Tappahannock

Sign, Projecting. A sign which is attached to and projects more than 18 inches from the face of a wall or from any other location on the structure (e.g., a porch or foyer).

Residential Mixed-Use Developments are contemplated to be primarily residential in nature. However, Residential Mixed-Use Developments of sufficient size and appropriate character may have certain limited commercial development which is incidental to the Residential Mixed-Use Development and is intended primarily for the use of the residents of the Residential Mixed-Use Development.

Maximum total floor area permissible in a Planned Business Park shall not exceed floor area ratio (FAR) 0.25 for the land area of the BP, and no structure or structures shall cover more than 50 percent of the lot.

In any residential or commercial zone, a wall or fence of not more than three and one-half feet in height may be erected or maintained within a front yard or a side street yard. A fence or wall of not more than six feet in height may be erected in any other yard. No height restriction shall be placed on a wall or fence erected or maintained in any industrial zone.

Covered porches, stairways, terraces or other similar features, the floor level of which is not over three feet above the average finished grade, and which do not extend above the level of the first floor of the building, when open and unenclosed, may project into a required front, side or rear yard not more than three feet.

Accessory buildings shall be prohibited in any front yard. Accessory buildings shall be prohibited in any required side yard that is adjacent to street (corner lot). Accessory buildings shall be distant at least five feet from alley lines and five feet from lot boundary lines in all residential and MH-1 districts.

Notwithstanding other regulations in this Article or the maximum specified for the respective zone, the height limits of this Zoning Ordinance shall not apply to church spires, belfries, and cupolas, not for human occupancy, municipal utility poles, municipal water towers, chimneys, and flag poles.

No cluster development shall be allowed on parcels containing less than two contiguous acres under unified ownership or control. Within each approved cluster development there shall be a minimum of 20 percent of the total acreage devoted to open space. A minimum of 900 square feet per dwelling unit shall be designated for recreational activities.

no sign may be constructed, erected, moved, enlarged, illuminated or altered except in accordance with the provisions of this section.

The following signs are exempt from regulation under this Ordinance except for those stated in Subsections 22-190b through e.

The following temporary signs are permitted without a permit. However, such signs shall conform to the requirements set forth below as well as all other applicable requirements of this ordinance except those contained in Sections 22-179 and 22-190.

In no case may a single side of a freestanding sign exceed 50 square feet in surface area if the lot on which the sign is located has less than 200 feet of frontage on the street toward which that sign is primarily oriented, 75 square feet on lots with 200 or more but less than 400 feet of frontage, and 100 square feet on lots with 400 or more feet of frontage.

Except as authorized by this Article, no development may have more than one freestanding sign.

A residential subdivision or multi-family development may have up to two signs identifying such subdivision or development. Such signs are not internally illuminated and may not exceed 32 square feet if only one sign is utilized. If two signs are utilized neither sign may exceed 16 square feet in area.

No part of a freestanding sign may exceed a height, measured from ground level (not including artificial berms), of 25 feet in the CG-2 and BP Business Park districts and 15 feet in all other districts.

No sign within 150 feet of a residential zone may be illuminated between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m., unless the impact of such lighting beyond the boundaries of the lot where it is located is entirely inconsequential.

No off-premises signs (except those exempted from regulation or from permit requirements under Section 22-180 or 22-181) may be located in any district other than the CG-2 and BP districts. Off-premises signs shall not exceed 25 feet in height and shall not be any larger than 50 square feet in total sign area.

All signs and all components thereof, including without limitation supports, braces, and anchors, shall be kept in a state of good repair.

No person may, for the purpose of increasing or enhancing the visibility of any sign, damage, trim, destroy, or remove any trees, shrubs, or other vegetation located: Within the right-of-way of any public street or road... On property that is not under the ownership or control of the person doing or responsible for such work... In any area where such trees or shrubs are required to remain under a permit issued under this ordinance.

Subject to the remaining restrictions of this section, nonconforming signs that were otherwise lawful on the effective date of this article may be continued.