Vienna

Before consideration of a final plat of a subdivision by the Town, the subdivider shall guarantee the completion of the improvements required by means of a bond executed by a surety company based on an estimate approved by the Director of Public Works. The amount of the bond shall be the estimated cost of construction of such improvements plus ten percent for price escalation resulting from normal cost increases between the time of approval and the initiation of construction on a subdivision.

The amount of the bond shall be the estimated cost of construction of such improvements plus ten percent for price escalation. The subdivider shall file a bond in the amount of ten percent of the original installation costs for maintenance.

The subdivider shall, prior to acceptance by the Town of the bonded required improvements, file a bond in the amount of ten percent of the original installation costs, to cover maintenance and repair arising from defective workmanship or material for a period of two (2) years.

Town Council, in its discretion, may use funds escrowed pursuant to provision § 18-629, above, and provision 5 of Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2241, as amended, for improvements similar to but other than those for which the funds were escrowed, if the Council: obtains the written consent of the owner or developer who submitted the escrowed funds; finds that the facilities for which funds are escrowed are not immediately required; releases the owner or developer from liability for the construction or for the future cost of constructing those improvements for which funds were escrowed; and accepts liability for future construction of these improvements. If the Town fails to locate such owner or developer after making a reasonable attempt to do so, the Town may proceed as if such consent has been granted. In addition, the escrowed funds to be used for such other improvement may only come from an escrow that does not exceed a principal amount of $30,000.00 plus any accrued interest and shall have been escrowed for at least five (5) years.

Whenever a parcel being subdivided is in whole or partly located within a resource protection area, the parcel should be subdivided so that no development will occur within the resource protection area.

Whenever a parcel being subdivided is in whole or partly located within a resource protection area, the parcel should be subdivided so that no development will occur within the resource protection area. If the subdivision cannot be accomplished without development, such development must be in accordance with applicable provisions of Article 2, § 18-238, Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas Overlay (CB-O), including the use of best management practices for control of non-point source pollution to offset the effects of development within the resource protection area.

Any lot of official record as of April (or December 17) 1956, or any lot of a subdivision approved by the Town from April (or December 17) 1956, to the effective date of the ordinance from which this division is derived, the lot size is less than 10,000 square feet, may be used for a single-unit dwelling, provided: ... A substandard lot's side yard may be reduced to not less than twenty (20) percent of the lot width, but not to less than seven and a half (7½) feet in any case. B. A substandard lot's rear yard may be reduced to not less than thirty (30) percent of the lot depth but not less than twenty (20) feet in any case.

All applications for appeals of Zoning Administrator decisions shall be filed with the Zoning Administrator and with the clerk of the Board of Zoning Appeals within thirty (30) days from the date of the decision for which review is sought.

no structure, building, sign or other improvements ... located on any land within any architectural control district shall be erected, reconstructed, altered or restored until the plans for such shall have been approved by the Board of Architectural Review

A Certificate of Approval from the Board of Architectural Review is required for the construction, alteration, or demolition of any building or structure in the Old Town Vienna Historic District, and for duplex, townhouse, and multi-unit residential uses as specified in this Chapter.

No excavation shall be commenced, no wall, structure, premises, or land used, no building or part thereof built, constructed, or altered, no building shall be moved, no sign shall be erected, repaired, or repainted until application has been made and the proper approval obtained from the Zoning Administrator and Fairfax County

No permit shall be issued for the erection of any permanent structure intended for residential, commercial, or industrial use, nor shall any structure be erected on land in such proximity and relative elevation to any open stream or drainage channel where such land is subject to periodic or recurring flooding from stormwater, or subject to the danger of erosion, unless all plans therefor conform to all requirements of this Chapter.

No commercial or residential occupancy, use, change of use, or continuation of a use following the change in ownership or proprietary control of such use of any building shall take place until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Zoning Administrator

Any use that is indicated within Article 3 of this Chapter and is marked with a 'C' on the Principal Uses or Accessory Uses Tables requires the approval of a Conditional Use Permit by the Board of Zoning Appeals

Any use that is indicated within Article 3 of this Chapter and is marked with a "C" on the Principal Uses or Accessory Uses Tables requires the approval of a Conditional Use Permit by the Board of Zoning Appeals prior to the issuance of a Building Permit or Certificate of Occupancy.

A conditional use permit is required for uses identified as conditional uses in Article 3 of this Chapter.

The declarant of a conversion condominium in the Town shall file, with the zoning administrator, copies of all information otherwise required to be filed by such declarant with any and all appropriate departments, agencies and offices of the commonwealth

The declarant of a conversion condominium in the Town shall, simultaneously with giving to tenants such notice of conversion as is required by applicable provisions of the Code of Virginia, offer elderly and disabled tenants occupying as their residence at that time, apartments or units in the proposed conversion condominium leases or extensions of lease on the apartments or units they then occupy or on other apartments or units of equal size and overall quality.

A permit is required for new or modified driveways. Modifications include a change of driveway size and/or location.

A permit is required for new or modified driveways. Modifications include a change of driveway size and/or location.