way. c. Neighborhood utility facilities located within a public right-of-way with the permission of the owner (state or town) of the right-of-way.

When a combination use consists of a single-family detached and two-family or multi-family uses, then the total density permissible on the entire tract shall be determined by dividing the area of the tract by the minimum square footage per dwelling unit specified in Section 22-155.

The Board of Zoning Appeals may permit an antenna or tower greater than 50 feet in height and associated substations (e.g., radio, television, microwave broadcasting, etc.) as a Special Exception in any District, provided: a. All structures shall be located at least 200 feet from an existing dwelling. b. A minimum ten-foot-wide landscape strip shall be required and maintained around all property lines exterior to any fence or wall. c. Any proposed broadcasting tower shall have a setback of one foot from all property lines for every foot of height of the tower...

The Board of Zoning Appeals may permit the use of a one-family dwelling for a boardinghouse, bed and breakfast, or country inn as a Special Exception in the R-3, R-4, CC-1, CG-2 and RMX Districts... c. One off-street parking space shall be provided for each guest room and shall be located at the rear of the site. All parking areas shall be located at least 50 feet from any adjacent residentially zoned property or shall be adequately screened.

The Zoning Administrator may permit a Short-Term Rental in the CC-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 Residential Zoning Districts subject to the following: ... d. The short-term rental shall be limited to two bedrooms rented out, and a maximum occupancy is two persons per bedroom. e. The short-term rental shall provide one parking space per bedroom.

The Board of Zoning Appeals may permit a Short-Term Rental as a Special Exception with Conditions in the CC-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 Residential Zoning Districts... f. The short-term rental shall be limited to five bedrooms, with a maximum occupancy of ten persons. j. The short-term rental shall provide one parking space per bedroom.

The Board of Zoning Appeals may permit a child or elderly day care center serving between seven and 30 care recipients as a Special Exception in the R-3, R-4 and RMX Districts... d. The applicant shall provide 100 square feet of usable outdoor recreation area for each child that may use this space at any one time.

The Board of Appeals may permit a flea or open-air market as a Special Exception in the CC-1, CG-2 and RMX Districts provided: a. Any permanent structure for the display and sale of products shall be no larger than 3,000 square feet. ... d. A minimum of three off-street parking spaces and one space per 300 square feet of building area over 900 square feet shall be provided.

Golf course, country club, private club, or service organization including community buildings shall be permitted in the R-4 and RMX Districts... d. A minimum 100-foot setback for all buildings and parking areas shall be provided adjacent to single-family dwelling districts or uses. f. Twenty parking spaces shall be provided per nine holes and one space per 500 square feet of club floor area. g. A minimum 50-foot buffer meeting the plant unit requirements for Bufferyard E (see Appendix E) shall be provided adjacent to the clubhouse/office and parking areas when said facilities are located adjacent to single-family dwelling districts or uses. h. A minimum 25-foot buffer meeting the plant unit requirements of Buffer D (see Appendix E) shall be provided adjoining single-family zoning or uses not part of the golf course development.

Golf Driving Ranges, Par 3 Golf and Miniature Golf Courses, Skateboard Parks, Waterslides, Batting Cages, and similar uses shall be permitted in the CC-1, CG-2, I-1 and BP Districts... c. A minimum 100-foot setback for all buildings and parking areas shall be provided adjacent to residential districts or uses. h. Driving range shall be located at least 300 feet from any residential or commercial property line or right-of-way line of any road.

The Board of Zoning Appeals may permit a home occupation within the context of the definition of home occupation provided in this Ordinance as a Special Exception in the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, MH-1 and RMX Districts subject to the following: ... e. No more than 25 percent of the floor area of the dwelling, including an attached garage, may be used for the home occupation, and not more than five percent may be used for storage of stock in trade.

A hotel, motel, or inn shall be permitted in the CC-1, CG-2, RMX and BP Districts, provided that all the requirements imposed in the zone are met...

Mobile homes and Manufactured Home Parks shall be permitted in the MH-1 District subject to the following requirements... a.2. Manufactured Home Sites. A minimum manufactured home unit site size of 4,500 square feet per unit shall be provided. c.1. The minimum area for a manufactured home park or subdivision shall be ten acres. The minimum width of the tract measured at the street frontage of the main access shall be 200 feet. d.3. Open Space. At least 25 percent of the tract, excluding the rights-of-way, shall be established in open space. d.6. There shall be a distance of at least 20 feet between manufactured homes or enclosed extensions thereof... d.12. A minimum of ten percent of the gross land area of the Manufactured Home Park shall be reserved for recreational and open space uses.

A mini-warehouse shall be permitted in the I-1 District and may be permitted as a Special Exception by the Board of Zoning Appeals in the CG-2 District... d. Adequate access and parking shall be provided. Parking for storage purposes shall be provided via a driving/parking land adjacent to each storage space/stall, with a minimum 30-foot width for one-way routes where accessed on one side of the land and a 45-foot width for a two-way route or where accessed on both sides. e. Screening Requirements. 1. Adjoining properties used or zoned for residential/dwelling purposes: (a) Non-street-facing property lines shall be improved with a minimum six-foot high, solid wooden fence or masonry wall along the entire length (except for approved access crossings); said improvements are to be located outside any public right-of-way and interior to a minimum 50-foot landscape buffer with a minimum planting equal to Bufferyard Standard D in Appendix J. (b) Street-facing property lines shall require a minimum six-foot, wooden fence or masonry wall along the entire length (except for approved access crossings); said improvements are to be located outside any public right-of-way and interior to a minimum 20-foot landscape strip with a minimum planting equal to Bufferyard Standard C in Appendix J. 2. Adjoining all properties used or zoned for other than residential/dwelling purposes: (a) Non-street-facing property lines shall be improved with a minimum six-foot high, solid fence or masonry wall along the entire length, interior to a ten-foot landscape strip with a minimum planting equal to Bufferyard Standard A in Appendix J. (b) Street-facing property lines shall be provided with a minimum 20-foot landscape strip or buffer as specified in Appendices E and J and a minimum six-foot high, wooden fence or masonry wall along the entire length (except for approved access crossings) located outside any public right-of-way and interior to any required landscape strips and/or buffers.

The Board of Zoning Appeals may permit nursing homes serving nine or more people as a Special Exception in the R-4 and RMX Districts and nursing homes serving between one and eight people shall be permitted in the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, MH-1, and RMX Districts... 1. Total area: 20,000 square feet. 2. Frontage: 50 feet.

The Board of Zoning Appeals may permit an Emergency Homeless Shelter for no more than ten people at a time as a Special Exception with Conditions in the I-1 and CG-2 zoning districts excluding shopping centers. (c) Shall not be within 500 feet of any residential zone, day care, school or congregation facilities. (d) A ten-foot buffer with a six-foot opaque fence shall be put in place when the property is adjacent to a residential zone (See Buffer Yard C).

Pet shops shall be permitted in the CC-1, CG-2, and RMX Districts provided that the actual store or premises in which the pet shop is located is at least 150 feet from any lot in any residential zone