Any owner or developer of any lot, parcel or
tract of land situated within the unincorporated area of Rappahannock
County who subdivides the same as herein provided shall cause a plat
of such subdivision to be made, in accordance with the regulations
set forth in this chapter and in the Code of Virginia, and recorded
in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County.
No such plat of subdivision (hereinafter called the "final plat")
or deed to any such subdivision lot shall be recorded by said Clerk
unless and until it shall have been approved by the governing body
and/or its agent in accordance with the regulations set forth in this
chapter. No lot shall be sold in any such subdivision before the plat
shall have been recorded. Any plat which is to be placed of record
in the Clerk's office, Circuit Court of Rappahannock County, shall
comply with § 42.1-82 of the Virginia Public Records Act.
No person shall subdivide any lot, parcel or
tract of land that is within Rappahannock County, Virginia, except
in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
Every such plat shall be prepared by an engineer
or surveyor duly licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia, who shall
endorse upon each plat a certificate signed by him or her setting
forth the source of the title of the land subdivided and the place
of record of the last instrument of the chain of title. When the plat
is of land acquired from more than one source of title, the outlines
of the several tracts shall be indicated upon such plat, within an
insert block or by means of a dotted boundary line upon the plat.
Further, no such plat shall be recorded unless all the monuments shown
and described on the final plat are in place as evidenced by the certificate
of a surveyor endorsed upon said plat.
There is a mutual responsibility between the
subdivider and the County of Rappahannock to divide the land so as
to improve the general use pattern of the land being subdivided.
This chapter bears no relation to any private
easement, covenant, agreement or restriction, nor is the responsibility
of enforcing such private easement, covenant, agreement or restriction
implied herein to any public official. When this chapter calls for
more restrictive standards than are required by private contract,
the provisions of this chapter shall control.
No change, erasure or revision shall be made
on any preliminary plat or on accompanying data sheets after approval
of the agent has been endorsed, in writing, on the plat or sheets,
unless authorization for such changes has been granted, in writing,
by the agent. No change, erasure or revision shall be made on any
final plat or on accompanying data sheets after approval of the governing
body or its agent has been endorsed, in writing, on the plat or sheets,
unless authorization for such changes has been granted, in writing,
by the governing body.
There shall be a charge for the examination
and approval or disapproval of every subdivision platted and reviewed
by the agent. At the time of filing the preliminary plat, the subdivider
shall deposit with the agent checks payable to the Treasurer of Rappahannock
County in the amount(s) prescribed by the fee schedule adopted by
the governing body.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The fee schedule is on file
in the County offices.
Land subject to flooding and land deemed to
be topographically unsuitable shall not be platted for residential
occupancy or for such other uses as may increase danger to life, health
or property or aggravate erosion or flood hazard. Such land within
the subdivision shall be set aside on the plat for such uses as shall
not be endangered by periodic or occasional inundation or shall not
produce conditions contrary to public welfare.
A.
The subdivider shall provide all necessary information needed to determine what improvements are necessary to properly develop the subject property, including contour intervals, drainage plans and flood-control devices. When any stream or other substantial surface drainage course is located in the area being subdivided, provisions in § 170-45.2, Stream Protection Overlay District, shall dictate alterations to environmentally sensitive areas. Improvements or changes to current stormwater management structures and/or facilities shall be in accordance with Chapter 145, Stormwater Management. The subdivider shall also provide any other information required by the Highway Engineer. No plat of subdivision shall be approved unless and until provision has been made for adequate drainage.
[Amended 1-7-2008]
B.
Any land use that will create a new floodplain, with
resulting flood, water or sediment damage, is contrary to the public
interest and is prohibited.
C.
To ensure that residents will have sufficient land upon which to build a house which is flood-free and otherwise suitable, the agent may require the subdivider to provide elevation and slope profiles sufficient to demonstrate the land to be completely free of the danger of floodwaters and that the slope is suitable for the intended use. Additionally, provisions in § 170-45, Floodplain Overlay District, dictate alterations to land designated as floodplains.
[Amended 1-7-2008]
A.
All required improvements shall be installed by the
subdivider at his or her own cost. In cases where specification and
standards have been established by the Virginia Department of Transportation
(VDOT) for streets, curbs, drains, grades, etc., and by this chapter,
as amended, either such specifications and standards shall be followed
as required.
B.
The subdivider's performance bond shall not be released
until construction has been inspected and approved by the appropriate
engineer or the agent, and the VDOT, if applicable.
C.
Upon final completion and acceptance of improvements,
the governing body shall release any bond, escrow, letter of credit
or other performance guaranty to the subdivider or developer. For
the purpose of final release, the term "acceptance" is deemed to mean
when said public facility is accepted by and taken over for operation
and maintenance by the state agency, local government department or
agency or other public authority which is responsible for maintaining
and operating such facility upon acceptance. A certificate of final
completion of such facilities from either a duly licensed professional
engineer or land surveyor, as defined and limited to § 54.1-400
et seq. of the Code of Virginia 1950, as amended, or from a department
or agency designated by the governing body may be accepted without
requiring further inspection of such facilities. Within 30 days after
receipt of written notice by the subdivider or developer of completion
of all of the facilities required to be constructed hereunder, unless
the governing body or its designated agent notifies said subdivider
or developer, in writing, of nonreceipt of approval by the applicable
state agency or of any specified defects or deficiencies in construction
and suggested corrective measures prior to the expiration of the thirty-day
period, the request shall be deemed tentatively approved. No final
release shall be granted until after expiration of such thirty-day
period and there is an additional request, in writing, sent by certified
mail, return receipt, to the agent of the governing body. The governing
body or its agent shall act within 10 working days of receipt of the
request; then, if no action is taken, the request shall be deemed
finally approved and a final release shall be granted the subdivider
or developer.
[Amended 7-6-1994[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was readopted
12-2-1996.
A.
No subdivision shall be approved by the agent where
individual water supply and septic tank systems are to be used until
the suitability of the soil, drainage and contour of each lot has
been properly determined by a certified professional soil scientist
(CPSS) or authorized on-site evaluator (AOSE) in consultation with
the project engineer provided by the subdivider, who shall certify,
in writing, to the governing body that each such lot is suitable for
such systems. The accuracy of the submission shall be confirmed in
the field and in writing, by the Health Department. On all parcels
of five acres or less, provision for a one-hundred-percent backup
septic system drainfield repair area shall be made. No physical improvements
may be erected in said backup drainfield area. The agent may require
percolation tests and/or other methods of soil evaluation at the expense
of the subdivider to determine the suitability of the soil for subsurface
disposal of sewage. For the purposes of this section the approved,
"traditional" type of subsurface sewage disposal system shall be defined
as consisting of a sewer line, septic tank, distribution box and a
series of two-inch- to three-inch-wide drainfield laterals installed
in gravel. These systems are designed to dispose and treat the effluent
at a depth of 18 inches to 54 inches and depend on the naturally occurring
soil.
[Amended 11-1-2004]
B.
The Health Official shall require, whenever necessary
for the satisfactory installation of septic tanks, that individual
lots be graded and drained so as to ensure effective removal of surface
water from each lot. Where the contour of the subdivision is such
that the use of individual wells with individual septic tank systems
will be endangered, the subdivision will not be approved for the use
of individual wells. Individual water supplies must meet acceptable
standards and approval of the Health Official.
Where approved public water and sewer are available the services shall be extended to all lots sold within a subdivision. If public water and sewer are not available, the subdivider shall comply with § 147-21.
A.
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the installation of privately owned water distribution systems or sewage collection and treatment facilities; provided, however, that any such installation must meet all of the requirements of the State Water Control Board, the State Health Department and any other such state or local regulation having authority over such installations. Any such system shall be approved by the governing body of Rappahannock County as provided in Title 15.2, Chapter 21, Articles 4 (§ 15.2-2126 et seq.) and 6, (§ 15.2-2149 et seq.) of the Code of Virginia 1950, as amended. Public sewage treatment facilities must provide treatment of liquified effluent equal to that of the drinking water standard as determined by the Health Official. Treatment facilities must be of permanent design.
[Amended 2-2-2015]
B.
All lots of five acres or less in size, in subdivisions
of five lots or more, shall provide water distribution systems, at
the discretion of the governing body and with consultation with the
Health Official.
C.
In all subdivisions of 10 lots or more, each of which
is five acres or less in size, the subdivider shall provide water
distribution and sewage collection systems. Where the sewage collection
system is proposed to be a community on-site system the CPSS, AOSE
and engineer shall meet all the requirements of the Department of
Environmental Quality and the State Health Department. Each system
shall have maintenance and monitoring documents in which all necessary
maintenance requirements are enumerated, a copy of which must be submitted
to the Health Department prior to system approval. All such systems.
shall be designed to be permanent systems and have available a two-hundred-percent
repair area. Each system shall have an approved business plan to ensure
that the system will be financially self-sustaining and which clearly
demonstrates how the routine maintenance and monitoring will be financed.
Each community on-site system shall, at the option of the Rappahannock
County Water and Sewer Authority, be deeded to such Authority along
with the required repair area.
[Amended 11-1-2004]
D.
Hydrogeologic testing.
[Added 1-2-1996]
(1)
Private individual wells.
(a)
Hydrogeologic report. A hydrogeologic report
is a detailed geotechnical report assessing groundwater quantity and
quality. The hydrogeologic report shall be prepared by a Virginia
certified professional geologist or a professional engineer licensed
to practice in Virginia who has demonstrated expertise in hydrogeology.
(b)
Applicability of hydrogeologic testing.
[1]
The hydrogeologic testing requirements and procedure
must be conducted on any new residential subdivision of three lots
or more, any one of which less than five acres in size in all zoning
districts. In residential districts and villages, new residential
subdivisions which have 10 or more lots, regardless of lot size, will
require hydrogeological testing. All residential lots created from
a parcel of land (including adjacent parcels under the same ownership
at the time of subdivision) within the preceding 10 years shall be
counted towards this total.
[Amended 1-5-2000]
[2]
Any commercial or industrial subdivision that
will extract more than 10,000 gallons per day.
(c)
Testing proposal.
[1]
The applicant shall submit a testing proposal to the County. This proposal shall be prepared based on § 147-21C, field testing for adequacy of supply.
[2]
The proposal shall include a map at a scale
of not greater than 1 to 6,000 (one inch equals 500 feet) showing
the watershed units which are the subject of the hydrogeologic test
and report. This map shall include planimetric features, topography,
geological contracts and major structural features. The map shall
show proposed well sites, subdivision layout and sources of potential
contamination within 1,000 feet of any proposed production well(s)
to include, but not be limited to, existing or abandoned wells, septic
drainfields, underground storage tanks and houses. The map shall also
show springs, watershed boundaries and groundwater flow. All information
is to be gathered from existing records and actual field conditions.
Information concerning existing wells and septic drainfields is available
from the local Health Department.
[3]
The proposal shall include a management plan
to control the runoff of pumped water and assurances that all adjacent
property owners will be notified of the time and duration of field
testing.
[4]
After submission of proposal for performing
a hydrogeologic test, the applicant shall meet with representatives
of the Zoning Administrator to review the proposal. The Zoning Administrator
may direct changes in the proposed location of test wells, and other
changes as appropriate. This review shall take no more than 30 days
from the submission date. No work is to be performed until approvals
of proposal are granted in writing by the Zoning Administrator.
(d)
Field testing for adequacy of supply.
[1]
The applicant shall drill a minimum of three
test wells or 30% of the total number of lots proposed, whichever
is greater. Each test well location should be a site approved by the
local Health Department.
[2]
A yield test shall be performed on each test
well to provide assurance that the proposed wells will be capable
of providing sustained long-term use.
[3]
Each test well shall be pumped at a constant
rate for a minimum of 48 continuous hours.
[4]
The test well shall be pumped at the rate of
the estimated yield determined by the drilling contractor. Well yields
must be capable of providing not less than three gallons/minute.
[5]
The two closest test wells shall be used as
observation wells during the pumping test. Water levels in the observation
wells shall be measured throughout the entire pumping test for drawdown
effects.
[6]
Recovery of water levels in the pumping wells
and observation wells shall be recorded until at least 90% recovery
is reached. Water levels shall be measured in accordance with the
following schedule:
|
Elapsed time
|
Measurement
| |
|---|---|---|
|
1 to 10 minutes
|
Every minute
| |
|
10 to 100 minutes
|
Every 10 minutes
| |
|
100 to 1,000 minutes*
|
Every 60 minutes
| |
|
(* or as long as needed to reach 90% recovery)
| ||
[7]
The applicant shall submit a drilling log (SWCB
Form GW2) for each well.
(e)
Laboratory testing for water quality. Sampling
shall be done in accordance with the current revision of the State
of Virginia Sewage Handling and Disposal Regulations.
(2)
Submission requirement; hydrogeologic report.
(a)
The report shall contain a graphic lithology
of each well and a narrative discussing the geologic setting, watershed
units, hydrogeologic units, relief, occurrence and movement of groundwater
and interpretation of water data from surrounding areas, including
groundwater quality.
(b)
The report shall contain a map or set of maps
at a scale of not greater than 1 to 6,000 (one inch equals 500 feet)
which shall cover the development proposal. This map shall contain
all existing planimetric features, topography with five-foot contour
intervals, Virginia planar grid coordinates, all proposed roads, proposed
lot lines, proposed house sites and proposed septic drainfields and
surface water features, including springs. Flow net (i.e., groundwater
contours and direction of groundwater flow) shall be illustrated.
(c)
(d)
The report shall develop groundwater mass balance
and recharge estimates for the study area. It must include a discussion
of the following information, including appropriate supporting calculations
and diagrams:
[1]
Identification of the form and source of recharge.
[2]
The calculated effect of all lots (wells) pumping
at a normal daily consumption rate on the piezometric surface (if
applicable).
[3]
The average recharge for the subdivision, the
recharge in drought years and the average outflow from the subdivision
or geologic unit.
[4]
The net daily water consumption of the subdivision.
[5]
Proposals addressing what to do with wells of
inadequate yield on individual lots (if applicable).
[6]
The transmissivity of the various materials
evaluated by aquifer tests interpreted using professionally accepted
methods.
[7]
The average storage coefficient of the water-bearing
materials.
[8]
The specific capacity of each well.
[9]
Table showing Virginia planar grid coordinates
for each test well (if the well location is more than two kilometers
from any geodetic control monument that is accessible to the public,
the coordinate values may be assumed).
[10]
Results of the laboratory testing for water
quality.
(3)
Review. Hydrogeological reports shall be approved
by the Zoning Administrator or his or her designee. Four copies of
the report shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator for distribution.
The Zoning Administrator shall retain one copy for public view. The
Zoning Administrator shall have 15 days to review the report in order
to determine that the submission and content requirements have been
met. Once the report is accepted, written notification shall be sent
to the applicant, and the report shall be considered officially filed.
The Zoning Administrator shall have 60 days from the filing date to
review the technical contents of the report. All written comments
from outside parties must be submitted within 30 days of the filing
date.
[Amended 1-7-2008]
Easements for water, sewer, power lines and
other utilities shall be provided for the subdivision when required
by the Zoning Administrator. Easements will be no less than 10 feet
in width but will be limited to the minimum as required for the utilities
designated for the area. Trees and other established vegetation will
be conserved by the use of selective clearing and grading.
The installations of adequate fire hydrants
in a subdivision at locations approved by the governing body may be
required, provided that necessary public water is available. The agent
will consult with the proper authority before approving such locations.
A.
Prior to acceptance of and dedication for public use
of any right-of-way located within any subdivision, or section thereof,
which is constructed or proposed to be constructed within the subdivision,
or section thereof, and is financed or to be financed in whole or
in part by private funds, the owner or developer shall:
(1)
Certify to the governing body that the construction
is complete and the costs have been paid to the person constructing
such facilities;
(2)
Furnish to the governing body a certified check or
cash escrow in the amount of the estimated costs of construction or
a personal, corporate or property bond (real property to be located
in the Commonwealth of Virginia), with surety satisfactory to the
governing body, in an amount sufficient for and conditioned upon the
construction of such facilities or a contract for the construction
of such facilities and the contractor's bond, with like surety, in
like amount and so conditioned; or
(3)
Furnish to the governing body a letter of credit from
a bank or savings and loan association in like amount and form.
B.
The amount of such certified check, cash escrow, bond
or letter of credit shall include the total of the estimated cost
of construction based on unit prices for new public or private sector
construction in the County of Rappahannock and surrounding areas and
a reasonable allowance for estimated administrative costs, inflation
and potential damage to existing roads or utilities.
C.
The performance bond described above applies to the
proposed construction or the already constructed right-of-way within
the subdivision, or section thereof, of any street, curb, gutter,
sidewalk, bicycle trail, drainage or sewerage system, waterline as
part of a public system or other improvements dedicated for public
use and maintained by Rappahannock County, the Commonwealth of Virginia,
or any other public agency, and for the provision of other site-related
improvements required by this chapter for vehicular ingress and egress
or public access streets or structures necessary to ensure stability
of critical slopes and for stormwater management facilities.
Upon the completion of the installation of all
subdivision or development improvements, the subdivider or developer
shall furnish a statement under oath that all construction conforms
to the regulations and requirements of this chapter and the plans
as approved by the governing body.
Four blue or black line prints of the plans
and specifications for all required improvements to be installed shall
be prepared by a certified land surveyor or licensed engineer and
shall be submitted to the agent or commission for approval or disapproval
by the governing body within 60 days, pursuant to § 15.1-475
et seq., of the Code of Virginia 1950, as amended. If approved, one
copy bearing certification of such approval shall be returned to the
subdivider. If disapproved, all papers shall be returned (within 30
days) at the subdivider's request, with the reason(s) for disapproval
in writing. In the event that no action is taken within 60 days, such
plans and specifications shall be deemed approved unless the agent
notifies the subdivider of a need for an extension.
Lot sizes for residential lots shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 170, Zoning, in effect in the County of Rappahannock at the time of the filing of the final plat.
The lot arrangement, design and shape shall be such that lots will provide satisfactory and desirable sites for buildings and be properly related to topography and conform to the requirements of this chapter and Chapter 170, Zoning, of the Code of Rappahannock County. Lots shall not contain peculiarly shaped elongations solely to provide necessary square footage of area which would be unusable for normal purposes. Generally, lots of less than 25 acres shall have a width to length ratio of no less than one to four (1:4).
Each lot shall abut on a street dedicated by
the subdivision plat or on an existing dedicated street. When a new
subdivision abuts on one side of an existing or platted road or street,
the subdivider shall be required to dedicate and/or secure sufficient
right-of-way necessary to make said street comply with the minimum
width fixed for the same by this chapter.
Side lines of lots shall be at approximately
right angles or radial to the street lines.
All remnants of tracts below minimum size, leftover after subdivision of a tract into lots, must be added to an adjacent lot or lots, rather than be allowed to exist as unusable parcels. Any property divided by an exercise of eminent domain by any public agency shall have the effect of creating separate parcels. [See Subsection A(2) of the definition of "subdivision" in § 147-4.]
Where the land covered by a subdivision includes
two or more parcels in separate ownership and lot arrangement is such
that a property ownership line divides one or more lots, the land
in each lot so divided shall be transferred by deed to a single ownership
simultaneously with the recording of a final plat. Said deed is to
be deposited with the Clerk of the Circuit Court and held with the
final plat until the subdivider is ready to record the same, and they
shall both be recorded together.
Blocks shall be wide enough to allow two tiers
of lots of minimum depth, where fronting on major streets, unless
prevented by topographical conditions or size of the property, in
which case the agent may approve a single tier of lots of minimum
depth.
Where a proposed subdivision of greater than
three lots will adjoin a major road of greater than fifty-foot right-of-way,
the agent may require that the greater dimension of the block shall
back upon such major road to avoid unnecessary ingress or egress.
This is referred to as "reverse frontage."
Lots intended for business or industrial use
shall be designed specifically for such purpose with adequate space
set aside for off-street parking and delivery spaces.
A.
Exceptions may be granted by the agent for the following:
(1)
The bona fide division of a lot, parcel or tract of land dating from 1962 by the owners of record into not more than five lots (cumulative since 1962), except as provided in Subsection B below, for the purpose of gift or sale to any member of the owner's immediate family (parent, spouse or child only) in order to construct a personal residence. Such lot must have frontage on an existing state-maintained road or have a recorded easement to said road of not less than 10 nor more than 20 feet in width through the parent parcel. Only one such exception shall be allowed per family member and shall not be for the purpose of circumvention of this chapter.
B.
Family subdivisions.
(1)
A family transfer is also exempted from the density limitations contained in § 147-37, provided that:
(a)
The transfer is for the purpose of present or
future residency of the family member.
(b)
The lot to be transferred has a reasonable right-of-way
existing or to be created of not less than 10 feet nor more than 20
feet to a dedicated, recorded street or to an existing right-of-way
not greater than 25 feet.
(c)
The total family transfers and subdivided lots
from the parcel of record prior to 1962 shall not exceed five, except
that a sixth lot may be created by special exception from the Board
of Supervisors, after review by the Planning Commission, upon an affirmative
finding of the following standards:
[1]
That a strict application of this chapter would
produce substantial injustice or hardship;
[2]
That such substantial injustice or hardship
is not shared generally by other properties from the same parent tract;
and
[3]
That the authorization of such variance shall
not be of substantial detriment to adjacent property and shall be
in keeping with that density which currently exists on other tracts
of land deriving from the original parent tract of 1962.
(d)
No more than one such family division shall
be allowed to each lot, parcel or tract of land in any one calendar
year.
(e)
Notice shall be mailed to adjacent property
owners of the approval of the lot.
(f)
No property owner shall qualify for a family
subdivision unless and until they shall have owned the property for
a period of not less than five years.
(g)
Property may not be divided between joint owners
or their heirs, if more than one person (i.e., a surviving spouse
and children may not divide an inherited property through the application
of this section); nor shall corporations or partnerships qualify.
(2)
"Family," for the purposes of this Subsection B, shall be a parent, child or, in the event of a divorce action where division of property is a part of the settlement, spouse, following the issuance of a final divorce decree.
(3)
The recipient of a lot created under the terms of
this section shall not convey the property to any other person or
persons for a period of not less than two years, except for purposes
of financing improvements to the lot created.
C.
Upon application of the landowner concerned and payment of an application fee, the Commission may recommend and the governing body may authorize variations in or exceptions to the general regulations of this chapter in cases of unusual situations or when strict adherence to the general regulations would result in substantial injustice or hardship. The governing body shall approve or deny such variation after a public hearing is held of which notice is mailed at least five days prior to such hearing to all adjacent landowners and after a notice has been advertised in a newspaper having general circulation in the County for two weeks prior to said hearing. Nothing herein shall permit a variation or exception to any provision of Chapter 170, Zoning, of this Code.
D.
Clustering. Lot size requirements may be conditionally
reduced by the Zoning Administrator in cases where subdivision clustering
is required to meet open space requirements and/or can be proven to
significantly reduce overall imperviousness of the subdivision by
reducing street, private road and/or driveway lengths.
[Added 1-7-2008]
[Added 12-5-1988; amended 1-5-2000; 1-7-2008]
The requirements in the following chart and
the footnotes pertaining thereto are established as indicated:
|
Zoning District
| |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Type of Requirement
|
C
|
A
|
RR-5
|
R-2
|
RV
|
CV
|
CG
|
HC
|
I
|
MHP
| |
|
Maximum density (dwelling units/acres)*
|
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
| |
|
Family transfer**
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
| |
|
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 (feet) (measured
from center of street or nearest lane of Route 211)↑↑
| |||||||||||
|
Primary (Route 211)
|
200
|
200
|
100
|
75
|
75↑
|
50↑
|
75
|
75
|
100
|
100
| |
|
Secondary
|
100
|
100
|
75
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
75
|
75
| |
|
Private
|
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 commercial or industrial zoning district
|
–
|
–-
|
–-
|
–
|
12
|
25
|
–
|
–
| |||
|
Commercial or industrial zoning district
adjoining 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
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Minimum open space
|
–
|
–
|
25
|
35
|
0
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
| |
|
NOTES:
** See also § 147-36B, Family subdivisions.
↑ 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.
↑↑ Except in the ↑ footnote
above, in no case shall less than 20 feet be within the lot.
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[Added 3-5-1990]
Except in conservation and agricultural zoning districts, subdivision of land into less than twenty-five-acre lots may be allowed (see other applicable provisions of this chapter and of Chapter 170, Zoning, of the Code of Rappahannock County) only where public road right(s)-of-way are 50 feet in width from the property to be divided to a state primary highway.
[Added 7-6-1994[1]]
A lot that exceeds the minimum provisions of
this chapter may be subdivided to create more lots only where the
resultant lots meet such minimum provisions of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was readopted
12-2-1996
[Added 7-6-1994]
No lot which was, or is, created by a subdivision of land, as defined by this chapter in effect at the time of the creation of the lot, shall be subdivided again unless a special exception is granted by the Board of Supervisors in accordance with the provisions in Article VI of Chapter 170, Zoning, of the Code of Rappahannock County.
[Added 7-6-1994[1]]
In the event that any area of a parcel that
is subdivided is not included as a part of an individual lot for a
single-family dwelling unit, including areas established to meet the
open space requirements of this chapter, there shall be recorded with
the instruments of subdivision, covenants or other restrictions designating
the proposed use of such areas.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was readopted
12-2-1996
