Shenandoah County is hereby divided into zones,
as shown on the Official Zoning Map, which is hereby adopted by reference
and declared to be part of this chapter, together with all notations,
references and amendments.
The Official Zoning Map shall be identified
by the signature of the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and attested
to by the Clerk of that body, together with the date of the adoption
of this chapter.
If, in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter and the Code of Virginia, as amended, changes are made in
district boundaries or other matters portrayed on the Official Zoning
Map, such changes shall be entered on the Official Zoning Map promptly
after the amendment has been approved by the Board of Supervisors.
All changes shall be noted on the Official Zoning Map by date with
a brief description of the nature of the change.
The Official Zoning Map shall be located in
the office of the Zoning Administrator, and shall be the final authority
as to the current zoning status of all areas in the County, regardless
of unofficial copies which may have been made or published from time
to time. The Official Zoning Map shall be available to the public
for inspection during regular office hours.
For the purpose of this chapter, Shenandoah
County is hereby divided into districts which shall be designated
as follows:
C-1 - Conservation
A-1 - Agriculture
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R-1 - Low-Density Residential
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R-2 - Medium-Density Residential
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R-3 - High-Density Residential
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RR-C - Rural Residential - Conservation [Added 9-28-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-11]
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RR-A - Rural Residential - Agricultural [Added 9-28-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-11]
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B-1 - Local Business
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B-2 - General Business
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M-1 - General Industrial
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M-2 - Limited Industrial
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Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries
of districts as shown on the Official Zoning Map, the following rules
shall apply:
A. Designation of district boundaries. Boundaries indicated
as approximately following the center line of streets, railroad rights-of-way,
streams, rivers, existing lot lines or municipal boundary lines shall
be considered as following such features indicated. Where a district
boundary line does not follow such a line, its position may be shown
on said Official Zoning Map by a specific dimension expressing its
distance in feet from a street right-of-way line or other boundary
line as indicated and running parallel to said line.
B. Boundary questions. In disputes over the exact location
of district boundaries as shown on the map, the Zoning Administrator
shall request the Board of Zoning Appeals to render its determination
with respect thereto.