Urbanna

Yard sale means a sale, not more than two days in duration, of personal property owned by the seller and usual to a household. Such sale is conducted by the owner or lessee of the property on which it occurs. Such sale does not occur on the same property more than four times in one calendar year, and not more than twice within a 30 day period.

Conditional zoning approval shall be granted only if it is found by the town council after receiving a recommendation from the planning commission that the location is appropriate and not in conflict with the comprehensive plan, that the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare will not be adversely affected, that adequate utilities and off-street parking facilities will be provided, and that necessary safeguards will be provided for the protection of surrounding property, persons, and neighborhood values.

In consideration of applications for special use permits the planning commission and the town council shall give due regard to the nature and condition of all adjacent uses and structures and the probable effect upon them of the proposed use.

Parking lots and access courts shall be landscaped according to article V of this chapter.

Screening and buffers may be appropriate alongside and rear property lines and should be provided by means of fences, walls, hedges, planting screen or natural vegetation.

Any cemetery hereafter established, whether intended for public or private use, shall make provision for public access by a right-of-way at least 50 feet in width.

Land which is topographically unsuitable which by reason of steep slopes will require extensive grading or unusual construction practices in order for development to take place or which would provide less than 10,000 useable square feet of contiguous building area with slopes of less than 15 percent

No grading shall occur within 100 feet of any perennial watercourse or wetland. Natural vegetation shall be left undisturbed on slopes of 15 percent or greater, within 100 feet of wetlands, and within 100 feet of perennial watercourses.

In the case of a minor subdivision in which there are no more than seven lots and in which no lot is less than one acre in area, private streets may be permitted, provided: ... That the right-of-way is not less than 50 feet in width

Right-of-way widths for other street types shall be not less than 80 feet for state secondary highways designated as collector streets; 60 feet for minor streets in multiple-family residential, commercial, and industrial areas; 50 feet for minor streets in other residential areas; and 16 feet for alleys.

Blocks may not exceed 1,200 feet in length, or be less than 400 feet in length, between street lines. In any residential block more than 800 feet in length, a crosswalkway of not less than ten feet in width may be required

Width of accessways shall not at any point be less than required minimum street frontage of 25 feet (20 feet for family subdivisions)...

All subdivisions containing more than 25 lots under five acres in area shall provide common open space and recreation area equal to at least five percent of the total area of all of the lots.

easements of not less than 16 feet in width shall be provided where necessary to meet public utility requirements.

Permanent reference monuments, of stone or reinforced concrete and at least 24 inches in length and 3.5 inches by 3.5 inches square with suitable center point, shall be set flush with the finished grade.

Monuments of metal pipe at least three-quarters inch in outside diameter or solid metal rod one-half inch or more in diameter and at least 18 inches in length

the subdivider shall protect and preserve physical features such as trees with a DBH of 12 inches or greater, natural growth, watercourses, scenic points, historic places, topsoil and other similar community assets

The violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of $100.00 for each lot or parcel of land subdivided or transferred or sold for each violation hereof

No lot shall be used in whole or in part for dwelling purposes unless such lot abuts upon a street, alley or permanent easement in accordance with the minimum street frontage requirements of this chapter or is part of an approved planned unit development. 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.

The minimum yards, parking space, open spaces, including lot area per family or dwelling unit, required by this chapter for each and every building existing at the time of the passage of these regulations or for any building hereafter erected, shall not be encroached upon or considered as required yard or open space for any other building, except as hereinafter provided, nor shall any lot area or lot dimensions be reduced by private action below the requirements of these regulations.