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2023-04-25
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Backfilling
§ 17-1 — Safety precautions and project completion requirements; violations and penalties.
§ 224-1 — Adoption of 2015 standards; insertions, additions, deletions, changes.
§ 274-46 — Inspection reports and records.
§ 274-48 — Developer's responsibilities.
§ 274-50 — Testing.
§ 276-23 — Construction requirements.
§ 291-14 — Water service lines.
§ 291-32 — Sewer service lines.
§ 291-62 — Water mains.
§ 291-64 — Sewer mains.
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Barricades
§ 17-1 — Safety precautions and project completion requirements; violations and penalties.
§ 276-23 — Construction requirements.
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Batteries
§ 125-4 — General regulations.
§ 216-11 — Installation standards.
§ 291-29 — Cross-connection control program.
297-49E{124} — MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL SALES
297-49E{216} — SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM, GRID-CONNECTED
297-49E{219} — SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM, OFF-GRID/STAND ALONE
297-49E{248} — WIND ENERGY SYSTEM
§ 297-212 — Uses corresponding with Table of Permissible Uses.
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Bed and breakfast
297-49E{20} — BED-AND-BREAKFAST or TOURIST HOME
297-49E{23} — BOARDINGHOUSE or ROOMING HOUSE
297-49E{88} — HOTEL, MOTEL or INN
§ 297-99 — Hughesville Village Zone (HV)
§ 297-132 — Development standards.
§ 297-211 — Alphabetical listing.
§ 297-212 — Uses corresponding with Table of Permissible Uses.
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Bicycles
§ 276-6 — Cross-section elements.
§ 278-17 — Minor subdivisions.
287-20{2} — MOTOR VEHICLE
297-49E{56} — ECOTOURISM
297-49E{222} — SPECIALTY SHOPS
297-49E{227} — STREETSCAPE
§ 297-95 — Core Mixed-Use Zones.
§ 297-97 — Activity center zones.
§ 297-106 — Mixed Use (MX) Zone.
297-128{117} — TRAIL
§ 297-154 — Permitted activity in road buffer before and after development.
§ 297-219 — Purpose.
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Bingo
§ 297-132 — Development standards.
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Blasting
§ 297-92 — Industrial zones.
§ 297-212 — Uses corresponding with Table of Permissible Uses.
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Blocks
§ 226-5 — System facilities, equipment and services.
§ 226-9 — Consumer protection.
§ 230-12.5 — Dangerous and/or vicious animals and potentially dangerous animals.
§ 238-9 — Requirements in flood hazard areas (A Zones) that are not coastal high-hazard or Coastal A Zones.
§ 274-28 — Contents and submission of concept, site and final plans.
276-2{8} — GRID ADDRESS NUMBERING SYSTEM
§ 276-6 — Cross-section elements.
278-12{2} — BLOCK
§ 278-32 — Endorsements and certifications on major subdivision plats.
§ 278-46 — Lot and block standards.
287-5{1} — SNOW TIRES
§ 291-62 — Water mains.
§ 291-64 — Sewer mains.
§ 291-65 — Minimum design guidelines and requirements for wastewater pumping stations and related facilities.
§ 297-21 — Interpretation of zone boundaries.
§ 297-91 — Commercial zones.
§ 297-97 — Activity center zones.
§ 297-99 — Hughesville Village Zone (HV)
§ 297-103 — Master plan.
§ 297-109 — Design guidelines and requirements.
§ 297-131 — Critical Area Buffer regulations.
§ 297-132 — Development standards.
§ 297-212 — Uses corresponding with Table of Permissible Uses.
§ 297-227 — Amendment of approved cluster developments.
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Board of Appeals
Ch 145 — Zoning
§ 150-1 — Membership.
§ 150-2 — Term of office.
§ 150-3 — Expense allowance.
§ 170-7 — Financial disclosure by members of Boards and Commissions.
Ch 185 — Liability Indemnification
185-2{3} — EMPLOYEE
Ch 200 — Planning Commission
§ 224-1 — Adoption of 2015 standards; insertions, additions, deletions, changes.
Ch 278 — Subdivision Regulations
§ 291-37 — Application for sewerage connection, extension of construction.
§ 297-61 — Use of designations P, PC and SE in Table of Permissible Uses.
§ 297-130 — Lots of record in Critical Area Zone; grandfather provisions.
§ 297-131 — Critical Area Buffer regulations.
§ 297-132 — Development standards.
§ 297-135 — Critical Area violations.
§ 297-136 — Critical area administrative variance.
§ 297-210 — General provisions.
§ 297-212 — Uses corresponding with Table of Permissible Uses.
§ 297-220 — General requirements.
§ 297-224 — Review procedures for cluster developments.
§ 297-338 — General design requirements.
Ch 297 Art XXV — Board of Appeals
§ 297-409 — Powers and duties.
§ 297-415 — Special exceptions.
§ 297-416 — Variances.
§ 297-419 — Appeals to County Commissioners.
§ 297-429 — Authority; powers and duties.
§ 297-430 — Permits required.
§ 297-433 — Permit issuance.
§ 297-434 — Permit violations.
§ 297-462 — Determination of nonconforming situations.
§ 297-464 — Undeveloped nonconforming lots.
§ 297-465 — Extension or enlargement of nonconforming situations.
§ 297-467 — Change in use of property where nonconforming situation exists.
§ 297-482 — Board of Appeals approvals.
§ 297-530 — Appeals.
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Board of Commissioners
§ 27-1 — Number of Commissioners designated; terms; Redistricting Board.
§ 27-2 — Salaries and compensation; business hours established; reimbursement for expenses.
299-3{3} — CHIEF EXECUTIVE
§ 299-4 — County Authorization.
§ 299-7 — Powers of the Resilience Authority.
§ 299-11 — Findings as to public purpose.
§ 299-15 — Reports.
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Board of Health
Ch 257 — Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Courts
Ch 257 Art I — General Regulations
§ 257-1 — Legislative authority.
§ 257-3 — Permit requirements.
§ 257-11 — Revocation of license; reissuance.
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Boats and Boating
§ 260-4 — Exemptions.
287-7{6} — UTILITY TRAILER
§ 297-29 — Accessory uses and structures.
297-49E{56} — ECOTOURISM
297-49E{115} — MARINA
297-128{16} — COMMUNITY PIERS
297-128{66} — MARINA
297-128{68} — MINOR INFRACTION
297-128{70} — MODERATE INFRACTION
§ 297-131 — Critical Area Buffer regulations.
§ 297-212 — Uses corresponding with Table of Permissible Uses.
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Bonds
Ch 8 — Bond Sales
§ 8-1 — Public notification and hearing required prior to sale and issuance of bonds.
Ch 27 — Commissioners, County
§ 27-6 — Clerk to the County Commissioners.
Ch 48 — Fiscal and Administrative Services, Department of
§ 48-1 — Department established.
§ 79-12 — Appeals.
Ch 97 — Planning and Growth Management, Department of; Facilities, Department of
§ 97-1 — Administrative procedures and general regulations for the operation and maintenance of County water and sewer systems.
Ch 119 — Self-Liquidating Projects
§ 119-1 — Powers and authority of County Commissioners enumerated.
§ 119-3 — Revenue bonds authorized; general regulations.
§ 119-4 — Authorizing resolution provisions; applicability to contracts.
§ 119-5 — Acquisition and/or sale of property or projects; disposition of proceeds.
§ 119-6 — Prerequisites to the initiation and financing of projects; application of moneys from bond sales.
§ 119-7 — Payment of revenue bonds.
§ 119-8 — Trust indentures.
§ 119-9 — Default in payments; subsequent action.
§ 119-10 — Nonlimitation or alteration of County rights.
§ 119-11 — Tax exemptions.
§ 125-3 — (Reserved)
§ 170-10 — Enforcement; violations and penalties.
§ 185-5 — Effect of other insurance, bond or indemnification plan.
§ 197-34 — Procedures pertaining to collective bargaining impasse - arbitration.
§ 203-2 — Competitive bidding.
226-2B{25} — SECURITY FUND
§ 226-13 — Performance guarantees; penalties.
§ 244-9 — Permit requirements.
§ 244-17 — Failure to complete work.
Ch 244 Art VI — Bonds
§ 244-22 — Bond requirements.
§ 249-8 — New school capacity construction bonds.
§ 254-2 — Requirements and procedures to establish a credit account.
§ 274-17 — Design requirements.
§ 274-23 — Minimum quantity control requirements.
Ch 274 Art X — Agreements, Bonds and Fees
§ 274-40 — Security.
§ 274-41 — Conditions of bond.
§ 274-47 — Enforcement.
§ 276-18 — Permits.
§ 276-21 — Bonds.
§ 276-28 — Approval and acceptance.
§ 278-23 — Major subdivision applications review stages.
§ 278-25 — Major subdivisions: conceptual and preliminary subdivision plan review procedures.
§ 278-26 — Major subdivision improvement plans.
§ 278-27 — Subdivision improvements required.
§ 278-29 — Bonding or guarantee of improvements.
§ 278-30 — Bonding procedure.
§ 278-32 — Endorsements and certifications on major subdivision plats.
§ 278-35 — Protection against defects.
§ 278-61 — Provision of open space.
§ 278-64 — Bond for improvements.
§ 278-65 — Homeowners' associations.
§ 278-75 — Requirements for development adjoining existing roadways.
Ch 281 — Taxation
§ 291-9 — Permits required.
§ 291-44 — Certificate of final completion acceptance.
§ 291-50 — Allocation of available capacity.
§ 291-63 — Minimum design guidelines and requirements for water facilities.
§ 291-65 — Minimum design guidelines and requirements for wastewater pumping stations and related facilities.
§ 297-30 — Temporary uses.
§ 297-95 — Core Mixed-Use Zones.
§ 297-97 — Activity center zones.
§ 297-98 — WCD Watershed Conservation District.
297-128{37} — FINANCIAL ASSURANCE
§ 297-132 — Development standards.
§ 297-135 — Critical Area violations.
§ 297-181 — Performance bond.
§ 297-212 — Uses corresponding with Table of Permissible Uses.
§ 297-265 — Bonding or surety.
§ 297-357 — General design requirements.
§ 297-383 — Plant material.
§ 297-435 — Inspection, supervision during installation.
298-2{18} — DEVELOPMENT PROJECT COMPLETION
§ 298-20 — Bonding.
299-3{1} — BOND
§ 299-4 — County Authorization.
§ 299-7 — Powers of the Resilience Authority.
§ 299-8 — Bond issuance.
§ 299-9 — Bonds resolutions.
§ 299-10 — Bonds; taxes; contracts.
§ 299-11 — Findings as to public purpose.
§ 299-12 — Dedication of revenues.
§ DL-1 — Disposition of legislation.
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Bonus density
§ 297-75 — Residential density.
§ 297-243 — Density bonus.
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Brush, grass and weeds
§ 85-2 — Conditions constituting public nuisances.
§ 85-3 — Issuance of complaints; hearing.
§ 85-6 — Removal by County; costs.
127-8{5} — SMOKE
235-2{7} — SOIL AMENDMENT
274-6{15} — CLEARING
274-6{54} — GRUBBING
§ 291-23 — Fire service.
§ 291-62 — Water mains.
§ 291-63 — Minimum design guidelines and requirements for water facilities.
§ 291-64 — Sewer mains.
297-128{7} — BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs)
297-128{27} — DISTURBANCE
§ 297-131 — Critical Area Buffer regulations.
§ 297-132 — Development standards.
§ 297-339 — Parking area surfaces.
§ 297-358 — Perimeter landscaping.
§ 297-359 — Interior landscaping.
§ 297-383 — Plant material.
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Buffers
§ 274-9 — Exempt categories of development.
§ 274-24 — Stormwater management measures.
§ 274-30 — Additional plan information.
278-12{16} — PLANS and PLATS FOR SUBDIVISION OF LAND[Amended 7-11-2017 by Bill No. 2017-02]
278-12{24} — USABLE LOT AREA
§ 278-23 — Major subdivision applications review stages.
§ 278-44 — General site design standards.
§ 278-46 — Lot and block standards.
§ 278-53 — Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Overlay Zones.
§ 278-55 — Historic, archeological sites, and designated scenic and/or historic roads.
§ 278-60 — Recreation areas purpose and standards.
§ 278-79 — Access to public roads.
§ 278-83 — Reservation of land for right-of-way and other public purposes.
§ 278-94 — Location of utilities.
§ 291-63 — Minimum design guidelines and requirements for water facilities.
§ 291-65 — Minimum design guidelines and requirements for wastewater pumping stations and related facilities.
297-49E{92} — LANDSCAPE AREA
297-49E{239} — USABLE OPEN SPACE
§ 297-87 — AC Agricultural Conservation Zone.
§ 297-88 — Rural zones.
§ 297-95 — Core Mixed-Use Zones.
§ 297-97 — Activity center zones.
§ 297-98 — WCD Watershed Conservation District.
§ 297-99 — Hughesville Village Zone (HV)
§ 297-104 — Approval.
§ 297-105 — Planned Residential Development (PRD) Zone.
§ 297-106 — Mixed Use (MX) Zone.
§ 297-107 — Planned Employment and Industrial Park (PEP) Zone.
§ 297-108 — Planned Manufactured Home Park (PMH) Zone.
§ 297-110 — Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Zone.
297-128{9} — BUFFER (spelled with a capital B)
297-128{10} — BUFFER MODIFICATION AREA (BMA)
297-128{11} — BUFFER MANAGEMENT PLAN
297-128{26} — DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE
297-128{44} — FULLY ESTABLISHED
297-128{47} — HABITAT PROTECTION AREAS
297-128{64} — LOT COVERAGE
297-128{65} — MAJOR INFRACTION
297-128{71} — MODIFICATION, BUFFER
297-128{110} — SUPPLEMENTAL PLANTING PLAN
297-128{123} — WATER-DEPENDENT FACILITIES
§ 297-131 — Critical Area Buffer regulations.
§ 297-132 — Development standards.
§ 297-134 — Growth allocation (GA).
§ 297-135 — Critical Area violations.
§ 297-137 — Habitat protection areas and plans.
§ 297-149 — Architectural standards.
§ 297-151 — Road buffer standards.
§ 297-152 — Retention of natural buffers along road rights-of-way.
§ 297-153 — Exemptions from buffer standards.
§ 297-154 — Permitted activity in road buffer before and after development.
§ 297-170 — Resource Protection Zone delineation.
§ 297-171 — Minimum stream Buffer widths.
§ 297-172 — Buffer adjustments for adjacent nontidal wetlands, one-hundred-year floodplains and steep slopes.
§ 297-174 — Permitted uses.
§ 297-178 — Plans and plats information.
§ 297-179 — Construction staking.
§ 297-212 — Uses corresponding with Table of Permissible Uses.
§ 297-222 — Design requirements.
§ 297-306 — Lighting standards.
§ 297-326 — Maintenance of signs and permits.
§ 297-357 — General design requirements.
§ 297-358 — Perimeter landscaping.
§ 297-370 — Buffer yards.
Ch 297 Art XXIII — Buffer Yard Requirements
§ 297-382 — Buffer yard standards.
§ 297-383 — Plant material.
§ 297-384 — Structures.
§ 297-385 — Illustrations of buffer yard and buffer yard structures.
§ 297-416 — Variances.
298-2{26} — FOREST MANAGEMENT STREAM BUFFER
§ 298-13 — Retention.
§ 298-15 — Sequence for on-site and off-site afforestation, reforestation and retention.
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Bufferyards
§ 297-26 — General yard requirements.
297-49E{37} — COMMUNITY DOG PARK
§ 297-97 — Activity center zones.
§ 297-99 — Hughesville Village Zone (HV)
§ 297-212 — Uses corresponding with Table of Permissible Uses.
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Building construction
Ch 15 — Building Code
Ch 17 — Building Projects
Ch 34 — Dredging Operations
Ch 41 — Electrical Apparatus and Wiring
Ch 97 — Planning and Growth Management, Department of; Facilities, Department of
Ch 104 — Roads and Bridges
Ch 122 — Sewers and Drainage Systems
Ch 130 — Trailers and Trailer Parks
Ch 158 — Clean Energy Loan Program
Ch 200 — Planning Commission
Ch 224 — Building Construction
Ch 228 — Contractors
Ch 234 — Electrical Standards
Ch 238 — Flood Damage Control
Ch 241 — Gas Standards
§ 274-25 — Additional stormwater management requirements.
Ch 278 — Subdivision Regulations
Ch 297 — Zoning Regulations
297-49E{110} — MANUFACTURED HOME
§ 297-212 — Uses corresponding with Table of Permissible Uses.
§ 297-319 — General provisions.
§ 297-326 — Maintenance of signs and permits.
§ 297-528 — Minimum maintenance.
§ DL-1 — Disposition of legislation.
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Building Inspector
§ 238-1 — Building permit applications.
§ 238-2 — Applications for construction in flood hazard areas.
§ 238-3 — Subdivision applications.
§ 257-14 — Annual registration required.
§ 257-16 — Issuance and attachment of registration tag.
§ 257-17 — Registration fee.
§ 297-319 — General provisions.
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Building permits
§ 224-1 — Adoption of 2015 standards; insertions, additions, deletions, changes.
§ 238-1 — Building permit applications.
238-6{55} — START OF CONSTRUCTION
§ 238-13 — Subsequent amendments.
§ 244-7 — Contents of plan.
§ 244-20 — Exceptions to permit requirement.
§ 249-5 — Levy implementation and exceptions.
§ 276-19 — Permits for utilities.
§ 276-23 — Construction requirements.
§ 278-5 — Recordation of final plat required.
§ 278-23 — Major subdivision applications review stages.
§ 278-61 — Provision of open space.
§ 291-40 — Individual well and septic systems within development district.
§ 291-54 — Supplemental service area policies.
§ 297-27 — Exceptions and modifications to minimum height requirements.
§ 297-30 — Temporary uses.
§ 297-38 — Transportation element of Comprehensive Plan.
297-49E{104} — LOT, OUTLET
§ 297-97 — Activity center zones.
§ 297-98 — WCD Watershed Conservation District.
§ 297-99 — Hughesville Village Zone (HV)
§ 297-131 — Critical Area Buffer regulations.
§ 297-132 — Development standards.
§ 297-137 — Habitat protection areas and plans.
§ 297-212 — Uses corresponding with Table of Permissible Uses.
§ 297-243 — Density bonus.
§ 297-319 — General provisions.
§ 297-480 — Approved or pending zoning permits, site plans or building permits.
§ 297-525 — Application for certificate of approval and Commission review.
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Burning
127-8{5} — SMOKE
§ 127-14 — Posting of signs.
§ 236-1 — Fees enumerated.
§ 257-8 — Garbage and refuse disposal.