Waynesboro

Solar Farm: A utility-scale photovoltaic installation generating electricity for off-site use. 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.

Family or household: One or more persons related by blood, adoption, or marriage, living together as a single housekeeping unit, exclusive of household servants. 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

Mini-Warehouse: A facility which consists of two or more individual units of 300 square feet or less, each of which is rented solely to store household goods and personal effects

Substantial improvement: Any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition or other improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the start of construction of the improvement.

Substantial damage: Damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.

Adult bookstore: A bookstore that devotes more than 15 percent of the total floor area for the display and sale of the following: (1) Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, tapes, records or other forms of visual or audio representations which are characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas

Brewpub: An eating and drinking establishment (restaurant) with a small brewery on the premises producing alcohol beverages, where the majority of the alcohol produced is consumed on the premises. Production is limited to 3,000 barrels annually.

Micro-Brewery: A facility for the production and packaging of alcoholic beverages for distribution, retail, wholesale, on or off premises, and producing no more than fifteen thousand (15,000) barrels per year and which meets all alcohol beverage control laws and regulations.

Recreational vehicle: A vehicle which is: (1) Built on a single chassis; (2) 400 square feet or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection; (3) Designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light duty truck; and (4) Designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational camping, travel or seasonal use.

Manufactured home: A HUD-approved manufactured home constructed after July 1, 1976, which is transportable in one or more sections; is eight body feet or more in width and 40 body feet or more in length in the traveling mode, or is 320 or more square feet when erected on site; is built on a permanent chassis; is designed to be used as a single-family dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities

Mobile Home: A portable manufactured housing unit built before June 15, 1976 designed for transportation on its own chassis and placement on a temporary or semi-permanent foundation having a measurement of over 32 feet in length and over eight feet in width.

Animal unit: The equivalent to one head of beef or slaughter cattle. For the purpose of this Chapter the following equal one animal unit: 1 head of beef or slaughter cattle, 1 dairy cow, 2 calves less than one year old, 1 buffalo, 1 llama, 1 horse, 1 mule, 5 sheep, 5 goats, 2 swine, 2 deer, 125 chickens, 75 turkeys, 3 ostriches or 100 rabbits.

Animal concentration: The keeping for commercial purposes of more than one animal unit per acre.

Bed and breakfast: A building containing up to five guest rooms for an overnight stay which are rented at a daily rate and where breakfast is typically the only meal served to guests.

Inn: A lodging establishment providing overnight accommodations with 6 or more but less than 20 guest bedrooms in accordance with the applicable requirements of Sec. 98-4.4.4.

Child Care Center: An establishment which is licensed or approved to operate as a child care center in the Commonwealth of Virginia, enrolling six or more children for whose care tuition, fees or other forms of compensation are charged.

Nursing or Convalescent Home: A facility, however named, which is advertised, announced, or maintained for the express or implied purpose of providing nursing or convalescent care for three or more persons unrelated to the licensee.

Rotating Thermal Shelter: A temporary cold weather shelter associated with a religious institution providing overnight accommodations for persons without an alternative form of shelter. These shelters operate on a rotating basis, generally with a two-week maximum stay per year, in association with other religious institutions.

Homestay: The provision of a room or space in a dwelling to a transient by an individual who owns the dwelling and uses the dwelling as his or her permanent residence that is suitable or intended for occupancy for dwelling, sleeping, or lodging purposes, for a period of fewer than 30 consecutive days, in exchange for a charge for the occupancy.

Short-Term Residential, Rental: The provision of a dwelling, or a room or space within a dwelling, to a transient by an individual who owns the dwelling and does not use the dwelling as his or her permanent residence that is suitable or intended for occupancy for dwelling, sleeping, or lodging purposes, for a period of fewer than 30 consecutive days, in exchange for a charge for the occupancy.