District
|
Abbreviation
| |
---|---|---|
Conservation District
|
C
| |
Agriculture District
|
A
|
District
|
Abbreviation
| |
---|---|---|
Residential Rural District
|
RR-5
| |
Residential District
|
R-2
| |
Residential Village District
|
RV
| |
Mobile Home Park District
|
MHP
|
District
|
Abbreviation
| |
---|---|---|
Commercial Village District
|
CV
| |
Commercial General District
|
CG
| |
Commercial Highway District
|
HC
|
District
|
Abbreviation
| |
---|---|---|
Industrial District
|
I
|
KEY
| ||
---|---|---|
P
SP
SE
X
BLANK
|
-
-
-
-
-
|
Permitted use
Special permitted use (BZA)
Special exception use (Board)
Site plan required as indicated
Use not allowed as listed in the zoning district
represented by that column or site plan not required
|
CATEGORIES OF USES
| |
---|---|
1.
|
Residential uses
|
2.
|
Community, educational and institutional uses
|
3.
|
Public and quasi-public uses
|
4.
|
Recreation and amusement uses
|
5.
|
Commercial, retail and business uses
|
6.
|
Wholesale and industrial uses, nonagriculture
|
7.
|
Agriculture, horticulture, forestry and associated
uses
|
8.
|
Miscellaneous uses
|
Zoning District
| |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residential Uses
|
C
|
A
|
RR-5
|
R-2
|
RV
|
CV
|
CG
|
HC
|
I
|
MHP
|
Site Plan
|
Dwelling, single-family
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
| |
Dwelling, attached, 2-family (duplex)
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
| |||
Dwelling, attached, greater than 2
families
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
| ||||
Dwelling, multifamily
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||
Dwelling, mobile home
|
P*
|
P*
|
P
| ||||||||
More than 1 dwelling on a lot or parcel
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
| |||
Home occupation
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
SE
|
P
| |||
Small contracting business (same lot
as residence)
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
| |||
Cottage industry (same lot as dwelling
of owner/proprietor)
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
SE
| ||||
Residential lot development[2]
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
| ||||||
Residential lot development (family
transfer) greater than 5 lots cumulative since 1962[3]
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
| ||||||
Accessory dwelling unit
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
| |||
Repair shop (same lot as residence)
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
| ||||
Auto repair shop (same lot as residence)
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
NOTES:
*As provided in § 170-42.
|
Zoning District
| |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community, Educational and institutional
uses
|
C
|
A
|
RR-5
|
R-2
|
RV
|
CV
|
CG
|
HC
|
I
|
MHP
|
Site Plan
|
Club or lodge (civic, fraternal or patriotic)
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
| ||||
Carnivals sponsored by nonprofit organizations,
fairs or shows (5-day limit per year)
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
| |||
Carnivals sponsored by nonprofit organizations,
fairs or shows greater than 5 days per calendar year
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
School, public or private, within a house or
building, with 25 or fewer students
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
SE
|
X
| ||
School, public or private, within a house or
building, with more than 25 students
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||
School, public or private, not conducted within
a building
|
SE
|
X
| |||||||||
Residential facility off-site, for use by students
or others associated with an educational institution
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |||||
Monastery or similar religious residential facility
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||
Place of worship, including church cemetery
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
|
Medical care facility, with 10 or fewer beds
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
| ||||
Medical care facility, with more than 10 beds
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| ||||
Residential care facility, minor
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||
Residential care facility, major
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
|
Zoning District
| |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public and Quasi-Public Type Uses
|
C
|
A
|
RR-5
|
R-2
|
RV
|
CV
|
CG
|
HC
|
I
|
MHP
|
Site Plan
|
Conference center
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| |||||||
Penal or correctional facility
|
SE
|
X
| |||||||||
Post office
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||||
Museum
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
X
| ||||||
Arena/stadium
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||||
Library
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
SE
|
X
| |||
Public safety facility (fire, rescue or police
station or detention facility)
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |||
Parks and recreation facility (governmental/civic),
athletic
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||
Parks and recreation facility (governmental/civic),
nonathletic
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||
Fairground
|
SE
|
P
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||
Sanitary landfill (Rappahannock County governmental
only)
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |||||||
Solid waste transfer station
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
SE
|
X
| |
Sewerage treatment or water purification facility
(public or private)
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |
Telecommunication facility or radio, television
and microwave antenna and/or transmitting facility
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |
Electrical generating plant and facilities
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |
Electrical generating plant and facilities,
renewable energy, small
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
| ||
Electrical generating plant and facilities,
renewable energy, utility
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |
Utility transmission facility greater than 34.5
kilovolts not for local distribution
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |
Parking facility (public or private)
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |
Animal shelter
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
Zoning District
| |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recreation and Amusement Uses
|
C
|
A
|
RR-5
|
R-2
|
RV
|
CV
|
CG
|
HC
|
I
|
MHP
|
Site Plan
|
Country club/golf course, public or private
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||||
Swimming/tennis facility, public or private
club
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
Firing range facility (indoor)
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||||
Country inn, retreat or lodge
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||||
Conference center or resort
|
SE
|
SE
| |||||||||
Tent campground
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||||
Travel-trailer park
|
SE
|
P
|
SE
|
X
| |||||||
Equestrian facility (non-spectator)
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
| |||||
Equestrian facility (spectator)
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
| ||||
Drive-in theater
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
Golf driving range, go cart or similar outdoor
commercial recreation
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||||
Limited golf driving range
|
SE
| ||||||||||
Private club; indoor
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
Theater, indoor
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
Health club
|
P
|
X
| |||||||||
Bowling alley
|
P
|
X
| |||||||||
Pool/billiards or amusement arcade facilities,
indoor
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |||||||
Skating rink, ice or roller
|
P
|
X
| |||||||||
Dance hall
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||||
Animal petting farm
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||
Retail fishing
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||||
Firing range facility (outdoor)
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||||
Dance, music or performing arts studio
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
|
Zoning District
| |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Commercial, Retail and Business
Uses
|
C
|
A
|
RR-5
|
R-2
|
RV
|
CV
|
CG
|
I
|
HC
|
MHP
|
Site Plan
|
Retail sales establishment, 2,000 square
feet gross or less (no outside storage)
|
P
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| |||||||
Retail sales establishment, greater
than 2,000 square feet gross and less than 5,000 square feet gross
(no outside storage)
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||||||
Retail sales establishment, 5,000 square
feet gross or more (no outside storage)
|
P
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
Kennel
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| |||||
Animal hospital/veterinary clinic
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||||||
Financial institution
|
P
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
Funeral home
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
Farm supply establishment
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
X
| ||||||
Building material sales, 1 acre or
less used
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
Building material sales, more than
1 acre used
|
P
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||||
Office, professional, including clinic,
3 persons or fewer employed
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
X
| ||||
Office, professional, including clinic,
more than 3 persons employed
|
P
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
Office, business, 2,000 square feet
or fewer gross
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||||||
Office, business, more than 2,000 square
feet gross
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||||||
Eating establishment, fast-food
|
P
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
Eating establishment
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||||||
Laundry/dry cleaners/laundromat
|
P
|
P
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||
Furniture repair
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
X
| ||||||
Barbers/beauty shop
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
X
| ||
Carpentry, plumbing, electrical, printing
or sheet metal shop
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||||
Auction establishment
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||
Car wash
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
Auto service station
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||||||
Auto repair garage
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||||||
Motor vehicle impoundment yard
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
Junkyard/auto graveyard
|
SE
|
X
| |||||||||
Auto sales, repair and/or service
|
SE
|
P
|
SE
|
X
| |||||||
Truck and heavy equipment sales, rental
and/or service
|
P
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
Mobile home sales, rental and/or service
|
SE
|
X
| |||||||||
Taxi service
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| ||||||
Bus terminal
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
X
| ||||
Tourist home/bed and breakfast
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |
Motel/hotel
|
P
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| |||||||
Antique shop/gift shop
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||||
Seasonal wayside stand (off-site)
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||||
Motor freight terminal
|
SE
|
X
| |||||||||
Contractor's office/shop/yard
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
X
| ||
Flea market
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||||||
Taxidermy
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |||||
Spa
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
Zoning District
| ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wholesale and Industrial Uses,
Nonagricultural
|
C
|
A
|
RR-5
|
R-2
|
RV
|
CV
|
CG
|
HC
|
I
|
MHP
|
Site Plan
| |
Warehousing, including moving and storage
establishment
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||
Wholesale trade establishment, 5,000
square feet gross or less
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| |||||||||
Wholesale trade establishment more
than 5,000 square feet gross
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||||
Wholesale trade establishment with
retail sales, 5,000 square feet gross floor area or less
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| |||||||||
Wholesale trade establishment with
retail sales, more than 5,000 square feet gross floor area
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||||||
Petroleum products bulk storage and
distribution
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |||||||||
Industrial uses other than heavy industrial
uses
|
P
|
X
| ||||||||||
Heavy industrial uses
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||||||
Mining, quarrying and/or mineral processing
(on-site), including associated batching and asphalt mixing
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||||||
Distilleries:
| ||||||||||||
5,000 gallons per year or less
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||
More than 5,000 gallons per year
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |||||||
Breweries
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
|
Zoning District
| |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agricultural, Horticultural Forestry
and Associated
|
C
|
A
|
RR-5
|
R-2
|
RV
|
CV
|
CG
|
HC
|
I
|
MHP
|
Site Plan
|
Crop/livestock farming
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
| |||||
Dairy farming
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
| |||||||
Commercial feed lot, greater than 100
heads
|
SE
|
P
|
P
| ||||||||
Swine farm, greater than 20 sows
|
SE
|
P
|
P
| ||||||||
Poultry farm (1,000 birds or more)
|
SE
|
P
|
P
| ||||||||
Nursery (greenhouse mostly wholesale)[4]
|
P
|
P
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
| |||||
Nursery (no permanent sales or display
facility)
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
SE
| |||
Forestry
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
| |||
Distillation of industrial alcohol
(ethanol) for farm use
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| ||||||
Processing, storage and sale of agricultural
products grown on premises
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
SE
|
SE
| ||||||
Processing, storage and sale of agricultural
products grown off site (other than meat processing)
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |
Meat processing/slaughterhouse
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |||||||
Livestock exchange
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
| |||||||
Lime, fertilizer and agricultural chemical
storage and distribution
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
| ||||
Farm equipment, sales, service and
rental
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
X
| |||
Sawmill, custom
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
| ||||||||
Sawmill, commercial
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
X
| |||||||
Farm winery, Category 1
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P
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P
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P
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SE
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SE
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See definition; required in R-2 and
RV
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Farm winery, Category 2
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P
|
P
|
P
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SE
|
SE
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See definition; required in R-2 and
RV
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Winery
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SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
X
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Farm winery retail establishment
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SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
X
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Home winery/brewery
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P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
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Adult farm labor camp
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SE
|
SE
|
X
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Aquaculture
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SE
|
SE
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Biosolids storage facilities1
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SE
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NOTES:
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A special exception is not required
if the stored biosolids are for use solely on the farm where they
are stored and are not stored for longer than 45 days. A site plan
shall be required.
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Zoning District
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Miscellaneous Uses
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C
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A
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RR-5
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R-2
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RV
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CV
|
CG
|
HC
|
I
|
MHP
|
Site Plan
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Family graveyard
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
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Cemetery (non-church-related)
|
SE
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Adaptive uses of existing structures
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
| ||
Resubdivision
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
| ||
Airport or landing strip
|
SE
| ||||||||||
Carnival, field party, fair, show or
music festival, for profit, temporary
|
SE
|
SE
|
P
|
P
|
X
| ||||||
Expansion of nonconforming uses
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
| |
Off-site directional signs
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
SE
|
Zoning District
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Type of Requirement
|
C
|
A
|
RR-5
|
R-2
|
RV
|
CV
|
CG
|
HC
|
I
|
MHP
|
Site Plan
| |
Maximum density (dwelling units/acres)1
|
1/25
|
1/25
|
1/5
|
1/2
|
1/1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
2/1
| ||
Minimum lot size (acres)
| ||||||||||||
Conventional
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
10
| ||
Special exception
|
--
|
--
|
2
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
| ||
Minimum lot width (feet)
| ||||||||||||
Conventional
|
500
|
400
|
300
|
200
|
100
|
50
|
150
|
150
|
150
|
--
| ||
Special exception condition or family
transfer
|
300
|
200
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
| ||
Minimum front yards, measured from
center of street or nearest lane of Route 211 (feet)4
| ||||||||||||
Primary (Route 211)
|
200
|
200
|
100
|
75
|
754
|
504
|
75
|
75
|
100
|
100
| ||
Secondary
|
100
|
100
|
75
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
75
|
75
| ||
Private and all other roads
|
100
|
100
|
75
|
50
|
50
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
| ||
Minimum side and rear yards, principal
use (feet)
| ||||||||||||
Residential or resource preservation
district
|
100
|
50
|
50
|
20
|
20
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
| ||
Commercial or industrial zoning district
adjoining a commercial or industrial zoning district
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
25
|
--
|
--
| ||
Commercial or industrial zoning district
adjoining a residential or resource preservation zoning district
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
15
|
25
|
25
|
25
|
--
| ||
Maximum building height (feet) (See § 170-30 for exclusions.)
|
35
|
35
|
35
|
35
|
35
|
35
|
50
|
50
|
60
|
20
| ||
Minimum open space (%)
|
25
|
35
|
0
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
30
| ||||
Stream Protection Overlay Disticts5
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
NOTES:
2 See also § 170-40, Family subdivisions.
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3 Within
a village front yard as shown or equal to a front yard of any existing
structure within 100 feet of either side of the property line.
4 Except
in the Footnote 3 above, in no case shall less than 20 feet be within
the lot.
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5 The Stream
Protection Overlay Zone requirements shall apply for all development
involving subdivisions of three lots or more or for commercial development
involving 10,000 square feet or greater land disturbed in the indicated
zoning districts.
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