Waynesboro

Drive-through windows and lanes shall be subject to the following screening requirements: ... Such screening shall be a compact evergreen hedge or other type of dense foliage. At the time of installation, such screening shall be at least 36 inches in height and shall reach a height of 48 inches within two years of planting.

This article establishes procedures for development review, including pre-application meetings, application requirements, notice, and approval processes.

Any nonconforming use that is discontinued for, or that remains vacant for a period of two years shall be considered to have been abandoned.

Violations of this Chapter shall carry civil penalties assessed as follows: $200 for first Notice of Violation, $500 for each subsequent...

Regulations set forth by this Chapter shall be interpreted as providing minimum regulations necessary to promote and protect the public health, safety and welfare.

Density is calculated as the number of dwelling units per gross acre located within the development site.

Area shall be measured in gross square feet or acres. Lot area shall be that area contained within the property lines of a single, undivided piece of land.

There are four types of required yards—Front, side (street), side (interior) and rear yards. Every part of every required yard shall be open and unobstructed above the general ground level of the graded lot upward to the sky except as provided.

Required yards must be unobstructed and unoccupied from the ground to the sky except that features are allowed to encroach into required yards to the extent indicated in the following table: Driveways, recreational equipment, retaining walls, utility lines.

Building separation shall be the required horizontal separation between any two buildings located on the same lot or parcel of land. Street frontage shall mean the horizontal length of the street frontage along a property's lot line.

Building height is measured as the vertical distance from average finished grade to the highest point of any flat roof, or to the deck line of a mansard roof, or to the mean height between the plate and the ridge of a gable or hip roof.

Uses and structures that lawfully existed prior to the effective date of this Chapter and that conform to the provisions of this Chapter may continue. Nonconformities are subject to Article 8.

All territory which may be added to the city after the effective date of this Chapter shall be considered as being in the RS-12 district until otherwise changed.

Determination of the appropriate category for a proposed principal use shall be made by the Zoning Administrator in accordance with the provisions of subsection 2, below.

Developments with multiple principal uses (such as shopping centers) shall incorporate only those uses allowed in the underlying district.

Accessory uses are allowed by right, but only in conjunction with a principal use, unless otherwise stated elsewhere in this Chapter. Unless otherwise stated, accessory uses are subject to the same regulations as the principal use.

Accessory uses are allowed by right, but only in conjunction with a principal use, unless otherwise stated elsewhere in this Chapter.

A number of persons not exceeding eight, living together as a single housekeeping unit, though not related by blood, adoption, or marriage, shall be deemed to constitute a family

Solar panels that are auxiliary to another use and which generate power primarily for use on-site are not considered solar farms and are allowed in all zoning districts.

Base flood elevation (BFE): The Federal Emergency Management Agency-designated 100-year water surface elevation. The water surface elevation of the base flood in relation to the datum specified on the City of Waynesboro's Flood Insurance Rate Map.