HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/12/2013 - Adopted Board RecordsAT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors finds that bicycling and pedestrian
accommodations are fundamental travel modes and integral components of an efficient
transportation network; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors recognizes the need to accommodate
these travel modes into the planning, funding, design, construction, operation and
maintenance rk to achieve a safe, effective and
balanced multimodal transportation system; and
WHEREAS, the Commonwealth Transportation Board adopted the policy for
Integrating Bicycles and Pedestrian Accommodations on March 18, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has previously rejected bicycling and
pedestrian accommodations in various transportation projects due to the costs for such
accommodations; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors desires to reconsider this policy and to
establish a policy integrating bicycling and pedestrian accommodations into all County
transportation projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County, Virginia, as follows:
1. That the Policy for Integrating Bicycles and Pedestrian Accommodations into
all County transportation projects is hereby established; and
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Virginia Department of Transportation
Policy for Integrating Bicycle and Pedestrian Accommodations
1. Introduction
Bicycling and walking are fundamental travel modes and integral components of an efficient
transportation network. Appropriate bicycle and pedestrian accommodations provide the public,
including the disabled community, with access to the transportation network; connectivity with
other modes of transportation; and independent mobility regardless of age, physical constraints,
orincome. Effective bicycle and pedestrian accommodations enhance thequality of life and
health, strengthen communities, increase safety for all highway users, reduce congestion, and can
benefit the environment. Bicycling and walking are successfully accommodated when travel by
these modes is efficient, safe, and comfortable for the public. A strategic approach will
consistentlyincorporate the consideration and provision of bicycling and walking
accommodationsinto the decision-making process for Virginia’s transportation network.
2. Purpose
This policy provides the framework through which the Virginia Department of Transportation
will accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians, including pedestrians with disabilities, along with
motorized transportation modes in the planning, funding, design, construction, operation, and
maintenance of Virginia’s transportation network to achieve a safe, effective, and balanced
multimodal transportation system.
Forthe purposes of this policy, an accommodation is defined as any facility, design feature,
operational change, or maintenance activity that improves the environment in which bicyclists
and pedestrians travel. Examples of such accommodationsinclude the provision of bike lanes,
sidewalks, and signs; the installation of curb extensions for traffic calming; and the addition of
paved shoulders.
3. Project Development
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will initiate all highway construction
projects with the presumption that the projects shall accommodate bicycling and walking.
Factors that supportthe need to provide bicycle and pedestrian accommodations include,
but are not limited to, the following:
project is identified in an adopted transportation or related plan
x
project accommodates existing and future bicycle and pedestrian use
x
project improves or maintains safety for all users
x
project provides a connection to public transportation services and facilities
x
project serves areas or population groups with limited transportation options
x
project provides a connection to bicycling and walking trip generators such as employment,
x
education, retail, recreation, and residential centers and public facilities
project is identified in a Safe Routes to School program or providesaconnection to a
x
school
project provides a regional connection or is of regional or state significance
x
project provides a link to other bicycle and pedestrian accommodations
x
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projectprovidesaconnection to traverse natural or man-made barriers
x
project provides a tourism or economic development opportunity
x
Project development for bicycle and pedestrian accommodations will follow VDOT’sproject
programming and scheduling processandconcurrent engineering process.VDOT will
encourage the participation of localities in concurrent engineering activities that guide the project
development.
3.1 Accommodations Built as Independent Construction Projects
Bicycle and pedestrian accommodations can be developed through projects that are independent
of highway construction, either within the highway right-of-way or on an independent right-of-
way.Independent construction projects can be utilized to retrofit accommodations along
existing roadways, improve existing accommodations to better serve users, and install facilities
toprovide continuity and accessibility within the bicycle and pedestrian network. These projects
will follow the same procedures as those for other construction projects for planning, funding,
design, and construction. Localities and metropolitan planning organizations will be
instrumental in identifying and prioritizing theseindependentconstructionprojects.
3.2Access-Controlled Corridors
Access-controlled corridors can create barriers to bicycle and pedestrian travel. Bicycling and
walking may be accommodated within or adjacent to access-controlled corridors through the
provision of facilities on parallel roadways or physically separated parallel facilities within the
right-of-way. Crossings of such corridors must be provided to establish or maintain connectivity
of bicycle and pedestrian accommodations.
3.3Additional ImprovementOpportunities
Bicycle and pedestrian accommodations willbe considered in other types of projects.Non-
construction activities can be used to improve accommodations for bicycling and walking.In
addition, anyprojectthat affects or could affect the usability of an existing bicycle or pedestrian
accommodation within the highway system must be consistent with state and federal laws.
3.3.1 Operation and Maintenance Activities
Bicycling and walking should be considered in operational improvements, includinghazard
elimination projects and signal installation. Independent operational improvements for bicycling
and walking, such as the installation of pedestrian signals, should be coordinated with local
transportation and safety offices. The maintenance program will consider bicycling and walking
sothatcompleted activities will nothinderthe movement of those choosing to use these travel
modes. The maintenance program may produce facility changes that will enhance the
environment for bicycling and walking, such as the addition of paved shoulders.
3.3.2Long Distance Bicycle Routes
Long distance bicycle routes facilitate travel for bicyclists through the use of shared lanes, bike
lanes, and shared use paths, as well as signage. All projects along a long distance route meeting
the criteria for an American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
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(AASHTO)orManual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) approved numbered
bicycle route system should provide the necessary design features to facilitate bicycle travel.
Independent construction projects and other activities can be utilized to make improvements for
existing numbered bicycle routes. Consideration should be given to facilitating the development
of other types of long distance routes.
3.3.3Tourism and Economic Development
Bicycling and walking accommodations can serve as unique transportation links between
historic, cultural, scenic, and recreational sites, providing support to tourism activities and
resulting economic development. Projects along existing or planned tourism and recreation
corridors should include bicycle and pedestrian accommodations. In addition, the development
of independent projects to serve this type of tourism and economic development function should
be considered and coordinated with economic development organizations at local, regional, and
state levels, as well as withother related agencies. Projects must also address the need to
provide safety and connectivity for existing and planned recreational trails, such as the
Appalachian Trail, that intersect with the state’s highway system.
3.4Exceptions to the Provision of Accommodations
Bicycle and pedestrian accommodations should be provided except where one or more of the
following conditions exist:
scarcity of population, travel, and attractors, both existing and future, indicate an absence of
x
need for such accommodations
environmental or social impacts outweigh the need for these accommodations
x
safetywould be compromised
x
total cost of bicycle and pedestrian accommodations to the appropriate system (i.e.,
x
interstate, primary, secondary, or urban system) would be excessively disproportionate to
theneed for the facility
purpose and scope of the specific project do not facilitate the provision of such
x
accommodations (e.g., projects for the Rural Rustic Road Program)
bicycle and pedestrian travel is prohibited by state or federal laws
x
3.5Decision Process
The project manager and local representatives will, based on the factors listed previously in this
section, develop a recommendation on how and whether to accommodate bicyclists and
pedestrians in a construction project prior to the public hearing. The district administrator should
confirm this recommendation prior to the public hearing. Public involvement comments will be
reviewed and incorporated into project development prior to the preparation of the design
approval recommendation. When a locality is not in agreement with VDOT’s position on how
bicyclists and pedestrians will or will not be accommodated in a construction project, the locality
can introduce a formal appeal by means of a resolution adopted by the local governing body.
The resolution must be submitted to the district administrator to be reviewed and considered
prior to the submission of the design approval recommendation to the chief engineer for program
development. Local resolutions must be forwarded to the chief engineer for program
development for consideration during the project design approval or to the Commonwealth
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Transportation Board for consideration during location and design approval, if needed for a
project. The resolution and supporting information related to the recommendation must be
included in the project documentation.
The decisions made by VDOT and localities for the provision of bicycle and pedestrian travel
must be consistent with state and federal laws regarding accommodations and access for
bicyclingand walking.
4. Discipline Participation in Project Development
VDOT will provide the leadership to implement this policy. Those involved in the planning,
funding, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the state’s highways are responsible
for effecting the guidance set forth in this policy. VDOT recognizes the need for
interdisciplinary coordination to efficiently develop, operate, and maintain bicycle and pedestrian
accommodations.
Procedures, guidelines, and best practices will be developedor revised toimplement the
provisions set forth in this policy. For example, objective criteria will be prepared to guide
decisions on the restriction of bicycle and pedestrian use of access-controlled facilities. VDOT
will work with localities, regional planning agencies, advisory committees, and other
stakeholdersto facilitate implementation andwill offer training or other resource tools on
planning, designing, operating, and maintaining bicycle and pedestrian accommodations.
4.1 Planning
VDOT will promote the inclusion of bicycle and pedestrian accommodations in transportation
planning activities at local, regional, and statewide levels. These planning activities include, but
are not limited to, corridor studies, small urban studies, regional plans, and the statewide
multimodal long-range transportation plan.To carry out this task, VDOT will coordinate with
local government agencies, regional planning agencies, and community stakeholder groups. In
addition, VDOT will coordinate with the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation
(VDRPT) and local and regional transit providers to identify needs for bicycle and pedestrian
access to public transportation services and facilities.
4.2 Funding
Highway construction funds can be used to build bicycle and pedestrian accommodations either
concurrentlywith highway construction projects or as independent transportation projects. Both
types of bicycle and pedestrian accommodation projects will be funded in the same manner as
otherhighway construction projects for each system (i.e., interstate, primary, secondary, or
urban).VDOT’s participation in the development and construction of an independent project
that is not associated with the interstate, primary, secondary, or urban systems will be determined
through a negotiated agreement with the locality or localities involved.
Other state and federal funding sources eligible for the development of bicycle and pedestrian
accommodations may be used, following program requirements established for these sources.
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These sources include, but are not limited to, programs for highway safety, enhancement, air
quality, congestion relief, and special access.
VDOT may enter into agreements with localities or other entities in order to pursue alternate
funding to develop bicycle and pedestrian accommodations, so long as the agreements are
consistent with state and federal laws.
4.3 Design and Construction
VDOT will work with localities to select and design accommodations, taking into consideration
community needs, safety, and unique environmental and aesthetic characteristics as they relate to
specific projects. The selection of the specific accommodations to be used for a project will be
based on the application ofappropriate planning, design, and engineering principles. The
accommodations will be designed and built, or installed, using guidance from VDOT and
AASHTO publications, the MUTCD, and the Americans with Disabilities ActAccessibility
Guidelines (ADAAG). Methods for providing flexibility within safe design parameters, such as
context sensitive solutions and design, will be considered.
During the preparation ofan environmental impact statement (EIS), VDOT will consider the
current and anticipated future use of the affected facilities by bicyclists and pedestrians, the
potential impacts of the alternatives on bicycle and pedestrian travel, and proposed measures, if
any, to avoid or reduce adverse impacts to the use of these facilities by bicyclists and pedestrians.
Duringproject design VDOT will coordinate with VDRPT to address bicyclist and pedestrian
access to existing and planned transit connections.
Requests for exceptions to design criteria must be submitted in accordance with VDOT’s design
exception review process. The approval of exceptions will be decided by theFederal Highway
Administration or VDOT’s Chief Engineer for Program Development.
VDOT will ensure that accommodations for bicycling and walking are built in accordance with
design plans and VDOT’s construction standards and specifications.
4.4 Operations
VDOT will consider methods of accommodating bicycling and walking along existing roads
through operational changes, such as traffic calming and crosswalk marking, where appropriate
and feasible.
VDOT will work with VDRPT and local and regional transit providers to identify the need for
ancillary facilities, such as shelters and bike racks on buses, that support bicycling and walking
to transit connections.
VDOT will enforce the requirements for the continuance of bicycle and pedestrian traffic in
work zones, especially in areas at or leading to transit stops, and infacility replacements in
accordance with the MUTCD, VDOTWorkArea Protection Manual, and VDOT Land Use
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Permit Manual when construction, utility, or maintenance work, either by VDOT or other
entities, affects bicycle and pedestrian accommodations.
VDOT will continue to research and implement technologies that could be used to improve the
safety and mobility of bicyclists and pedestrians in Virginia’stransportation network, such as
signal detection systems for bicycles and in-pavement crosswalk lights.
4.5 Maintenance
VDOT will maintain bicycle and pedestrian accommodations as necessary to keep the
accommodations usable and accessible in accordance with state and federal laws and VDOT’s
asset management policy. Maintenance of bike lanes and paved shoulders will include repair,
replacement, and clearance of debris. As these facilities are an integral part of the pavement
structure, snow and ice control will be performed on these facilities.
For sidewalks, shared use paths, and bicycle paths built within department right-of-way, built to
department standards, and accepted for maintenance, VDOT will maintain these bicycle and
pedestrian accommodations through replacement and repair. VDOT will not provide snow or ice
removal for sidewalks and shared use paths. The execution of agreements between VDOT and
localities for maintenance of such facilities shall not be precluded under this policy.
5. Effective Date
This policy becomes effect upon itsadoption by the Commonwealth Transportation Board on
March 18, 2004, and willapply toprojectsthat reach the scoping phase after itsadoption.
This policy shall supersede all current department policies and procedures related to bicycle and
pedestrian accommodations. VDOT willdevelop or revise procedures, guidelines, and best
practices to support and implement the provisions set forth in this policy, and future
departmental policies and procedural documents shall comply with the provisions set forth in this
policy.
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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WHEREAS, the Magistrate for the Twenty-third (23 Judicial Circuit has two (2)
offices, one of which is located in the Roanoke County/Salem Jail; and
WHEREAS, for several years, the County has been identifying ways to renovate
the office in order to provide more space for equipment, two (2) hearing areas and a
secure rest room facility; and
WHEREAS, during the past six (6) months, the General Services Department
has been working with the Sheriff Department and the Chief Magistrate, along with
Virginia A&E, to create a workable solution, given the space constraints in the lobby in
the jail; and
WHEREAS, the project was put out to bid and the lower responsible bid for
construction received was $148,000; and
WHEREAS, due to the anticipated difficulty of the project a contingency of
$52,000 is recommended; and
WHEREAS, total project costs with contingency are estimated at $200,000; and
WHEREAS, funds in the amount of $84,000 are currently appropriated to the
project; and
WHEREAS, the remaining funds for the project in the amount of $116,000 are
available for appropriation in the minor capital reserve: and
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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WHEREAS, by deed of exchange of easements dated December 19, 1996, and
recorded in the Roanoke Count
the County and Richfield Retirement Community conveyed certain easements to each
other; and
WHEREAS, due to the expansion and reconstruction by Roanoke County of the
Glenvar Library, the County and Richfield Retirement Community entered into an
agreement dated December 1, 2011, which provided that Richfield would relinquish its
easement rights to use Twenty-Four foot ()
granted by the above mentioned deed of easement and upon completion of the
expansion and reconstruction of the Glenvar Library, the County would convey to
Richfield a new access easement; and
WHEREAS, further the agreement provided that Richfield would convey to the
County a stormwater management easement on its property identified as Tax Map
#55.09-01-20.02; and
WHEREAS, the abandonment of the above mentioned cross access easement
and the granting of a new cross access easement to Richfield Retirement Community
and the acceptance of a stormwater management and drainage easement from
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Richfield Retirement Community will serve the interests of the public and is necessary
for the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Roanoke County.
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County, Virginia, as follows:
1. That pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.04 of the Roanoke County
Charter, the acquisition and disposition of real estate can be authorized only by
ordinance. A first reading of this ordinance was held on October 22, 2013, and the
second reading and public hearing of this ordinance was held on November 12, 2013.
2. That pursuant to the provisions of Section 16.01 of the Roanoke County
Charter, the interest in real estate to be conveyed is hereby declared to be surplus, and
is hereby made available for other public uses by conveyance to Richfield Retirement
Community for a cross access easement.
3. Twenty-four foot
() the hereby Shaded Portion of
Existing Twenty-Four foot () Cross Access Easement (PB 19, PG 86) To Be
Abandoned-01-02.02
& Tax Map #55.09-01-20.02 for the Roanoke County Board of Sup
by Thompson & Litton and dated September 18, 2013, is hereby authorized and
approved.
4.
-01-20.02
as shown on the above mentioned easement plat is hereby authorized and approved.
5. That the County Administrator, or any Assistant County Administrator, is
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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WHEREAS, Sharon L. Reynolds was hired on August 1, 1986, and has worked as a
Dispatcher, Communications Officer, Communications Officer II and a Lead
Communications Officer during her tenure with Roanoke County; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Reynolds retired on November 1, 2013, after twenty-seven (27)
years of devoted, faithful and expert service with the County; and
WHEREAS, during her time serving Roanoke County, Ms. Reynolds, who began her
career working for the Sheriff before there was a 911 system in Roanoke, has supported
both citizens and first responders through fire, floods, and earthquakes as the calm
reassuring voice behind the radio and telephone. Ms. Reynolds has been a trainer and
mentor to a whole new generation of Communications Officers, participating in their
selection and both classroom and on-the-job training. Her knowledge and professionalism
have been recognized by her peers, police and fire; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County, Virginia expresses its deepest appreciation and the appreciation of the citizens of
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Roanoke County to Lead Communications Officer for twenty-
seven (27) years of capable, loyal and dedicated service to Roanoke County; and
FURTHER, the Board of Supervisors does express its best wishes for a happy and
productive retirement.
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ACTION NO. ___A-111213-12.b
ITEM NO. _______J-4________
AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION CENTER
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November 12, 2013
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Request to approve revised Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Advisory Commission Bylaws
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Doug Blount
Director of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
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B. Clayton Goodman III
County Administrator
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The Parks, Recreation and Tourism Advisory Commission serves as an advisory body to
the Roanoke County Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department and the Roanoke County
Board of Supervisors. The Commission also serves as a liaison between the Parks,
Recreation and Tourism Director, the Board of Supervisors and the citizens of the
community.
The Bylaws for the Advisory Commission need to be amended due to a provision in the
ninety-nine (99)-year lease of Explore Park between the Virginia Recreational Facilities
Authority (VRFA) and Roanoke County. In the lease, it stipulates that two (2) members
from the VRFA be appointed to Parks, Recreation and Tourism Advisory Commission. The
VRFA will appoint two (2) board members every three (3) years to serve on the
Commission. The Board of Supervisors will need to approve the two (2) appointments in
the same manner as other Commission appointments. This change will increase the
Commission makeup to thirteen (13) members. If at any point, the VRFA should cease to
exist then the Commission will revert from thirteen (13) members back to eleven (11)
members.
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The edits made to the bylaws are in accordance with the provisions of the State Code of
Virginia, Chapter 8, Sections 15.1 and 15.1-272 and the ordinances of the County of
Roanoke, Virginia.
The following amendments were made to the bylaws
Article 3, Section 2:
The number of Commissioners was increased from eleven (11) to thirteen (13).
The maximum number of potential Commissioners changing on any given year was
increased from three (3) to five (5) due to the addition of the two new Commission
seats.
There will be two additional Commission seats
filled by two members of the Virginia Recreation Facilities Authority. Should the
Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority disband then the Commission will revert
Article 5, Section 5
The number of Commissioners present for the annual meeting was changed from
five (5) to seven (7)
Section 11:
The Parks, Recreation and Tourism Advisory Commission approved the revised bylaws at
their October 17, 2013, meeting.
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There is not a fiscal impact.
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1. Approve revised Parks, Recreation and Tourism Advisory Commission Bylaws.
2. Do not approve revised Recreation Advisory Commission Bylaws.
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Staff recommends Alternative 1, approval of the revised Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Advisory Commission Bylaws.
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1. Revised Bylaws dated October 11, 2013
2. VRFA-Roanoke County Explore Park Lease
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Supervisor Altizer moved to approve the staff recommendation.
Motion approved.
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Ms. Moore
Mr. Altizer
Mr. Church
Mr. Elswick
Mr. Flora
cc: Doug Blount, Director of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
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BY-LAWS FOR THE ROANOKE COUNTY
PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM ADVISORY COMMISSION
Revised October 11, 2013
The Roanoke County Parks, Recreation and Tourism Advisory Commission has adopted the following articles
in order to facilitate its powers and duties in accordance with the provisions of the State Code of Virginia,
Chapter 8, Sections 15.1-271 and 15.1-272 and the ordinances of the County of Roanoke, Virginia.
Article 1
That there is hereby created a Commission to be known as the Roanoke County Parks, Recreation and
Tourism Advisory Commission, hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”.
Article 2
Purpose of the Commission
The Commission shall serve as an advisory body to the Roanoke County Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Department hereinafter referred to as “the Department” and the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors. The
Commission shall serve as a liaison between the Parks, Recreation and Tourism Director hereinafter referred
to as the “Department Director”, the Board of Supervisors, and the citizens of the community. The Commission
may be asked to consult with and advise the County Administrator, the Department Director, the Department
management staff and the Board of Supervisors in matters affecting policies, programs, personnel, finances,
and the acquisition and disposal of lands and properties related to the total community recreation program, and
to its long-range, projected program for the Department.
Article 3
Membership
Section 1. The Commission shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors according to the following
schedule: two members from each of the Magisterial Districts in the County and one member At
Large from the County of Roanoke. The Director of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall serve
as a non-voting, ex-officio member of the Commission.
Section 2. The Commission shall consist of thirteen (13) members. The Board of Supervisors shall appoint
members for a term of three (3) years on varying years so that no more than five (5) members
are being replaced in any one (1) year. There will be two Commissioners per magisterial district
and one at-large Commissioner. There will be two additional Commission seats filled by two
members of the Virginia Recreation Facilities Authority. Should the Virginia Recreational
Facilities Authority disband then the Commission will revert back to eleven (11) members. The
terms shall expire on June 30th of each year.
Section 3. Attendance at Commission meetings is imperative, and acceptance of appointment constitutes
an obligation to attend and participate in monthly meetings to the fullest extent. Three (3)
consecutive absences or four (4) absences in any 12-month period, except in the case of illness
or emergency, will be considered non-committal and will be addressed on an individual basis.
Non-committal members may be asked to resign from the Commission or upon request for
removal by the Board of Supervisors. Furthermore, excessive partial attendance at meetings
will be addressed on an individual basis, resulting in possible resignation or request for removal
by the Board of Supervisors.
Section 4. The Chairperson of the Board of Supervisors may, by and with consent of the Commission, on
recommendation of the Commission, remove any member of the Commission for misconduct or
neglect of duty.
Section 5. Vacancies occasioned by removal, resignation, or otherwise shall be reported to the Board of
Supervisors by the Department Director, and shall be filled in like manner as original
appointments, except that the term of office is restricted to the unexpired term of office.
Section 6. Commission members shall serve without monetary compensation. If previously approved by
the Department Director and the Commission Chairperson, members can be reimbursed for
travel and subsistence to professional recreation meetings, conferences and workshops, and
such reimbursement being made in compliance with the general policies of Roanoke County.
Article 4
Officers
Section 1. The Officers of the Commission shall be a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary, and/or
Past Chairman. The Officers shall be elected at the organizational meeting in October to serve
for one (1) year with each officer position rotating forward, or until a successor or vacancy
occurs. Commission members must have served one (1) full year before being eligible for
election to an officer position No officer shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms in the
same position.
Section 2. The Commission shall adopt by-laws, rules and regulations governing its procedure that are
consistent with the provisions of the State law and the approved ordinance as set forth by the
Roanoke County Board of Supervisors.
Article 5
Meetings
Section 1. Regular meetings shall be held the third Thursday of each month during the year.
Section 2. Special meetings shall be called by the Chairperson or upon the written request of at least two
(2) members; the time and place to be designated in the notice of such call.
Section 3. The time and place for the meeting shall be designated by the Chairperson.
Section 4. The first regular meeting in October of each year shall be called the organizational meeting.
The purpose of this meeting shall be the election of officers, the presentation of the annual
report, reviewing the inventory report, and other business that may need to come before such
meetings.
Section 5. The majority of the members present in person at any duly constituted meeting shall have the
full authority of the Commission, except the amendment of these By-Laws, and provided that no
fewer than seven (7) members shall constitute an annual meeting.
Section 6. All meetings are open to the public.
Section 7. Meetings shall be conducted in accordance with procedures prescribed in the By-Laws and
decisions reached only after full consideration and debate on the issue in question.
Section 8. The following shall be the order of business of the Commission, by the Rules of Order may be
suspended and any matters considered or postponed by action of the Commission.
Section 9. Order of Business
a. Call to Order
b. Roll Call
c. Consideration of minutes of last regular meeting and of any special meetings held
subsequently and their approval or amendment.
d. Unfinished Business
e. Reports (as necessary to conduct business)
f. Petitions and Communications
g. New Business
h. Other Business
i. Adjournment
Section 10. Commission meeting minutes will be prepared and distributed by a Department staff member.
Meeting minutes will be distributed at least one (1) week prior to the next Commission meeting.
Section 11. Seven (7) Commissioners present at a meeting constitutes a quorum to conduct business.
Article 6
Duties and Responsibilities of the Commission
Section 1. The Commission shall make recommendations for the following: establishment of supervised
recreation and tourism activities for the County; to set apart for use as parks, playground,
recreation centers, water areas, or other recreation areas and structures, any lands or buildings
owned by or leased to the County and for approval by the Board of Supervisors, and may
suggest improvements of such lands, buildings, and structures as may be necessary to the
recreation program within those funds allocated to the Department; in the construction,
equipping, operation and maintenance of parks, playgrounds, recreation centers, and all
buildings and structures necessary or useful to Department function; in regard to other
recreation facilities which are owned or controlled by the Department of leased or loaned to the
Department.
Section 2. The Commission shall advise in the acceptance by the County any grant, gift, bequest or
donation of any personal or real property which is to be made available for public recreation
purposes and which is judged to be of present or possible future use for recreation or parks.
Section 3. The Commission shall advise and provide comments and input in the area of Department
staffing levels and needs recommended by the Director, contingent upon appropriate funding in
the Budget.
Section 4. The Commission shall interpret the services of the Department to the community and interpret
the needs and desires of the community to the Department and as necessary or requested to
the Board of Supervisors.
Section 5. The Commission shall determine and establish the general policies to be followed in carrying
out the purpose for which the Commission was established.
Section 6. Financial Duties and Responsibilities: The Commission shall have no authority to enter into any
contract or incur any obligation binding the governing body of Roanoke County.
a. The Commission shall provide advice and input to the Department Director during the
budget preparation process. The Commission shall offer an endorsement to the County
Administrator, through a vote during a Commission meeting, that the annual budget is
sufficient to finance the programs of the Department and is necessary for the welfare of the
residents of the County of Roanoke. The budget shall be submitted to the County
Administrator to hear the requests.
b. The Commission shall offer an endorsement to the Board of Supervisors via the County
Administrator through a vote during a Commission meeting that a budget for capital
improvements acquisition and development prepared by the Department Director is in
accordance with the Master Plan for Parks, Recreation and Tourism for the County and is
sufficient to meet the needs of the residents of the County of Roanoke.
Section 7. Planning Duties and Responsibilities:
a. Participate in the development of the Master Plan for Parks, Recreation and Tourism in
cooperation with the Department and the Planning Commission for the acquisition and
development of an adequate system of parks, facilities, and recreational programs for the
residents of the County of Roanoke. and update same yearly, consistent with the Master
Plan.
b. Investigate and determine the needs and interest of the community for recreation facilities
and programs and recommend a recreation program to meet these needs.
c. Provide advice and guidance to the Department regarding modifications, additions and
deletions to Department programs and projects to meet the needs and mission of the
Department.
Article 7
Section 1. Director’s Relationship: The Director shall have a continuing responsibility to explain the
organization, responsibilities, and working relations to the Commission, explain program
objectives to them in details of organization, and assist in all matters of interest to the operation
of the efficient program. He is an ex-officio member (by virtue of this office) and attends
committee meetings. He keeps the Commission informed concerning the interests, needs,
objectives, progress, plans and other factors of importance to them. The Director shall be the
official medium of communication between the employees of the Department and the
Commission.
Section 2. Chairperson: The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings, sign official papers, appoint
committees, call special meetings when he or she deems it advisable, and perform all such
duties as usually handled by a chairperson, except when such duties are properly delegated.
The Chairperson may succeed his or her self and shall be elected from among the members
who have served more than one (1) year.
Section 3. Vice-Chairperson: The Vice-Chairperson of the Commission in the absence of the Chairperson
shall perform all the duties of the Chairperson. The Vice-Chairperson shall be charged with the
responsibility to see that all standing and temporary committees function as planned by the
Commission.
Section 4. Secretary: The Secretary shall perform the usual duties pertaining to the office. In the absence
of both the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson, the Secretary shall perform all duties of the
Chairperson. In the absence of all elected officers, the Commission shall elect a Chairperson
Pro Tempore who shall perform the duties of the Chairperson; The Secretary shall keep, or
cause to be kept, a full and true permanent record of all meetings of the Commission. This
includes regular meetings plus reports of standing committees shall be the custodian of all
documents committed to his/her care. The Secretary shall issue, or cause to be issued, notices
of the regular and special meetings. Also, the Secretary shall issue minutes of the previous
meeting to the Commission prior to the meetings. The Secretary may elect to delegate the
record keeping and distribution of meeting minutes to a Department staff member.
Article 8
The Commission shall make full and complete reports to the Roanoke County Administrator and/or Board of
Supervisors as requested and at such other times as the Commission deems appropriate. The fiscal year of
the Commission shall conform to that of the governing body of Roanoke County.
Article 9
Amendments
These By-Laws may be amended by the membership of the Commission at a meeting at which there is a
quorum, held after reasonable notice to the members of the Commission, and upon concurrence of the
Roanoke County Board of Supervisors.
APPROVED BY:
November 12, 2013_______
_______________________________________
DATEChairperson, Roanoke County Parks, Recreation
and Tourism Advisory Commission
Edited by: Doug Blount (October 11, 2013)
ACTION NO. __A-111213-12.c_
ITEM NO. _______J-5________
AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION CENTER
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November 12, 2013
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Confirmation of appointments to the Parks, Recreation and
Tourism Advisory Commission
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Doug Blount
Director of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
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B. Clayton Goodman III
County Administrator
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On September 24, 2013, the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a
ninety-nine (99)-year lease of Explore from the Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority. As
a part of the Lease, it stipulates that two (2) members from the Virginia Recreational
Facilities Authority (VRFA) Board of Directors be appointed to the Parks, Recreation and
Tourism Advisory Commission.
On September 24, 2013, at the Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority Board of Directors
meeting, the VRFA voted to appoint Mr. David A. Hurt and Mr. William H. (Bill) Tanger to
serve on the Parks, Recreation and Tourism Advisory Commission.
The appointments would be for a three (3) year term.
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There is not a fiscal impact.
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1. Appoint Mr. David A. Hurt and Mr. William H. (Bill) Tanger to a three (3) year term
on the Parks, Recreation and Tourism Advisory Commission.
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2. Appoint Mr. David A. Hurt to a three (3) year term on the Parks, Recreation and
Tourism Advisory Commission.
3. Appoint Mr. William H. (Bill) Tanger to a three (3) year term on the Parks,
Recreation and Tourism Advisory Commission.
4. Appoint no one at this time from the Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority to the
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Advisory Commission.
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Staff recommends Alternative 1, appoint Mr. David A. Hurt and Mr. William H. (Bill) Tanger
to a three (3) year term on the Parks, Recreation and Tourism Advisory Commission.
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1. VRFA Appointment Letter dated September 29, 2013
2. Explore Park Lease
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Supervisor Altizer to approve the staff recommendation.
Motion approved.
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Ms. Moore
Mr. Altizer
Mr. Church
Mr. Elswick
Mr. Flora
cc: Doug Blount, Director of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Arlain Martin, Secretary
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia, as
follows:
That the certain section of the agenda of the Board of Supervisors for November
12, 2013, designated as Item J - Consent Agenda be, and hereby is, approved and
concurred in as to each item separately set forth in said section designated Items 1
through 8 inclusive, as follows:
1. Approval of minutes October 8, 2013
2. Resolution expressing the appreciation of the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County to Sharon l. Reynolds, Lead Communications Officer, upon her
retirement after twenty-seven (27) years of service
3. Donation of a police dog to the Roanoke County Police Department
4. Request to approve the revised Parks, Recreation and Tourism Advisory
Commission Bylaws
5. Confirmation of appointments to the Parks, Recreation and Tourism Advisory
Commission
6. Request to change the Employee Handbook-Flexible Leave Program (FLP)
Cash-In Policy
7. Resolution amending the Policy for Use of Unexpended Appropriations at Year
End
8. Resolution amending the policy for Roanoke County Capital Reserves to include
the Technology Reserve
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ACTION NO. __A-111213-12.d_
ITEM NO. ________J-6_______
AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE COUNTY,
VIRGINIA HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION CENTER
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November 12, 2013
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Request to change the Employee Handbook-Flexible Leave
Program (FLP) Cash-In Policy
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Joseph J. Sgroi
Director of Human Resources
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B. Clayton Goodman III
County Administrator
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During a work session with the Board of Supervisors on October 22, 2013, staff reviewed
expanding the leave cash-in option for Flex Leave Plan from forty (40) hours to eighty (80)
hours annually.
There are several benefits for allowing staff to cash in up to eighty (80) hours of leave
annually:
As staffing has been reduced across departments, the work load and service
delivery has increased for employees. This is a way to gain additional labor hours
to meet county department goals.
Increases productivity in that the last three months of the fiscal year employees
often ask off to avoid losing leave over the maximum limit.
Reduces the amount of overtime dollars particularly in Public Safety Departments
who work 24/7 by reducing the use of overtime hours for employees on leave.
Reduces the amount of unfunded liability of future leave payout by paying it now
rather than later at a higher cost.
Helps employees by giving them more access to earned leave cash during these
times of budget constraints which has prevented COLA increases.
This change was reviewed and supported by the Employee Advisory Committee.
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In the current year, this change will be funded by the use of carryover funds from 2012-
2013 and all future amounts will be included in the budget process.
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Staff recommends approval of the change to the employee handbook to allow employees
to cash in up to eight (80) hours of Flex Leave annually.
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Supervisor Altizer to approve the staff recommendation.
Motion approved.
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Ms. Moore
Mr. Altizer
Mr. Church
Mr. Elswick
Mr. Flora
cc: Joseph J. Sgroi, Director of Human Resources
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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WHEREAS, as a result of frugal management practices at both the departmental
and administrative levels of County government, various County departments have
completed the fiscal year with actual expenditures being less than budget
appropriations; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has previously adopted Resolution
042396-5 on April 23, 1996, establishing the Policy for the Use of Unexpended
Appropriations at Year End; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors amended this policy by adopting
Resolution 122104-4 on December 21, 2004, to fund capital reserves and to provide
incentives to reduce annual expenditures below appropriations while maintaining the
high quality delivery of public services; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors desires to amend this policy to establish a
funding source for the Technology Reserve, while still maintaining funding for Capital
Reserves and providing incentives to reduce annual expenditures below appropriations.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of
Roanoke County, Virginia, as follows:
1. That the Policy for the Use of Unexpended Appropriations at Year End is
hereby amended as follows; and
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County of Roanoke
Policy for Use of Unexpended Expenditure Appropriations at Year End
I. Background
At the end of a fiscal year, unspent expenditure appropriations generally lapse
and revert to a reserve or fund balance within the fund in which the
appropriations originated. In some cases it is desirable to reappropriate a portion
of these funds to allow for the completion of projects or purchases in process.
The County provides for these instances by including wording in the
Appropriation Ordinance that encompasses encumbrances, capital projects and
school funds. The National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting
(NACSLB) has issued guidelines representing standards of excellence in
governmental budgeting that include the preparation of policies and plans for
capital asset acquisition, maintenance, and replacement (Principle 2; Element 5;
Practice 5.2). This policy addresses this standard.
II. Purpose
This policy would establish guidelines to fund the Minor County Capital Reserve,
the Technology Reserve, and to distribute unspent funds at year end to
departments for needed expenditures. This additional departmental funding will
provide an opportunity for departments to invest in items that will assist them in
meeting their service delivery objectives. Encouraging frugal management
practices will provide a more flexible environment and allow innovative and
efficient approaches to servicing our citizens.
III. Performance Standard
Departments will not engage in practices, for the purpose of solely generating
savings that will adversely affect the quality of service delivery, unless approved
by the County Administrator and/or the Board of Supervisors.
IV. Policy Guidelines
A. When the County's accounts are closed out at the fiscal year-end, the
unencumbered expenditure savings will be allocated as follows:
a. Fifty-five percent (55%) of the unencumbered expenditure savings from
each departmental budget of the General Fund will be designated for
reappropriation to that department in the following fiscal year,
b. Ten percent (10%) will be allocated to a Technology Reserve for
technology prioritized by the Technology Governance Committee and
approved by the County Administrator, and
c. The remaining thirty-five percent (35%) of the unencumbered
expenditure savings will revert to the Minor County Capital Reserve for
future capital projects approved by the Board of Supervisors.
B. Requests for the reappropriation of departmental funds will be evaluated and
approved by the County Administrator on an item-by-item basis. These funds
are “non-recurring”; therefore, the use of these funds can only be used for
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expenditures such as vehicle replacement, computers, renovations, training
or other purposes that relate to the department's mission and do not require
expenditures in future fiscal years. These funds cannot be used for salary
increases, additional personnel or expansion of services.
C. The use of Technology Reserve funds are governed by a separate
Technology Reserve Policy
D. The use of Minor Capital Reserve funds are governed by a separate Capital
Reserve Policy
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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WHEREAS, one of the measures of a fiscally well managed locality is the
adoption of formal fiscal policies; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors recognizes the need to fund capital
projects, including technology projects; and
WHEREAS, it is important to the Board of Supervisors to fund some capital and
technology projects on a pay-as-you-go basis; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has previously adopted Resolution
122104-3 on December 21, 2004, establishing a Policy for Capital Reserves; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors desires to amend this policy to establish a
Technology Reserve.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County, Virginia, as follows;
1. That the Policy for Roanoke County Capital Reserves is hereby amended as
follows; and
2. That this policy shall be in effect for fiscal year 2013-2014, and the
subsequent fiscal years unless otherwise amended by the Board of
Supervisors; and
3. That this policy change shall take precedent over existing language in Item #6
of budget ordinance 052813-2 for fiscal year 2013-2014
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County of Roanoke, Virginia
Policy for County Capital Reserves
I. Background
The County of Roanoke recognizes one of the keys to sound financial
management is the development of a systematic way to fund capital projects,
including technology projects. In addition to the Debt Policy, the County
believes it is important to set up a funding stream and guidelines to fund
some capital and technology projects, or portions thereof, on a pay-as-you-go
basis. The National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting
(NACSLB) has issued guidelines representing standards of excellence in
governmental budgeting that include the preparation of policies and plans for
capital asset acquisition, maintenance, and replacement (Principle 2; Element
5; Practice 5.2). This policy addresses this standard.
II. Purpose
This policy will establish guidelines to set aside reserves to fund County
capital projects, including technology projects
III. Policy Guidelines for Major County Capital Reserve
a. The Board of Supervisors hereby establishes a Major County Capital
Reserve for the purpose of accumulating funds to pay-as-you-go for
County Capital projects identified in the County Capital Improvements
Plan that is adopted by the Board of Supervisors
b. Funds will be deposited into the Major County Capital Reserve from the
following sources:
i. As specified in the Policy for Use of General Fund Revenue in
Excess of Budget at Year End, the revenues in excess of budget
will be allocated first to the General Fund Unappropriated Balance
to the extent required, and next to the Major County Capital
Reserve
ii. Any additional funds that the Board of Supervisors appropriates to
the Reserve
c. Funds may be allocated from the Major County Capital Reserve for the
following purposes:
i. Cash outlay for projects identified in the County Capital
Improvements Plan adopted by the Board of Supervisors
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ii. Debt payments to expedite projects identified in the County Capital
Improvements Plan adopted by the Board of Supervisors
iii. Land purchase opportunities, even if they are not included in the
County Capital Improvements Plan
IV. Policy Guidelines for Minor County Capital Reserve
a. The Board of Supervisors hereby renames the County Capital Fund
Unappropriated Balance as the Minor County Capital Reserve.
b. Funds will be deposited into the Minor County Capital Reserve from the
following sources:
i. As specified in the Policy for Use of Unspent Expenditure
Appropriations at Year End, the unencumbered expenditure
savings will be allocated 55% to the department, 10% to the
Technology Reserve, and the remaining 35% to the Minor County
Capital Reserve
ii. As specified in the County Charter, the proceeds from the sale of
land and fixed assets, unless specifically appropriated otherwise by
the Board of Supervisors, will be deposited to the Minor County
Capital Reserve
iii. Any additional funds that the Board of Supervisors appropriates to
the Reserve
c. Funds may be allocated from the Minor County Capital Reserve for the
following purposes:
i. Cash outlay for minor County capital projects. These are projects
that are not normally in the County Capital Improvements Plan, and
are usually less than $500,000
ii. Architectural and engineering services for all capital projects,
whenever possible
iii. Other one-time expenditures
iv. Major County Capital Projects as identified in the County Capital
Improvements Plan, adopted by the Board of Supervisors
Policy Guidelines for County Technology Reserve
V.
a. The Board of Supervisors hereby establishes a County Technology
Reserve for the purpose of accumulating funds to pay-as-you-go for
County technology projects identified and prioritized by the Technology
Governance Committee, and approved by the County Administrator.
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b. Funds will be deposited into the County Technology Reserve from the
following sources;
i. As specified in the Policy for use of Unexpended Appropriations at
the End of Each Fiscal Year, the unencumbered expenditure
savings will be allocated 55% to the department, 10% to the
Technology Reserve, and the remaining 35% to the Minor Capital
Reserve
ii. The proceeds from the sale of IT equipment
iii. Any additional funds that the Board of Supervisors appropriates to
the Reserve
c. Funds may be allocated from the Technology Reserve for the following
purposes:
i. Cash outlay for projects identified and prioritized by the Technology
Governance Committee and approved by the County Administrator
ii. Debt payments to expedite projects identified and prioritized by the
Technology Governance Committee and approve by the County
Administrator and the Board of Supervisors
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ACTION NO. __A-111213-13__
ITEM NO. __________________
AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION CENTER
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November 12, 2013
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Donation of a Police Dog to the Roanoke County Police
Department
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Howard B. Hall
Chief of Police
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B. Clayton Goodman III
County Administrator
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Mr. S
offered to donate to the Roanoke County Police Department his privately owned five year
old Belgian Malinois K-9. The dog has been certified in tracking, narcotics detection, and
patrol work.
-9 Unit.
A handler will be selected and trained with the dog and the team will be deployed for field
work in Uniform Division. Deployment of this K-9 team will permit the Police Department to
expand the availability of its K-9 services.
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There is no cost for the training.
One patrol vehicle will need to be retro-fitted with a patrol car kennel, approximate cost
$3,200, to be taken from existing Department funds. Supplies and a kennel necessary to
quarter and maintain the dog will cost approximately $500, to be taken from existing
Department funds. No additional funding is requested from the County.
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The Board could decline to accept the donation.
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Staff recommends the Board accept the donation of the police dog.
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Supervisor Moore moved to approve the staff recommendation.
Motion approved.
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Ms. Moore
Mr. Altizer
Mr. Church
Mr. Elswick
Mr. Flora
cc: Howard B. Hall, Chief of Police
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
ORDINANCE111213-14 AMENDING THE PROFFERED CONDITIONS ON
PROPERTY APPROXIMATELY 0.6764 ACRE IN SIZE AND ZONED C2C,
GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH CONDITIONS, LOCATED AT
2210 ELECTRIC ROAD, WINDSOR HILLS MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT, (TAX
MAP #76.07-02-52.01-0000), UPON THE APPLICATION OF FRANK R.
RADFORD AND MARY E. RADFORD
WHEREAS, the first reading of this ordinance was held on October 22, 2013, and
the second reading and public hearing were held November 12, 2013; and
WHEREAS, the Roanoke County Planning Commission held a public hearing on this
matter on November 4, 2013; and
WHEREAS, legal notice and advertisement has been provided as required by law.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia, as
follows:
1. That the proffered conditions on property approximately 0.6764 acre in size
and zoned C2C, General Commercial District with conditions, located at 2210 Electric Road
(Tax Map #76.07-02-52.01-0000) in the Windsor Hills Magisterial District, is hereby
AMENDED as set out below:
1. That the property will be developed in substantial conformity
with the site plan prepared by T. P. Parker and Sons under
date of November 3, 1988, a copy of which is attached hereto
as Exhibit “1”.
2. That the property will only be used as a convenience store with
gasoline pumps.
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3. That there will be a maximum of 4 multi-grade gasoline pumps
placed on the property. Buffhide tanks or equivalent will be
utilized with a computer monitoring system.
4. Signage shall not exceed 30 square feet on the
freestanding sign to be placed near the intersection of Route
419 and Glen Heather Drive; identification sign on the building
not to exceed 55 square feet; plus an 18 square foot gas
identification sign.”
54. All lighting will be directed away from the adjoining residential
properties with lighting not to exceed sixteen (16) feet in height.
3. That this action is taken upon the application of Frank R. Radford and Mary E.
Radford.
4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its
final passage. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance be, and the same hereby are, repealed. The Zoning Administrator is directed to
amend the zoning district map to reflect the change in zoning classification authorized by
this ordinance.
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION CENTER
ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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WHEREAS, beginning in January of 2013, the Planning Commission and
Community Development staff identified several areas of the zoning ordinance to review
and update resulting in the proposal of amendments to the Roanoke County Zoning
Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to Article I (General Provisions), Article II
(Definitions and Use Types), Article III (District Regulations), Article IV (Use and Design
Standards), and Article V (Development Standards) hereby revise and incorporate
regulations dealing with, but not limited to: enforcement procedures; definitions; use
types; maximum building coverage; maximum lot coverage; minimum lot frontage;
minimum front yard setback; home beauty/barber salon; temporary portable storage
containers; religious assembly; antique shops; golf course; fine arts studio; bed and
breakfast; home occupations; agricultural services; new automobile dealership; used
automobile dealership; business support services; commercial outdoor sports and
recreation; construction sales and services; equipment sales and rental; mini-
warehouse; general restaurant; retail sales; family day care home; veterinary
hospital/clinic; consumer repair services; personal improvement services; automobile
rental/leasing; drive-in or fast food restaurant; recycling centers and stations;
convenience store; industry, type I; construction yards; multi-family dwelling;
townhouses; site development plans; off street parking, stacking and loading; and
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screening, landscaping and buffer yards; and
WHEREAS, on August 6, 2013, after proper notice, the Roanoke County
Planning Commission held a public hearing on various amendments to the Zoning
Ordinance and recommended said amendments to the Board of Supervisors for
adoption; and
WHEREAS, on August 27, September 10, and October 8, 2013, the Board of
Supervisors held work sessions on said amendments; and
WHEREAS, public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good zoning
practice are valid public purposes for such recommendations by the Planning
Commission and action by the Board of Supervisors; and,
WHEREAS, the first reading of this ordinance was held on October 22, 2013, and
the second reading and public hearing was held on November 12, 2013.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County as follows:
1. That the following sections of the Zoning Ordinance are hereby amended
to read and provide as follows:
ARTICLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS.
SEC. 30-6. ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS.
(A)
The following are established as Roanoke County zoning districts:
Commercial Districts
NC Neighborhood Commercial District
C-1 Office Low Intensity Commercial District
C-2 General High Intensity Commercial District
INT Interchange District (Reserved)
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PCD Planned Commercial Development District
CVOD Clearbrook Village Overlay District
SEC. 30-21. ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES.
(B) Property owners, permit applicants, and/or establishment owners/managers, as applicable,
shall be notified in writing via certified mail of violations of the provisions of this
ordinance. If an attempt to notify the appropriate party via certified mail is unsuccessful,
then a notice of violation shall be posted on the property. The administrator shall, in the
notice of violation, state the nature of the violation, the date that it was observed, and the
remedy or remedies necessary to correct the violation. The administrator may establish a
reasonable time period for the correction of the violation, however in no case shall such
time period exceed thirty (30) days from the date of the delivery, mailing or posting of
the notice, except that the administrator may allow a longer time period to correct the
violation if the correction would require the structural alteration of a building or structure.
ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS AND USE TYPES.
SEC. 30-28. DEFINITIONS.
(C) For the purposes of this ordinance, the words and phrases listed below in this section
shall have the meanings described below.
Residential chicken keeping: The keeping of up to six (6) female chickens (hens) in non-
agriculturally zoned areas as an accessory use to a single family residence subject to the
standards set out in chapter 5, animals and fowl, section 5-38standards for residential chicken
keeping.
Temporary portable storage containers: A purpose-built, fully enclosed, box-like
container with signage on one (1) or more of its outer surfaces that is designed for temporary
storage of household goods and/or equipment. Such containers are uniquely designed for ease of
loading to and from a transport vehicle.
Wind energy system, small: A wind energy conversion system consisting of a single wind
turbine, a tower, and associated control or conversion electronics, having a rated nameplate
capacity of not more than fifty (50) kilowatts (kW) for residential uses and not more than one
hundred (100) kW for other uses. For the purpose of residential net metering, Virginia Code §
56-594B limits the electrical generating facility to a capacity of not more than ten (10) kilowatts
(kW).
SEC. 30-29. USE TYPES; GENERALLY.
Definitions:
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Accessory apartment: A second dwelling unit within a detached single-family dwelling
which is clearly incidental and subordinate to the main dwelling. In the AG-1 or AG-3 districts, a
second dwelling unit on the same parcel as the detached single-family dwelling which is
incidental and subordinate to the main dwelling.
Administrative services: Governmental offices providing administrative, clerical or public
contact services that deal directly with the citizen. Typical uses include federal, state, county, and
city offices.
Adult business means any adult bookstore, adult video store, adult model studio, adult
motel, adult movie theater, adult nightclub, adult store, business providing adult entertainment,
or any other establishment that regularly exploits an interest in matter relating to specified sexual
activities or specified anatomical areas or regularly features live entertainment intended for the
sexual stimulation or titillation of patrons, and as such terms are defined in chapter 13 of this
Code.
Adult care residences: An establishment that provides shelter and services which may
include meals, housekeeping, and personal care assistance primarily for the elderly. Residents
are able to maintain a semi-independent life style, not requiring the more extensive care of a
nursing home. Residents will, at a minimum, need assistance with at least one (1) of the
following: medication management, meal preparation, housekeeping, money management, or
personal hygiene. At least one (1) nurse's aid is typically on duty, with medical staff is available
when needed.
Agricultural services: An establishment primarily engaged in providing services
specifically for the agricultural community which is not directly associated with a farm
operation. Included in this use type would be servicing of agricultural equipment, independent
equipment operators, and other related agricultural services.
Agriculture: The use of land for the production of food and fiber, including farming,
dairying, pasturage, agriculture, horticulture, viticulture, and animal and poultry husbandry. A
garden and residential chicken keeping, accessory to a residence, shall not be considered
agriculture.
Alternative discharging sewage systems: Any device or system which results in a point
source surface discharge of treated sewage which is installed as a replacement system for a pre-
existing individual single family dwelling with flows less than or equal to one thousand (1,000)
gallons per day on a yearly average. These systems are regulated by the Virginia Department of
Health under a general Virginia Pollution Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) permit issued
by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water. Systems which exceed
one thousand (1,000) gallons shall be prohibited and shall not be considered a utility service,
major as described in this ordinance.
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Amateur radio tower: A structure on which an antenna is installed for the purpose of
transmitting and receiving amateur radio signals erected and operated by an amateur radio
operator licensed by the FCC.
Antique shops: A place offering primarily antiques for sale. An antique for the purposes
of this ordinance shall be a work of art, piece of furniture, decorative object, or the like, of or
belonging to the past, at least thirty (30) years old.
Asphalt plant: An establishment engaged in manufacturing or mixing of paving materials
derived from asphaltic mixtures or tar.
Automobile dealership, new: The use of any building, land area or other premise for the
display of new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, scooters, recreational vehicles or motorcycles
for sale or rent, including any warranty repair work and other major and minor repair service
conducted as an accessory use.
Automobile dealership, used: Any lot or establishment where three (3) or more used
motor vehicles, including automobiles, trucks, scooters, recreational vehicles and motorcycles
are displayed at one time for sale.
Automobile repair services, major: Repair of construction equipment, commercial trucks,
agricultural implements and similar heavy equipment, including automobiles, where major
engine and transmission repairs are conducted. This includes minor automobile repairs in
conjunction with major automobile repairs. Typical uses include automobile and truck repair
garages, transmission shops, radiator shops, body and fender shops, equipment service centers,
machine shops, and similar uses where major repair activities are conducted.
Automobile repair services, minor: Repair of automobiles, noncommercial trucks,
motorcycles, motor homes, recreational vehicles, or boats, including the sale, installation, and
servicing of equipment and parts. Typical uses include tire sales and installation, wheel and
brake shops, oil and lubrication services and similar repair and service activities where minor
repairs and routine maintenance are conducted.
Automobile rental/leasing: Rental of automobiles and light trucks and vans, including
incidental parking and servicing of vehicles for rent or lease. Typical uses include auto rental
agencies and taxicab dispatch areas.
Automobile parts/supply, retail: Retail sales of automobile parts and accessories. Typical
uses include automobile parts and supply stores which offer new and factory rebuilt parts and
accessories, and include establishments which offer minor automobile repair services.
Aviation facilities, private: Any area of land used or intended for the landing and taking-
off of aircraft for personal use of the tenant or owner of the site, not available for public use or
commercial operations. Aircraft includes helicopters, all fixed-wing planes and gliders, but not
hang gliders.
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Aviation facilities, general: Landing fields, aircraft parking and service facilities, and
related facilities for operation, service, fueling, repair, storage, charter, sales, and rental of
aircraft, and including activities directly associated with the operation and maintenance of airport
facilities and the provision of safety and security.
Bed and breakfast: A dwelling in which not more than five (5) bedrooms are provided for
overnight guests for compensation, on daily or weekly basis, with or without meals.
Boarding house: A dwelling unit, or part thereof, in which lodging is provided by the
owner or operator who resides on the premises to three (3) or more but less than fourteen (14)
boarders. Included in this use type are rooming houses and tourist homes.
Broadcasting tower: Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the
purpose of supporting one (1) or more antennas. The term includes but need not be limited to
radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common-carrier towers, and
cellular telephone and wireless communication towers. Broadcasting tower types include, but are
not limited to monopoles, lattice towers, wooden poles, and guyed towers. Excluded from this
definition are amateur radio towers, which are described separately.
Business support services: Establishments or places of business engaged in the sale,
rental or repair of office equipment, supplies and materials, or the provision of services used by
office, professional and service establishments. Typical uses include office equipment and
supply firms, small business machine repair shops, convenience printing and copying
establishments, as well as temporary labor services.
Business or trade schools: A use providing education or training in business, commerce,
language, or other similar activity or occupational pursuit, and not otherwise defined as an
educational facility, either primary and secondary, or college and university, or as a home
occupation.
Campgrounds: Facilities providing camping or parking areas and incidental services for
travelers in recreational vehicles and/or tents.
Camps: A use which primarily provides recreational opportunities of an outdoor nature
on a daily or overnight basis. Included in this use type would be scout camps, religious camps,
children's camps, wilderness camps, and similar uses which are not otherwise specifically
described in this ordinance.
Car wash: Washing and cleaning of vehicles. Typical uses include automatic conveyor
machines and self-service car washes.
Cemetery: Land used or dedicated to the burial of the dead, including columbariums,
crematoriums, mausoleums, necessary sales and maintenance facilities. Mortuaries shall be
included when operated within the boundary of such cemetery.
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Clubs: A use providing meeting, or social facilities for civic or social clubs,
fraternal/sororal organization, and similar organizations and associations, primarily for use by
members and guests. Recreational facilities, unless otherwise specifically cited in this section,
may be provided for members and guests as an accessory use.
Commercial feedlots: A site where animals are stabled or confined and fed or maintained
for a total of forty-five (45) days or more in any twelve-month period, and where the number of
animals so confined include more than three hundred (300) slaughter or feeder cattle, two
hundred (200) mature dairy cattle, seven hundred fifty (750) swine, one hundred fifty (150)
horses, or thirty thousand (30,000) laying hens or broilers, or any other site designated by the
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water, as a "concentrated or
intensified animal feeding operation" pursuant to the Permit Regulations for Virginia Pollution
Discharge Elimination System and Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit Programs.
Commercial indoor amusement: Establishments which provide games of chance, skill or
scoring as other than an incidental use of the premises. Games would include pinball and video
machines, pool and billiard tables and other similar amusement or entertainment devices,
whether or not they are coin-operated, and also card games, bingo, and off-track betting. Typical
uses include game rooms, pool halls, video arcades, and bingo parlors.
Commercial indoor entertainment: Predominantly spectator uses conducted within an
enclosed building. Typical uses include motion picture theaters, and concert or music halls.
Commercial indoor sports and recreation: Predominantly participant uses conducted
within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling alleys, ice and roller skating rinks,
indoor racquetball, swimming, and/or tennis facilities.
Commercial outdoor entertainment: Predominantly spectator uses conducted in open or
partially enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include sports arenas, motor vehicle or
animal racing facilities, and outdoor amusement parks.
Commercial outdoor sports and recreation: Predominantly participant uses conducted in
open or partially enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include driving ranges, miniature
golf, swimming pools, tennis courts, outdoor racquetball courts, motorized cart and motorcycle
tracks, and motorized model airplane flying facilities.
Communications services: Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of
broadcasting and other information relay services accomplished through the use of electronic and
telephonic mechanisms. Excluded from this use type are facilities classified as major utility
services or broadcasting towers. Typical uses include television studios, telecommunication
service centers, telegraph service offices or film and sound recording facilities.
Community recreation: A recreational facility for use solely by the residents and guests
of a particular residential development, planned unit development, or residential neighborhood,
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including indoor and outdoor facilities. These facilities are usually proposed or planned in
association with development and are usually located within or adjacent to such development.
Composting: Process by which animal wastes and plant discards are combined and
manipulated to produce a soil additive/nutrient. Composting does not include the processing of
municipal waste.
Construction sales and services: Establishments or places of business primarily engaged
in retail or wholesale sale, from the premises, of materials used in the construction of buildings
or other structures, but specifically excluding automobile or equipment supplies otherwise
classified herein. Typical uses include building material stores and home supply establishments.
Consumer repair services: Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of repair
services to individuals and households, rather than businesses, but excluding automotive and
equipment repair use types. Typical uses include appliance repair shops, shoe repair, watch or
jewelry repair shops, or repair of musical instruments.
Construction yards: Establishments housing facilities of businesses primarily engaged in
construction activities, including outside storage of materials and equipment. Typical uses are
building contractor's yards.
Convenience store: Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of frequently or
recurrently needed goods for household consumption, such as prepackaged or prepared food and
beverages, and limited household supplies and hardware. This use may include fuel pumps
and/or the selling of fuel for motor vehicles. Typical uses include neighborhood markets and
country stores.
Correctional facilities: A public or privately operated use providing housing and care for
individuals legally confined, designed to isolate those individuals from a surrounding
community.
Crisis center: A facility providing temporary protective sanctuary for victims of crime or
abuse including emergency housing during crisis intervention for individuals, such as victims of
rape, child abuse, or physical beatings.
Cultural services: A library, museum, or similar public or quasi-public use displaying,
preserving and exhibiting objects of community and cultural interest in one or more of the arts or
sciences.
Custom manufacturing: Establishments primarily engaged in the on-site production of
goods by hand manufacturing, within enclosed structures, involving the use of hand tools, or the
use of mechanical equipment commonly associated with residential or commercial uses, or a
single kiln.
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Dance hall: Establishments in which more than ten (10) percent of the total floor area is
designed or used as a dance floor, or where an admission fee is directly collected, or some other
form of compensation is obtained for dancing.
Day care center: Any facility operated for the purpose of providing care, protection and
guidance to ten (10) or more individuals during only part of a twenty-four-hour day. This term
includes nursery schools, preschools, day care centers for individuals, and other similar uses but
excludes public and private educational facilities or any facility offering care to individuals for a
full twenty-four-hour period.
Educational facilities, college/university: An educational institution authorized by the
Commonwealth of Virginia to award associate, baccalaureate or higher degrees.
Educational facilities, primary/secondary: A public, private or parochial school offering
instruction at the elementary, junior and/or senior high school levels in the branches of learning
and study required to be taught in the public schools of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Equipment sales and rental: Establishments primarily engaged in the sale or rental of
tools, trucks, tractors, construction equipment, agricultural implements, and similar industrial
equipment, and the rental of mobile homes. Included in this use type is the incidental storage,
maintenance, and servicing of such equipment.
Family day care home: A single family dwelling in which more than five (5) but less than
thirteen (13) individuals, are received for care, protection and guidance during only part of a
twenty-four-hour day. Individuals related by blood, legal adoption or marriage to the person who
maintains the home shall not be counted toward this total. The care of five (5) or less individuals
for portions of a day shall be considered as a home occupation.
Farm employee housing: A dwelling located on a farm for the purpose of housing an
employee of that farm operation and his/her family. Also included in this use type would be
multi-family dwelling(s) for seasonal employees in connection with an orchard or other
agricultural use which relies on seasonal employees who must be housed.
Financial institutions: Provision of financial and banking services to consumers or
clients. Walk-in and drive-in services to consumers are generally provided on site. Typical uses
include banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, credit unions, lending
establishments and automatic teller machines (ATMs).
Forestry operations: The use of land for the raising and harvesting of timber, pulp woods
and other forestry products for commercial purposes, including the temporary operation of a
sawmill and/or chipper to process the timber cut from that parcel or contiguous parcels.
Excluded from this definition shall be the cutting of timber associated with land development
approved by the county, which shall be considered accessory to the development of the property.
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Fuel center: Any building, structure, or land used for the dispensing, sale or offering for
sale at retail of any vehicle fuels, oils or accessories. This use can be a standalone business or
accessory to another business.
Funeral services: Establishments engaged in undertaking services such as preparing the
dead for burial, and arranging and managing funerals. Typical uses include mortuaries and
crematories.
Garden center: Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in retail or
wholesale (bulk) sale, from the premises, of trees, shrubs, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, plants and
plant materials primarily for agricultural, residential and commercial consumers. Such
establishments typically sell products purchased from others, but may sell some material which
they grow themselves. Typical uses include nurseries, plant stores and lawn and garden centers.
Gasoline station: Any place of business with fuel pumps and underground storage tanks
which provides minor automobile repair and fuels and oil for motor vehicles.
General office: Use of a site for business, professional, or administrative offices,
excluding medical offices. Typical uses include real estate, insurance, management, travel, or
other business offices; organization and association offices; or law, architectural, engineering,
accounting or other professional offices.
Golf course: A tract of land for playing golf, improved with tees, greens, fairways,
hazards, and which may include clubhouses and shelters. Included would be executive or par
three golf courses. Specifically excluded would be independent driving ranges and any miniature
golf course.
Guidance services: A use providing counseling, guidance, recuperative, or similar
services for persons requiring rehabilitation assistance as a result of mental illness, alcoholism,
detention, drug addiction, or similar conditions for only part of a twenty-four-hour day.
Halfway house: An establishment providing accommodations, rehabilitation, counseling,
and supervision to persons suffering from alcohol or drug addiction, to persons re-entering
society after being released from a correctional facility or other institution, or to persons
suffering from similar disorders.
Home beauty/barber salon: Incidental use of a single family dwelling for hair styling or
barbering, established and conducted in accordance with Article IV, Use and Design Standards.
Home occupation: An accessory use of a dwelling unit for gainful employment involving
the production, provision, or sale of goods and/or services in accordance with Article V, Use and
Design Standards.
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Type I: A home occupation of an intensity suitable for the more densely
established residential areas typically found in the urban service areas of the
county.
Type II: A home occupation of an intensity suitable for agricultural and rural areas
of the county.
Hospital: A facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical service for sick or injured
persons primarily on an in-patient basis and including ancillary facilities for outpatient and
emergency treatment diagnostic services, training, research, administration, and services to
patients, employees, or visitors.
Hotel/motel/motor lodge: A building or group of attached or detached buildings
containing lodging units intended primarily for rental or lease to transients by the day, week or
month. Such uses generally provide additional services such as daily maid service, restaurants,
meeting rooms and/or recreation facilities.
Industry, Type I: Enterprises engaged in the processing, manufacturing, compounding,
assembly, packaging, treatment or fabrication of materials and products, from processed or
previously manufactured materials. Included would be assembly electrical appliances, bottling
and printing plants, and the manufacturing of paint, oils, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, solvents
and other chemical production of items made of stone, metal or concrete.
Industry, Type II: Enterprises in which goods are generally mass produced from raw
materials on a large scale through use of an assembly line or similar process, usually for sale to
wholesalers or other industrial or manufacturing uses. Included in this use type are industries
involved in processing and/or refining raw materials such as chemicals, rubber, wood or wood
pulp, forging, casting, melting, refining, extruding, rolling, drawing, and/or alloying ferrous
metals, and the production of large durable goods such as automobiles, manufactured homes, or
other motor vehicles.
Industry, Type III: An establishment which has the potential to be dangerous or extremely
obnoxious. Included are those in which explosives are stored, petroleum is refined, natural and
liquid gas and other petroleum derivatives are stored and/or distributed in bulk, radioactive
materials are compounded, pesticides and certain acids are manufactured, and hazardous waste is
treated or stored as the establishment's principal activity.
Kennel, commercial: The boarding, breeding, raising, grooming or training of two (2) or
more dogs, cats, or other household pets of any age not owned by the owner or occupant of the
premises, and/or for commercial gain.
Landfill, construction debris: The use of land for the legal disposal of construction and
demolition wastes consisting of lumber, wire, sheetrock, broken brick, shingles, glass, pipes,
concrete, and metals and plastic associated with construction and wastes from land clearing
operations consisting of stumps, wood, brush, and leaves.
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Landfill, rubble: The use of land for the legal disposal of only inert waste. Inert waste is
physically, chemically and biologically stable from further degradation and considered to be
nonreactive, and includes rubble, concrete, broken bricks, and block.
Landfill, sanitary: The use of land for the legal disposal of municipal solid waste derived
from households, business and institutional establishments, including garbage, trash, and
rubbish, and from industrial establishments, other than hazardous wastes as described by the
Virginia Hazardous Waste Regulations.
Laundry: Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of laundering, cleaning or
dyeing services other than those classified as personal services. Typical uses include bulk
laundry and cleaning plants, diaper services, or linen supply services.
Life care facility: A residential facility primarily for the continuing care of the elderly,
providing for transitional housing progressing from independent living in various dwelling units,
with or without kitchen facilities, and culminating in nursing home type care where all related
uses are located on the same lot. Such facility may include other services integral to the personal
and therapeutic care of the residents.
Laboratories: Establishments primarily engaged in performing research or testing
activities into technological matters. Typical uses include engineering and environmental
laboratories, medical, optical, dental and forensic laboratories, x-ray services, and
pharmaceutical laboratories only involved in research and development. Excluded are any
laboratories which mass produce one (1) or more products directly for the consumer market.
Manufactured home: A structure subject to federal regulation, which is transportable in
one (1) or more sections: is eight (8) body feet or more in width and forty (40) body feet or more
in length in the traveling mode, or is three hundred twenty (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; and
includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the
structure.
Manufactured home, accessory: A manufactured home that is subordinate to a single
family dwelling on a single lot and meets the additional criteria contained in Section 30-82-6.
Manufactured home, emergency: A manufactured home used temporarily for the period
of reconstruction or replacement of an uninhabitable dwelling lost or destroyed by fire, flood, or
other act of nature, or used temporarily as housing relief to victims of a federally declared
disaster in accordance with Section 30-82-8.
Manufactured home sales: Establishments primarily engaged in the display, retail sale,
rental, and minor repair of new and used manufactured homes, parts, and equipment.
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Manufactured home subdivision: A five-acre or larger community of manufactured home
dwellings with lots that are subdivided for individual ownership.
Manufactured home park: A five-acre or larger tract of land intended to accommodate a
manufactured home community of multiple spaces for lease or condominium ownership. A
manufactured home park is also referred to as a mobile home park.
Marina: A facility situated on a river which provides launching and secure moorings for
water-borne craft and may also provide watercraft rental, supplies, fuel and marine repair
services.
Meat packing and related industries: The processing of meat products and byproducts
directly from live animals or offal from dead animals.
Medical office: Use of a site for facilities which provide diagnoses, minor surgical care
and outpatient care on a routine basis, but which does not provide overnight care or serve as a
base for an ambulance service. Medical offices are operated by doctors, dentists, or similar
practitioners licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Mini-warehouse: A building designed to provide rental storage space in cubicles where
each cubicle has a maximum floor area of four hundred (400) square feet. Each cubicle shall be
enclosed by walls and ceiling and have a separate entrance for the loading and unloading of
stored goods.
Multi-family dwelling: A building or portion thereof which contains three (3) or more
dwelling units for permanent occupancy, regardless of the method of ownership. Included in the
use type would be garden apartments, low and high rise apartments, apartments for elderly
housing and condominiums.
Multiple dog permit: The keeping, breeding, raising, showing or training of four (4) or
more dogs over four (4) months of age for personal enjoyment of the owner or occupants of the
property, and for which commercial gain is not the primary objective.
Nursing home: A use providing bed care and in-patient services for persons requiring
regular medical attention but excluding a facility providing surgical or emergency medical
services and excluding a facility providing care for alcoholism, drug addiction, mental disease, or
communicable disease. Nursing homes have doctors or licensed nurses on duty.
Outdoor gathering: Any temporary organized gathering expected to attract five hundred
(500) or more people at one time in open spaces outside an enclosed structure. Included in this
use type would be music festivals, church revivals, carnivals and fairs, and similar transient
amusement and recreational activities not otherwise listed in this section. Such activities held in
public parks, university campuses or on public school property shall not be included within this
use type.
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Outpatient mental health and substance abuse center: Establishments with medical staff
providing outpatient services related to the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders,
alcohol, and other substance abuse. These establishments may provide counseling and/or refer
patients to more extensive treatment programs, if necessary. Included in this use type are
outpatient alcohol treatment centers, outpatient detoxification centers, outpatient drug and
substance abuse centers, and outpatient mental health centers.
Park and ride facility: A publicly owned, short-term, parking facility for commuters.
Parking facility: A principal use of a site for surface parking or a parking structure
unrelated to a specific use which provides one (1) or more parking spaces together with
driveways, aisles, turning and maneuvering areas, incorporated landscaped areas, and similar
features meeting the requirements established by this ordinance. This use shall not include a
parking structure accessory to a permitted principal use, such as a private garage in a residential
or agricultural district.
Pawn shop: A use engaged in the loaning of money on the security of property pledged in
the keeping of the pawnbroker and the incidental sale of such property.
Personal improvement services: Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of
informational, instructional, personal improvements and similar services. Typical uses include
driving schools, health or physical fitness studios, reducing salons, dance studios, handicraft and
hobby instruction.
Personal services: Establishments or places of business engaged in the provision of
frequently or recurrently needed services of a personal nature. Typical uses include beauty and
barber shops; massage studios; grooming of pets; seamstresses, tailors, or shoe repairs; florists;
and laundromats and dry cleaning stations serving individuals and households.
Post office: Postal services directly available to the consumer operated by the United
States Postal Service.
Public assembly: Facilities owned and operated by a public or quasi-public agency
accommodating public assembly for sports, amusement, or entertainment purposes. Typical uses
include auditoriums, sports stadiums, convention facilities, fairgrounds, and incidental sales and
exhibition facilities.
Public maintenance and service facilities: A public facility supporting maintenance,
repair, vehicular or equipment servicing, material storage, and similar activities including street
or sewer yards, equipment services centers, and similar uses having characteristics of
commercial services or contracting or industrial activities.
Public parks and recreational areas: Publicly-owned and operated parks, picnic areas,
playgrounds, indoor or outdoor athletic facilities, game preserves and open spaces.
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Railroad facilities: Railroad yards, equipment servicing facilities, and terminal facilities.
Recreational vehicle sales and service: Retail sales of recreational vehicles and boats,
including service and storage of vehicles and parts and related accessories.
Recycling centers and stations: A receptacle or facility used for the collection and storage
of recyclable materials designed and labeled for citizens to voluntarily take source separated
materials for recycling.
Religious assembly: A use located in a permanent building and providing regular
organized religious worship and related incidental activities, except primary or secondary
schools and day care facilities.
Residential chicken keeping: The keeping of up to six (6) female chickens (hens) in non-
agriculturally zoned areas as an accessory use to a single family residence subject to the
standards set out in chapter 5, animals and fowl, section 5-38standards for residential chicken
keeping.
Residential human care facility: A building used as a family care home, foster home, or
group home serving not more than eight (8) mentally retarded or other developmentally disabled
persons, not related by blood or marriage, pursuant to section 15.2-2291 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended. Excluded from this definition are drug or alcohol rehabilitation centers, half-way
houses and similar uses.
Resource extraction: A use involving on-site extraction of surface or subsurface mineral
products or natural resources. Typical uses are quarries, borrow pits, sand and gravel operation,
mining, and soil mining. Specifically excluded from this use type shall be grading and removal
of dirt associated with an approved site plan or subdivision, or excavations associated with, and
for the improvement of, a bona fide agricultural use.
Restaurant, drive-in or fast food: An establishment primarily engaged in the preparation
of food and beverages, for either take-out, delivery or table service, served at a counter, a drive-
up or drive through service facility or by curb service. Typical uses include drive-in or fast food
restaurants or coffee shops.
Restaurant, general: An establishment engaged in the preparation and consumption of
food and beverages and characterized primarily by table service to customers in non-disposable
containers. Typical uses include cafeterias, dinner theatres, taverns, and cafes.
Retail sales: Sale or rental with incidental service of commonly used goods and
merchandise for personal or household use but excludes those classified more specifically by
these use type classifications.
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Safety services: Facilities for the conduct of safety and emergency services for the
primary benefit of the public, whether publicly or privately owned and operated, including police
and fire protection services and emergency medical and ambulance services.
Scrap and salvage services: Places of business primarily engaged in the storage, sale,
dismantling or other processing of uses or waste materials which are not intended for reuse in
their original forms. Typical uses include towing services, paper and metal salvage yards,
automotive wrecking yards, junk yards, used tire storage yards, or retail and/or wholesale sales
of used automobile parts and supplies.
Single family dwelling: A site built or modular building designed for or used exclusively
as one (1) dwelling unit for permanent occupancy.
Detached: A single family dwelling which is surrounded by open space or yards
on all sides, is located on its own individual lot, and which is not attached to any
other dwelling by any means.
Attached: Two (2) single family dwellings sharing a common wall area, each on
its own individual lot.
Shooting range, outdoor: The use of land for archery and the discharging of firearms for
the purposes of target practice, skeet and trap shooting, mock war games, or temporary
competitions, such as a turkey shoot. Excluded from this use type shall be general hunting, and
unstructured and nonrecurring discharging of firearms on private property with the property
owner's permission.
Stables, private: The keeping, breeding, or raising of horse or ponies exclusively for the
personal use and enjoyment of the owner or occupant of the property or the riding of horses or
ponies by the owner or occupant of the property and their guests.
Stable, commercial: The boarding, breeding or raising of horses or ponies not owned by
the owner or occupant of the property or riding of horses by other than the owner or occupant of
the property and their non-paying guests. Included in this definition are riding academies.
Studio, fine arts: A building, or portion thereof, used as a place of work by a sculptor,
artist, or photographer.
Surplus sales: Businesses engaged in the sale of used or new items, involving regular or
periodic outdoor display of merchandise for sale. Typical uses include flea markets and factory
outlets, or discount businesses with outdoor display.
Temporary portable storage containers: A purpose-built, fully enclosed, box-like
container with signage on one (1) or more of its outer surfaces that is designed for temporary
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storage of household goods and/or equipment. Such containers are uniquely designed for ease of
loading to and from a transport vehicle.
Townhouse: A grouping of three (3) or more attached single family dwellings in a row in
which each unit has its own front and rear access to the outside, no unit is located over another
unit, and each unit is separated from any other unit by one (1) or more common walls.
Transfer station: Any storage or collection facility which is operated as a relay point for
municipal solid waste which ultimately is to be transferred to a landfill.
Transportation terminal: A facility for loading, unloading and interchange of passengers,
baggage and incidental freight or package express between modes of ground or water
transportation, including bus terminals, railroad stations, marinas and public transit facilities.
Truck stop: An establishment containing a mixture of uses which cater to the traveling
public and in particular motor freight operators. A truck stop might include such uses as fuel
pumps, restaurants, overnight accommodations, retail sales related to the motor freight industry,
and similar uses.
Truck terminal: A facility for the receipt, transfer, short term storage, and dispatching of
goods transported by truck. Included in the use type would be express and other mail and
package distribution facilities, including such facilities operated by the U.S. Post Office.
Two family dwelling: The use of an individual lot for two (2) dwelling units which share
at least one (1) common wall, each occupied by one (1) family.
Utility services, minor: Services which are necessary to support development within the
immediate vicinity and involve only minor structures. Including in this use type are distribution
lines and small facilities that are underground or overhead, such as transformers, relay and
booster devices, stormwater management facilities and well, water and sewer pump stations.
Also included are all major utility services which were in existence prior to the adoption of this
ordinance.
Utility services, major: Services of a regional nature which normally entail the
construction of new buildings or structures such as generating plants and sources, electrical
switching facilities and stations or substations, community waste water treatment plants, and
similar facilities. Included in this definition are also electric, gas, and other utility transmission
lines of a regional nature which are not otherwise reviewed and approved by the Virginia State
Corporation Commission.
Veterinary hospital/clinic: Any establishment rendering surgical and medical treatment of
animals. Boarding of animals shall only be conducted indoors, on a short term basis, and shall
only be incidental to such hospital/clinic use, unless also authorized and approved as a
commercial kennel.
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Warehousing and distribution: Uses including storage, warehousing and dispatching of
goods within enclosed structures, or outdoors. Typical uses include wholesale distributors,
storage warehouses, moving/storage firms.
Wayside stand: An establishment for the seasonal retail sale of agricultural goods and
merchandise primarily produced by the operator on the site, or on nearby property. Agricultural
goods produced on other properties owned or leased by the operator may also be allowed
provided a majority of the produce comes from land surrounding the wayside stand. This use
type shall include agricultural products picked by the consumer.
Wind energy system, large: A wind energy conversion system consisting of one (1) or
more wind turbines, towers and associated control or conversion electronics, having a rated
nameplate capacity of not more than nine hundred ninety-nine (999) kilowatts (kW). For
purposes of non-residential net metering, Virginia Code § 56-594B limits the electrical
generating facility to a capacity of not more than five hundred (500) kilowatts.
Wind energy system, utility: A wind energy conversion system consisting of more than
one (1) wind turbine, towers and associated control or conversion electronics, having a rated
nameplate capacity of one (1) megawatt (MW) or greater.
Secs. 30-29-130-29-7. Reserved.
Sec. 30-29-1. Agricultural and Forestry Use Types.
Agriculture: The use of land for the production of food and fiber, including farming,
dairying, pasturage, agriculture, horticulture, viticulture, and animal and poultry husbandry. A
garden and residential chicken keeping, accessory to a residence, shall not be considered
agriculture.
Commercial feedlots: A site where animals are stabled or confined and fed or maintained
for a total of forty-five (45) days or more in any twelve-month period, and where the number of
animals so confined include more than three hundred (300) slaughter or feeder cattle, two
hundred (200) mature dairy cattle, seven hundred fifty (750) swine, one hundred fifty (150)
horses, or thirty thousand (30,000) laying hens or broilers, or any other site designated by the
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water, as a "concentrated or
intensified animal feeding operation" pursuant to the Permit Regulations for Virginia Pollution
Discharge Elimination System and Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit Programs.
Farm employee housing: A dwelling located on a farm for the purpose of housing an
employee of that farm operation and his/her family. Also included in this use type would be
multi-family dwelling(s) for seasonal employees in connection with an orchard or other
agricultural use which relies on seasonal employees who must be housed.
Forestry operations: The use of land for the raising and harvesting of timber, pulp woods
and other forestry products for commercial purposes, including the temporary operation of a
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sawmill and/or chipper to process the timber cut from that parcel or contiguous parcels.
Excluded from this definition shall be the cutting of timber associated with land development
approved by the county, which shall be considered accessory to the development of the property.
Stable, private: The keeping, breeding, or raising of horses or ponies exclusively for the
personal use and enjoyment of the owner or occupant of the property or the riding of horses or
ponies by the owner or occupant of the property and their guests.
Stable, commercial: The boarding, breeding or raising of horses or ponies not owned by
the owner or occupant of the property or riding of horses by other than the owner or occupant of
the property and their non-paying guests. Included in this definition are riding academies.
Wayside stand: An establishment for the seasonal retail sale of agricultural goods and
merchandise primarily produced by the operator on the site, or on nearby property. Agricultural
goods produced on other properties owned or leased by the operator may also be allowed
provided a majority of the produce comes from land surrounding the wayside stand. This use
type shall include agricultural products picked by the consumer.
Sec. 30-29-2. Residential Use Types.
Accessory apartment: A second dwelling unit located within a detached single-family
dwelling or an accessory building which is clearly incidental and subordinate to the main
dwelling unit.
Alternative discharging sewage systems: Any device or system which results in a point
source surface discharge of treated sewage which is installed as a replacement system for a pre-
existing individual single family dwelling with flows less than or equal to one thousand (1,000)
gallons per day on a yearly average. These systems are regulated by the Virginia Department of
Health under a general Virginia Pollution Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) permit issued
by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water. Systems which exceed
one thousand (1,000) gallons shall be prohibited and shall not be considered a utility service,
major as described in this ordinance.
Home beauty/barber salon: Incidental use of a single family dwelling for hair styling or
barbering.
Home occupation: An accessory use of a dwelling unit for gainful employment involving
the production, provision, or sale of goods and/or services.
Type I: A home occupation of an intensity suitable for the more densely
established residential areas typically found in the urban service areas of the
county.
Type II: A home occupation of an intensity suitable for agricultural and rural areas
of the county.
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Manufactured home: A structure subject to federal regulation, which is transportable in
one (1) or more sections: is eight (8) body feet or more in width and forty (40) body feet or more
in length in the traveling mode, or is three hundred twenty (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; and
includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the
structure.
Manufactured home, accessory: A manufactured home that is subordinate to a single
family dwelling on a single lot.
Manufactured home, emergency: A manufactured home used temporarily for the period
of reconstruction or replacement of an uninhabitable dwelling lost or destroyed by fire, flood, or
other act of nature, or used temporarily as housing relief to victims of a federally declared
disaster.
Manufactured home subdivision: A five-acre or larger community of manufactured home
dwellings with lots that are subdivided for individual ownership.
Manufactured home park: A five-acre or larger tract of land intended to accommodate a
manufactured home community of multiple spaces for lease or condominium ownership. A
manufactured home park is also referred to as a mobile home park.
Multi-family dwelling: A building or portion thereof which contains three (3) or more
dwelling units for permanent occupancy, regardless of the method of ownership. Included in the
use type would be garden apartments, low and high rise apartments, apartments for elderly
housing and condominiums.
Multiple dog permit: The keeping, breeding, raising, showing or training of four (4) or
more dogs over four (4) months of age for personal enjoyment of the owner or occupants of the
property, and for which commercial gain is not the primary objective.
Residential human care facility: A building used as a family care home, foster home, or
group home serving not more than eight (8) mentally retarded or other developmentally disabled
persons, not related by blood or marriage, pursuant to section 15.2-2291 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended. Excluded from this definition are drug or alcohol rehabilitation centers, half-way
houses and similar uses.
Single family dwelling: A site built or modular building designed for or used exclusively
as one (1) dwelling unit for permanent occupancy.
Attached: Two (2) single family dwellings sharing a common wall area, each on
its own individual lot.
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Detached: A single family dwelling which is surrounded by open space or yards
on all sides, is located on its own individual lot, and which is not attached to any
other dwelling by any means.
Townhouse: A grouping of three (3) or more attached single family dwellings in a row in
which each unit has its own front and rear access to the outside, no unit is located over another
unit, and each unit is separated from any other unit by one (1) or more common walls.
Two family dwelling: The use of an individual lot for two (2) dwelling units which share
at least one (1) common wall, each occupied by one (1) family.
Sec. 30-29-3. Civic Use Types.
Administrative services: Governmental offices providing administrative, clerical or public
contact services that deal directly with the citizen. Typical uses include federal, state, county, and
city offices.
Adult care residences: An establishment that provides shelter and services which may
include meals, housekeeping, and personal care assistance primarily for the elderly. Residents
are able to maintain a semi-independent life style, not requiring the more extensive care of a
nursing home. Residents will, at a minimum, need assistance with at least one (1) of the
following: medication management, meal preparation, housekeeping, money management, or
personal hygiene. At least one (1) nurse's aid is typically on duty, with medical staff is available
when needed.
Camps: A use which primarily provides recreational opportunities of an outdoor nature
on a daily or overnight basis. Included in this use type would be scout camps, religious camps,
children's camps, wilderness camps, and similar uses which are not otherwise specifically
described in this ordinance.
Cemetery: Land used or dedicated to the burial of the dead, including columbariums,
crematoriums, mausoleums, necessary sales and maintenance facilities. Mortuaries shall be
included when operated within the boundary of such cemetery.
Clubs: A use providing meeting, or social facilities for civic or social clubs,
fraternal/sororal organization, and similar organizations and associations, primarily for use by
members and guests. Recreational facilities, unless otherwise specifically cited in this section,
may be provided for members and guests as an accessory use.
Community recreation: A recreational facility for use solely by the residents and guests
of a particular residential development, planned unit development, or residential neighborhood,
including indoor and outdoor facilities. These facilities are usually proposed or planned in
association with development and are usually located within or adjacent to such development.
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Correctional facilities: A public or privately operated use providing housing and care for
individuals legally confined, designed to isolate those individuals from a surrounding
community.
Crisis center: A facility providing temporary protective sanctuary for victims of crime or
abuse including emergency housing during crisis intervention for individuals, such as victims of
rape, child abuse, or physical beatings.
Cultural services: A library, museum, or similar public or quasi-public use displaying,
preserving and exhibiting objects of community and cultural interest in one or more of the arts or
sciences.
Day care center: Any facility operated for the purpose of providing care, protection and
guidance to ten (10) or more individuals during only part of a twenty-four-hour day. This term
includes nursery schools, preschools, day care centers for individuals, and other similar uses but
excludes public and private educational facilities or any facility offering care to individuals for a
full twenty-four-hour period.
Educational facilities, college/university: An educational institution authorized by the
Commonwealth of Virginia to award associate, baccalaureate or higher degrees.
Educational facilities, primary/secondary: A public, private or parochial school offering
instruction at the elementary, junior and/or senior high school levels in the branches of learning
and study required to be taught in the public schools of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Family day care home: A single family dwelling in which more than five (5) but less than
thirteen (13) individuals, are received for care, protection and guidance during only part of a
twenty-four-hour day. Individuals related by blood, legal adoption or marriage to the person who
maintains the home shall not be counted toward this total. The care of five (5) or less individuals
for portions of a day shall be considered as a home occupation.
Guidance services: A use providing counseling, guidance, recuperative, or similar
services for persons requiring rehabilitation assistance as a result of mental illness, alcoholism,
detention, drug addiction, or similar conditions for only part of a twenty-four-hour day.
Halfway house: An establishment providing accommodations, rehabilitation, counseling,
and supervision to persons suffering from alcohol or drug addiction, to persons re-entering
society after being released from a correctional facility or other institution, or to persons
suffering from similar disorders.
Life care facility: A residential facility primarily for the continuing care of the elderly,
providing for transitional housing progressing from independent living in various dwelling units,
with or without kitchen facilities, and culminating in nursing home type care where all related
uses are located on the same lot. Such facility may include other services integral to the personal
and therapeutic care of the residents.
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Nursing home: A use providing bed care and in-patient services for persons requiring
regular medical attention but excluding a facility providing surgical or emergency medical
services and excluding a facility providing care for alcoholism, drug addiction, mental disease, or
communicable disease. Nursing homes have doctors or licensed nurses on duty.
Park and ride facility: A publicly owned, short-term, parking facility for commuters.
Post office: Postal services directly available to the consumer operated by the United
States Postal Service.
Public assembly: Facilities owned and operated by a public or quasi-public agency
accommodating public assembly for sports, amusement, or entertainment purposes. Typical uses
include auditoriums, sports stadiums, convention facilities, fairgrounds, and incidental sales and
exhibition facilities.
Public maintenance and service facilities: A public facility supporting maintenance,
repair, vehicular or equipment servicing, material storage, and similar activities including street
or sewer yards, equipment services centers, and similar uses having characteristics of
commercial services or contracting or industrial activities.
Public parks and recreational areas: Publicly-owned and operated parks, picnic areas,
playgrounds, indoor or outdoor athletic facilities, game preserves and open spaces.
Religious assembly: A use located in a permanent building and providing regular
organized religious worship and related incidental activities, except primary or secondary
schools and day care facilities.
Safety services: Facilities for the conduct of safety and emergency services for the
primary benefit of the public, whether publicly or privately owned and operated, including police
and fire protection services and emergency medical and ambulance services.
Utility services, major: Services of a regional nature which normally entail the
construction of new buildings or structures such as generating plants and sources, electrical
switching facilities and stations or substations, community waste water treatment plants, and
similar facilities. Included in this definition are also electric, gas, and other utility transmission
lines of a regional nature which are not otherwise reviewed and approved by the Virginia State
Corporation Commission.
Utility services, minor: Services which are necessary to support development within the
immediate vicinity and involve only minor structures. Including in this use type are distribution
lines and small facilities that are underground or overhead, such as transformers, relay and
booster devices, stormwater management facilities and well, water and sewer pump stations.
Also included are all major utility services which were in existence prior to the adoption of this
ordinance.
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Sec. 30-29-4. Office Use Types.
Financial institutions: Provision of financial and banking services to consumers or
clients. Walk-in and drive-in services to consumers are generally provided on site. Typical uses
include banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, credit unions, lending
establishments and automatic teller machines (ATMs).
General office: Use of a site for business, professional, or administrative offices,
excluding medical offices. Typical uses include real estate, insurance, management, travel, or
other business offices; organization and association offices; or law, architectural, engineering,
accounting or other professional offices.
Laboratories: Establishments primarily engaged in performing research or testing
activities into technological matters. Typical uses include engineering and environmental
laboratories, medical, optical, dental and forensic laboratories, x-ray services, and
pharmaceutical laboratories only involved in research and development. Excluded are any
laboratories which mass produce one (1) or more products directly for the consumer market.
Medical office: Use of a site for facilities which provide diagnoses, minor surgical care
and outpatient care on a routine basis, but which does not provide overnight care or serve as a
base for an ambulance service. Medical offices are operated by doctors, dentists, or similar
practitioners licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Sec. 30-29-5. Commercial Use Types.
Adult business: Any adult bookstore, adult video store, adult model studio, adult motel,
adult movie theater, adult nightclub, adult store, business providing adult entertainment, or any
other establishment that regularly exploits an interest in matter relating to specified sexual
activities or specified anatomical areas or regularly features live entertainment intended for the
sexual stimulation or titillation of patrons, and as such terms are defined in chapter 13 of this
Code.
Agricultural services: An establishment primarily engaged in providing services
specifically for the agricultural community which is not directly associated with a farm
operation. Included in this use type would be servicing of agricultural equipment, independent
equipment operators, and other related agricultural services.
Antique shops: A place offering primarily antiques for sale. An antique for the purposes
of this ordinance shall be a work of art, piece of furniture, decorative object, or the like, of or
belonging to the past, at least thirty (30) years old.
Automobile dealership: The use of any building, land area or other premise for the
display of new and/or used automobiles, trucks, vans, scooters, recreational vehicles or
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motorcycles for sale or rent, including any warranty repair work and other major and minor
repair service conducted as an accessory use.
Automobile rental/leasing: Rental of automobiles and light trucks and vans, including
incidental parking and servicing of vehicles for rent or lease. Typical uses include auto rental
agencies and taxicab dispatch areas.
Automobile repair services, major: Repair of construction equipment, commercial trucks,
agricultural implements and similar heavy equipment, including automobiles, where major
engine and transmission repairs are conducted. This includes minor automobile repairs in
conjunction with major automobile repairs. Typical uses include automobile and truck repair
garages, transmission shops, radiator shops, body and fender shops, equipment service centers,
machine shops, and similar uses where major repair activities are conducted.
Automobile repair services, minor: Repair of automobiles, noncommercial trucks,
motorcycles, motor homes, recreational vehicles, or boats, including the sale, installation, and
servicing of equipment and parts. Typical uses include tire sales and installation, wheel and
brake shops, oil and lubrication services and similar repair and service activities where minor
repairs and routine maintenance are conducted.
Automobile parts/supply, retail: Retail sales of automobile parts and accessories. Typical
uses include automobile parts and supply stores which offer new and factory rebuilt parts and
accessories, and include establishments which offer minor automobile repair services.
Bed and breakfast: A dwelling in which not more than five (5) bedrooms are provided for
overnight guests for compensation, on daily or weekly basis, with or without meals.
Boarding house: A dwelling unit, or part thereof, in which lodging is provided by the
owner or operator who resides on the premises to three (3) or more but less than fourteen (14)
boarders. Included in this use type are rooming houses and tourist homes.
Business support services: Establishments or places of business engaged in the sale,
rental or repair of office equipment, supplies and materials, or the provision of services used by
office, professional and service establishments. Typical uses include office equipment and
supply firms, small business machine repair shops, convenience printing and copying
establishments, as well as temporary labor services.
Business or trade schools: A use providing education or training in business, commerce,
language, or other similar activity or occupational pursuit, and not otherwise defined as an
educational facility, either primary and secondary, or college and university, or as a home
occupation.
Campgrounds: Facilities providing camping or parking areas and incidental services for
travelers in recreational vehicles and/or tents.
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Car wash: Washing and cleaning of vehicles. Typical uses include automatic conveyor
machines and self-service car washes.
Commercial indoor amusement: Establishments which provide games of chance, skill or
scoring as other than an incidental use of the premises. Games would include pinball and video
machines, pool and billiard tables and other similar amusement or entertainment devices,
whether or not they are coin-operated, and also card games, bingo, and off-track betting. Typical
uses include game rooms, pool halls, video arcades, and bingo parlors.
Commercial indoor entertainment: Predominantly spectator uses conducted within an
enclosed building. Typical uses include motion picture theaters, and concert or music halls.
Commercial indoor sports and recreation: Predominantly participant uses conducted
within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling alleys, ice and roller skating rinks,
indoor racquetball, swimming, and/or tennis facilities.
Commercial outdoor entertainment: Predominantly spectator uses conducted in open or
partially enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include sports arenas, motor vehicle or
animal racing facilities, and outdoor amusement parks.
Commercial outdoor sports and recreation: Predominantly participant uses conducted in
open or partially enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include driving ranges, miniature
golf, swimming pools, tennis courts, outdoor racquetball courts, motorized cart and motorcycle
tracks, and motorized model airplane flying facilities.
Communications services: Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of
broadcasting and other information relay services accomplished through the use of electronic and
telephonic mechanisms. Excluded from this use type are facilities classified as major utility
services or broadcasting towers. Typical uses include television studios, telecommunication
service centers, telegraph service offices or film and sound recording facilities.
Construction sales and services: Establishments or places of business primarily engaged
in retail or wholesale sale, from the premises, of materials used in the construction of buildings
or other structures, but specifically excluding automobile or equipment supplies otherwise
classified herein. Typical uses include building material stores and home supply establishments.
Consumer repair services: Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of repair
services to individuals and households, rather than businesses, but excluding automotive and
equipment repair use types. Typical uses include appliance repair shops, shoe repair, watch or
jewelry repair shops, or repair of musical instruments.
Convenience store: Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of frequently or
recurrently needed goods for household consumption, such as prepackaged or prepared food and
beverages, and limited household supplies and hardware. This use may include fuel pumps
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and/or the selling of fuel for motor vehicles. Typical uses include neighborhood markets and
country stores.
Dance hall: Establishments in which more than ten (10) percent of the total floor area is
designed or used as a dance floor, or where an admission fee is directly collected, or some other
form of compensation is obtained for dancing.
Equipment sales and rental: Establishments primarily engaged in the sale or rental of
tools, trucks, tractors, construction equipment, agricultural implements, and similar industrial
equipment, and the rental of mobile homes. Included in this use type is the incidental storage,
maintenance, and servicing of such equipment.
Fuel center: Any building, structure, or land used for the dispensing, sale or offering for
sale at retail of any vehicle fuels, oils or accessories. This use can be a standalone business or
accessory to another business.
Funeral services: Establishments engaged in undertaking services such as preparing the
dead for burial, and arranging and managing funerals. Typical uses include mortuaries and
crematories.
Garden center: Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in retail or
wholesale (bulk) sale, from the premises, of trees, shrubs, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, plants and
plant materials primarily for agricultural, residential and commercial consumers. Such
establishments typically sell products purchased from others, but may sell some material which
they grow themselves. Typical uses include nurseries, plant stores and lawn and garden centers.
Gasoline station: Any place of business with fuel pumps and underground storage tanks
which provides minor automobile repair and fuels and oil for motor vehicles.
Golf course: A tract of land for playing golf, improved with tees, greens, fairways,
hazards, and which may include clubhouses and shelters. Included would be executive or par
three golf courses. Specifically excluded would be independent driving ranges and any miniature
golf course.
Hospital: A facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical service for sick or injured
persons primarily on an in-patient basis and including ancillary facilities for outpatient and
emergency treatment diagnostic services, training, research, administration, and services to
patients, employees, or visitors.
Hotel/motel/motor lodge: A building or group of attached or detached buildings
containing lodging units intended primarily for rental or lease to transients by the day, week or
month. Such uses generally provide additional services such as daily maid service, restaurants,
meeting rooms and/or recreation facilities.
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Kennel, commercial: The boarding, breeding, raising, grooming or training of two (2) or
more dogs, cats, or other household pets of any age not owned by the owner or occupant of the
premises, and/or for commercial gain.
Laundry: Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of laundering, cleaning or
dyeing services other than those classified as personal services. Typical uses include bulk
laundry and cleaning plants, diaper services, or linen supply services.
Manufactured home sales: Establishments primarily engaged in the display, retail sale,
rental, and minor repair of new and used manufactured homes, parts, and equipment.
Marina: A facility situated on a river which provides launching and secure moorings for
water-borne craft and may also provide watercraft rental, supplies, fuel and marine repair
services.
Mini-warehouse: A building designed to provide rental storage space in cubicles where
each cubicle has a maximum floor area of four hundred (400) square feet. Each cubicle shall be
enclosed by walls and ceiling and have a separate entrance for the loading and unloading of
stored goods.
Outpatient mental health and substance abuse center: Establishments with medical staff
providing outpatient services related to the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders,
alcohol, and other substance abuse. These establishments may provide counseling and/or refer
patients to more extensive treatment programs, if necessary. Included in this use type are
outpatient alcohol treatment centers, outpatient detoxification centers, outpatient drug and
substance abuse centers, and outpatient mental health centers.
Pawn shop: A use engaged in the loaning of money on the security of property pledged in
the keeping of the pawnbroker and the incidental sale of such property.
Personal improvement services: Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of
informational, instructional, personal improvements and similar services. Typical uses include
driving schools, health or physical fitness studios, reducing salons, dance studios, handicraft and
hobby instruction.
Personal services: Establishments or places of business engaged in the provision of
frequently or recurrently needed services of a personal nature. Typical uses include beauty and
barber shops; massage studios; grooming of pets; seamstresses, tailors, or shoe repairs; florists;
and laundromats and dry cleaning stations serving individuals and households.
Recreational vehicle sales and service: Retail sales of recreational vehicles and boats,
including service and storage of vehicles and parts and related accessories.
Restaurant, drive-in or fast food: An establishment primarily engaged in the preparation
of food and beverages, for either take-out, delivery or table service, served at a counter, a drive-
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up or drive through service facility or by curb service. Typical uses include drive-in or fast food
restaurants or coffee shops.
Restaurant, general: An establishment engaged in the preparation and consumption of
food and beverages and characterized primarily by table service to customers in non-disposable
containers. Typical uses include cafeterias, dinner theatres, taverns, brewpubs, and cafes.
Retail sales: Sale or rental with incidental service of commonly used goods and
merchandise for personal or household use but excludes those classified more specifically by
these use type classifications.
Studio, fine arts: A building, or portion thereof, used as a place of work by a sculptor,
artist, or photographer.
Surplus sales: Businesses engaged in the sale of used or new items, involving regular or
periodic outdoor display of merchandise for sale. Typical uses include flea markets and factory
outlets, or discount businesses with outdoor display.
Truck stop: An establishment containing a mixture of uses which cater to the traveling
public and in particular motor freight operators. A truck stop might include such uses as fuel
pumps, restaurants, overnight accommodations, retail sales related to the motor freight industry,
and similar uses.
Veterinary hospital/clinic: Any establishment rendering surgical and medical treatment of
animals. Boarding of animals shall only be conducted indoors, on a short term basis, and shall
only be incidental to such hospital/clinic use, unless also authorized and approved as a
commercial kennel.
Sec. 30-29-6. Industrial Use Types.
Asphalt plant: An establishment engaged in manufacturing or mixing of paving materials
derived from asphaltic mixtures or tar.
Composting: Process by which animal wastes and plant discards are combined and
manipulated to produce a soil additive/nutrient. Composting does not include the processing of
municipal waste.
Construction yards: Establishments housing facilities of businesses primarily engaged in
construction activities, including outside storage of materials and equipment. Typical uses are
building contractor's yards.
Custom manufacturing: Establishments primarily engaged in the on-site production of
goods by hand manufacturing, within enclosed structures, involving the use of hand tools, or the
use of mechanical equipment commonly associated with residential or commercial uses, or a
single kiln.
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Industry, Type I: Enterprises engaged in the processing, manufacturing, compounding,
assembly, packaging, treatment or fabrication of materials and products, from processed or
previously manufactured materials. Included would be assembly electrical appliances, bottling
and printing plants, and the manufacturing of paint, oils, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, solvents
and other chemical production of items made of stone, metal or concrete.
Industry, Type II: Enterprises in which goods are generally mass produced from raw
materials on a large scale through use of an assembly line or similar process, usually for sale to
wholesalers or other industrial or manufacturing uses. Included in this use type are industries
involved in processing and/or refining raw materials such as chemicals, rubber, wood or wood
pulp, forging, casting, melting, refining, extruding, rolling, drawing, and/or alloying ferrous
metals, and the production of large durable goods such as automobiles, manufactured homes, or
other motor vehicles.
Industry, Type III: An establishment which has the potential to be dangerous or extremely
obnoxious. Included are those in which explosives are stored, petroleum is refined, natural and
liquid gas and other petroleum derivatives are stored and/or distributed in bulk, radioactive
materials are compounded, pesticides and certain acids are manufactured, and hazardous waste is
treated or stored as the establishment's principal activity.
Landfill, construction debris: The use of land for the legal disposal of construction and
demolition wastes consisting of lumber, wire, sheetrock, broken brick, shingles, glass, pipes,
concrete, and metals and plastic associated with construction and wastes from land clearing
operations consisting of stumps, wood, brush, and leaves.
Landfill, rubble: The use of land for the legal disposal of only inert waste. Inert waste is
physically, chemically and biologically stable from further degradation and considered to be
nonreactive, and includes rubble, concrete, broken bricks, and block.
Landfill, sanitary: The use of land for the legal disposal of municipal solid waste derived
from households, business and institutional establishments, including garbage, trash, and
rubbish, and from industrial establishments, other than hazardous wastes as described by the
Virginia Hazardous Waste Regulations.
Meat packing and related industries: The processing of meat products and byproducts
directly from live animals or offal from dead animals.
Railroad facilities: Railroad yards, equipment servicing facilities, and terminal facilities.
Recycling centers and stations: A receptacle or facility used for the collection and storage
of recyclable materials designed and labeled for citizens to voluntarily take source separated
materials for recycling.
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Resource extraction: A use involving on-site extraction of surface or subsurface mineral
products or natural resources. Typical uses are quarries, borrow pits, sand and gravel operation,
mining, and soil mining. Specifically excluded from this use type shall be grading and removal
of dirt associated with an approved site plan or subdivision, or excavations associated with, and
for the improvement of, a bona fide agricultural use.
Scrap and salvage services: Places of business primarily engaged in the storage, sale,
dismantling or other processing of uses or waste materials which are not intended for reuse in
their original forms. Typical uses include towing services, paper and metal salvage yards,
automotive wrecking yards, junk yards, used tire storage yards, or retail and/or wholesale sales
of used automobile parts and supplies.
Transfer station: Any storage or collection facility which is operated as a relay point for
municipal solid waste which ultimately is to be transferred to a landfill.
Transportation terminal: A facility for loading, unloading and interchange of passengers,
baggage and incidental freight or package express between modes of ground or water
transportation, including bus terminals, railroad stations, marinas and public transit facilities.
Truck terminal: A facility for the receipt, transfer, short term storage, and dispatching of
goods transported by truck. Included in the use type would be express and other mail and
package distribution facilities, including such facilities operated by the U.S. Post Office.
Warehousing and distribution: Uses including storage, warehousing and dispatching of
goods within enclosed structures, or outdoors. Typical uses include wholesale distributors,
storage warehouses, moving/storage firms.
Sec. 30-29-7. Miscellaneous Use Types.
Amateur radio tower: A structure on which an antenna is installed for the purpose of
transmitting and receiving amateur radio signals erected and operated by an amateur radio
operator licensed by the FCC.
Aviation facilities, general: Landing fields, aircraft parking and service facilities, and
related facilities for operation, service, fueling, repair, storage, charter, sales, and rental of
aircraft, and including activities directly associated with the operation and maintenance of airport
facilities and the provision of safety and security.
Aviation facilities, private: Any area of land used or intended for the landing and taking-
off of aircraft for personal use of the tenant or owner of the site, not available for public use or
commercial operations. Aircraft includes helicopters, all fixed-wing planes and gliders, but not
hang gliders.
Broadcasting tower: Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the
purpose of supporting one (1) or more antennas. The term includes but need not be limited to
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radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common-carrier towers, and
cellular telephone and wireless communication towers. Broadcasting tower types include, but are
not limited to monopoles, lattice towers, wooden poles, and guyed towers. Excluded from this
definition are amateur radio towers, which are described separately.
Outdoor gathering: Any temporary organized gathering expected to attract five hundred
(500) or more people at one time in open spaces outside an enclosed structure. Included in this
use type would be music festivals, church revivals, carnivals and fairs, and similar transient
amusement and recreational activities not otherwise listed in this section. Such activities held in
public parks, university campuses or on public school property shall not be included within this
use type.
Parking facility: A principal use of a site for surface parking or a parking structure
unrelated to a specific use which provides one (1) or more parking spaces together with
driveways, aisles, turning and maneuvering areas, incorporated landscaped areas, and similar
features meeting the requirements established by this ordinance. This use shall not include a
parking structure accessory to a permitted principal use, such as a private garage in a residential
or agricultural district.
Shooting range, outdoor: The use of land for archery and the discharging of firearms for
the purposes of target practice, skeet and trap shooting, mock war games, or temporary
competitions, such as a turkey shoot. Excluded from this use type shall be general hunting, and
unstructured and nonrecurring discharging of firearms on private property with the property
owner's permission.
Wind energy system, large: A wind energy conversion system consisting of one (1) or
more wind turbines, towers and associated control or conversion electronics, having a rated
nameplate capacity of not more than nine hundred ninety-nine (999) kilowatts (kW). For
purposes of non-residential net metering, Virginia Code § 56-594B limits the electrical
generating facility to a capacity of not more than five hundred (500) kilowatts.
Wind energy system, small: A wind energy conversion system consisting of a single wind
turbine, a tower, and associated control or conversion electronics, having a rated nameplate
capacity of not more than fifty (50) kilowatts (kW) for residential uses and not more than one
hundred (100) kW for other uses. For the purpose of residential net metering, Virginia Code §
56-594B limits the electrical generating facility to a capacity of not more than ten (10) kilowatts
(kW).
Wind energy system, utility: A wind energy conversion system consisting of more than
one (1) wind turbine, towers and associated control or conversion electronics, having a rated
nameplate capacity of one (1) megawatt (MW) or greater.
ARTICLE III DISTRICT REGULATIONS.
SEC. 30-32. AG-3 AGRICULTURAL/RURAL PRESERVE DISTRICT.
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Sec. 30-32-2. Permitted Uses.
(A) The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements
contained in this ordinance. An asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more
stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and design standards, for those specific
uses.
1. Agricultural and Forestry Uses
Stable, Private *
Stable, Commercial *
Stable, Private *
2. Residential Uses
Home Beauty/Barber Salon *
Temporary portable storage containers*
(B) The following uses are allowed only by special use permit pursuant to section 30-19. An
asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more stringent standards as listed in article
IV, use and design standards, for those specific uses.
1. Agricultural and Forestry Uses
1.52. Residential Uses
23. Civic Uses
34. Commercial Uses
Antique Shops *
Golf Course *
Studio, Fine Arts
45. Industrial Uses
56. Miscellaneous Uses
Sec. 30-32-3. Site Development Regulations.
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(D) Maximum coverage.
1. Building coverage: 5 10 percent of the total lot area.
SEC. 30-33. AG-1 AGRICULTURAL/RURAL LOW DENSITY DISTRICT.
Sec. 30-33-2. Permitted Uses.
(A) The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements
contained in this ordinance. An asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more
stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and design standards, for those specific
uses.
1. Agricultural and Forestry Uses
Stable, Private *
Stable, Commercial *
Stable, Private *
2. Residential Uses
Home Beauty/Barber Salon *
Temporary portable storage containers*
3. Civic Uses
Religious Assembly *
(B) The following uses are allowed only by special use permit pursuant to section 30-19. An
asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more stringent standards as listed in article
IV, use and design standards, for those specific uses.
1. Agricultural and Forestry Uses
3. Civic Uses
Religious Assembly *
4. Commercial Uses
Antique Shops *
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Golf Course *
Studio, Fine Arts
Sec. 30-33-3. Site Development Regulations.
(D) Maximum coverage.
1. Building coverage: 15 20 percent of the total lot area.
2. Lot coverage: 30 40 percent of the total lot area.
SEC. 30-34. AR AGRICULTURAL/RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
Sec. 30-34-2. Permitted Uses.
(A) The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements
contained in this ordinance. An asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more
stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and design standards, for those specific
uses.
1. Agricultural and Forestry Uses
Stable, Private *
Stable, Commercial *
Stable, Private *
2. Residential Uses
Home Beauty/Barber Salon *
Home Occupation, Type I II*
Temporary portable storage containers *
3. Civic Uses
Religious Assembly *
4. Commercial Uses
Bed and Breakfast *
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(B) The following uses are allowed only by special use permit pursuant to section 30-19. An
asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more stringent standards as listed in article
IV, use and design standards, for those specific uses.
1. Residential Uses
Home Beauty/Barber Salon *
2. Civic Uses
Religious Assembly *
3. Commercial Uses
Bed and Breakfast *
Golf Course *
Studio, Fine Arts
Sec. 30-34-3. Site Development Regulations.
(A) Minimum lot requirements
2. Lots served by either public sewer or water:
b. Frontage: 110 100 feet on a publicly owned and maintained street.
(D) Maximum coverage.
1. Building coverage: 15 25 percent of the total lot area.
2. Lot coverage: 30 50 percent of the total lot area.
SEC. 30-36. AV AGRICULTURAL/VILLAGE CENTER DISTRICT.
Sec. 30-36-2. Permitted Uses.
(A) The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements
contained in this ordinance. An asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more
stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and design standards, for those specific
uses.
2. Residential Uses
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Home Occupation, Type I II *
Temporary portable storage containers *
3. Civic Uses
Religious Assembly *
5. Commercial Uses
Agricultural Services *
(B) The following uses are allowed only by special use permit pursuant to section 30-19. An
asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more stringent standards as listed in article
IV, use and design standards, for those specific uses.
3. Civic Uses
Adult Care Residences *
Religious Assembly *
4. Commercial Uses
Agricultural Services *
Business Support Services
Clinic *
Commercial Outdoor Sports and Recreation
Construction Sales and Services *
Equipment Sales and Rental *
Mini-warehouse *
Restaurant, General *
Retail Sales *
Sec. 30-36-3. Site Development Regulations.
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(A) Minimum lot requirements.
3. Lots served by both public sewer and water:
b. Frontage: 75 60 feet on a publicly owned and maintained street.
(B) Minimum setback requirements.
1. Front yard:
a. Principal structures: 35 30 feet.
(D) Maximum coverage.
1. Building coverage: 30 35 percent of the total lot area.
SEC. 30-41. R-1 LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
Sec. 30-41-2. Permitted uses.
(A) The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements
contained in this ordinance. An asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more
stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and design standards, for those specific
uses.
2. Residential Uses
Home Beauty/Barber Salon *
Single-Family Dwelling, Detached (For Zero Lot Line Option - *)
Single-Family Dwelling, Attached *
Single-Family Dwelling, Attached and Detached (Cluster Subdivision Option - *)
Single Family Dwelling, Attached (Cluster Subdivision Option) *
Single Family Dwelling, Detached
Single Family Dwelling, Detached (Cluster Subdivision Option) *
Single Family Dwelling, Detached (Zero Lot Line Option) *
Temporary portable storage containers *
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3. Civic Uses
Family Day Care Home *
4. Commercial Uses
Bed and Breakfast *
45. Miscellaneous Uses
(B) The following uses are allowed only by special use permit pursuant to section 30-19. An
asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more stringent standards as listed in article
IV, use and design standards, for those specific uses.
1. Residential Uses
Accessory Apartment *
Home Beauty/Barber Salon *
2. Civic Uses
Family Day Care Home *
3. Commercial Uses
Bed and Breakfast *
Golf Course *
Sec. 30-41-3. Site Development Regulations.
(D) Maximum coverage.
1. Building coverage: 30 35 percent of the total lot area for all buildings and 7
percent for accessory buildings.
SEC. 30-42. R-2 MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
Sec. 30-42-2. Permitted Uses.
(A) The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements
contained in this ordinance. An asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more
stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and design standards, for those specific
uses.
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1. Residential Uses
Home Beauty/Barber Salon *
Single-Family Dwelling, Attached *
Single-Family Dwelling, Detached (For Zero Lot Line Option - *)
Single-Family Dwelling, Attached and Detached (Cluster Subdivision Option - *)
Single Family Dwelling, Attached (Cluster Subdivision Option) *
Single Family Dwelling, Detached
Single Family Dwelling, Detached (Cluster Subdivision Option) *
Single Family Dwelling, Detached (Zero Lot Line Option) *
Temporary portable storage containers *
2. Civic Uses
Family Day Care Home *
(B) The following uses are allowed only by special use permit pursuant to section 30-19. An
asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more stringent standards as listed in article
IV, use and design standards, for those specific uses.
1. Residential Uses
Home Beauty/Barber Salon *
2. Civic Uses
Family Day Care Home *
3. Commercial Uses
Golf Course *
Sec. 30-42-3. Site Development Regulations.
(D) Maximum coverage.
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1. Building coverage: 30 35 percent of the total lot area for all buildings and 7
percent for accessory buildings.
SEC. 30-45. R-3 MEDIUM DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
Sec. 30-45-2. Permitted Uses.
(A) The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements
contained in this ordinance. An asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more
stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and design standards, for those specific
uses.
1. Residential Uses
Home Beauty/Barber Salon *
Single Family Dwelling, Attached *
Single Family Dwelling, Detached (For Zero Lot Line Option - *)
Single Family Dwelling, Attached and Detached (Cluster Subdivision Option - *)
Single Family Dwelling, Attached (Cluster Subdivision Option) *
Single Family Dwelling, Detached
Single Family Dwelling, Detached (Cluster Subdivision Option) *
Single Family Dwelling, Detached (Zero Lot Line Option) *
Temporary portable storage containers *
(B) The following uses are allowed only by special use permit pursuant to section 30-19. An
asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more stringent standards as listed in article
IV, use and design standards, for those specific uses.
1. Residential Uses
Home Beauty/Barber Salon *
1. 2. Civic Uses
2. 3. Industrial Uses
3. 4. Miscellaneous Uses
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SEC. 30-46. R-4 HIGH DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
Sec. 30-46-2. Permitted Uses.
(A) The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements
contained in this ordinance. An asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more
stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and design standards, for those specific
uses.
1. Residential Uses
Home Beauty/Barber Salon *
Single Family Dwelling, Attached *
Single Family Dwelling, Detached (For Zero Lot Line Option - *)
Single Family Dwelling, Attached and Detached (Cluster Subdivision Option - *)
Single Family Dwelling, Attached (Cluster Subdivision Option) *
Single Family Dwelling, Detached
Single Family Dwelling, Detached (Cluster Subdivision Option) *
Single Family Dwelling, Detached (Zero Lot Line Option) *
Temporary portable storage containers *
(B) The following uses are allowed only by special use permit pursuant to section 30-19. An
asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more stringent standards as listed in article
IV, use and design standards, for those specific uses.
1. Residential Uses
Home Beauty/Barber Salon *
1. 2. Civic Uses
2. 3. Industrial Uses
3. 4. Miscellaneous Uses
SEC. 30-47. PRD PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
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Sec. 30-47-2. Permitted Uses.
(A) The following uses are permitted in the planned residential development district.
However, no use shall be permitted except in conformity with the uses specifically
included in the final master plan approved pursuant to section 30-47-5. An asterisk (*)
indicates additional, modified or more stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and
design standards, for those specific uses.
1. Residential Uses
Temporary portable storage containers *
4. Commercial Uses
Golf Course *
Restaurant, General *
SEC. 30-51. NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
Sec. 30-51-2. Permitted uses.
(A) The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements
contained in this ordinance. An asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more
stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and design Standards, for those specific
uses.
1. Civic Uses
Religious Assembly *
Public Parks and Recreational Areas *
Religious Assembly *
3. Commercial Uses
Restaurant, General *
(B) The following uses are allowed only by special use permit pursuant to section 30-19. An
asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more stringent standards as listed in article
IV, use and design standards, for those specific uses.
1. Commercial Uses
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Veterinary Hospital/Clinic
SEC. 30-53. C-1 OFFICE LOW INTENSITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
Sec. 30-53-1. Purpose.
(A) The purpose of the C-1 office low intensity commercial district is to provide for the
development of attractive and efficient office and commercial uses in the urban service
area which serve both community and county-wide needs. The C-1 district allows for
varying intensities of office and commercial development as part of either a planned
office complex or, to a limited degree, small scale office and commercial uses. Retail
uses are permitted, to a limited extent, where they are supportive of the office
environment. The C-1 districts are most appropriately found along or near major arterial
streets where existing commercial development has occurred and/or where commercial
zoning has been established, or near existing residential development where it would
serve as a logical buffer strip between conflicting land use types. Land uses permitted in
the C-1 office district are generally consistent with the recommendations set forth in the
transition and core land use categories of the comprehensive plan. Site development
standards are intended to ensure compatibility with adjacent land uses.
Sec. 30-53-2. Permitted Uses.
(A) The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements
contained in this ordinance. An asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more
stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and design standards, for those specific
uses.
4. Commercial Uses
Agricultural Services *
Antique Shops
Bed and Breakfast *
Consumer Repair Services
Personal Improvement Services
(B) The following uses are allowed only by special use permit pursuant to section 30-19. An
asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more stringent standards as listed in article
IV, use and design standards, for those specific uses.
3. Commercial Uses
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Automobile Rental/Leasing
Restaurant, Drive-in or Fast Food *
Restaurant, General
Retail Sales
4. Industrial Uses
Recycling Centers and Stations *
SEC. 30-54. C-2 GENERAL HIGH INTENSITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
Sec. 30-54-1. Purpose.
(A) The purpose of this district is to provide locations for a variety of commercial and service
related activities within the urban service area serving a community of several
neighborhoods or large areas of the county. This district is intended for general
application throughout the county. General High intensity commercial districts are most
appropriately found along major arterial thoroughfares which serve large segments of the
county's population. The C-2 district permits a wide variety of retail and service related
uses. Land uses permitted in this district are generally consistent with the
recommendations set forth in the transition and core land use categories of the
comprehensive plan. Site development regulations are designed to ensure compatibility
with adjoining land uses.
Sec. 30-54-2. Permitted Uses.
(A) The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements
contained in this ordinance. An asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more
stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and design standards, for those specific
uses.
4. Commercial Uses
Automobile Dealership, New *
Convenience Store *
Restaurant, Drive-in or Fast Food *
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(B) The following uses are allowed only by special use permit pursuant to section 30-19. An
asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more stringent standards as listed in article
IV, use and design standards, for those specific uses.
1. Civic Uses
Religious Assembly *
2. Commercial Uses
Automobile Dealership, Used *
Convenience Store *
Restaurant, Drive-in or Fast Food *
3. Industrial Uses
Industry, Type I
SEC. 30-58. CVOD CLEARBROOK VILLAGE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
Sec. 30-58-4. Permitted uses and use restrictions.
The uses permitted in the Clearbrook village overlay district shall be governed by the underlying
zoning district in which the property is located as shown on the official zoning maps, except as
otherwise modified below:
(A) The following uses shall be prohibited within the Clearbrook village overlay district:
2. Commercial Uses
Automobile Dealership, Used
(B) Unless prohibited in 30-58-4(A) a special use permit shall be required for all uses listed
as a special use in the underlying zoning district. In addition, the following uses shall
require a special use permit within the Clearbrook village overlay district. An asterisk (*)
indicates additional, modified, or more stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and
design standards, for those specific uses.
2. Commercial Uses
Convenience Store *
Restaurant, Drive-in or Fast Food *
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Sec. 30-58-6. Special Regulations in the Clearbrook Village Overlay District.
The following special regulations shall apply within the Clearbrook village overlay district.
(A) Landscaping. Required landscaping within the Clearbrook village overlay district shall
comply with the standards contained in section 30-92-45.1 of this ordinance.
SEC. 30-61. I-1 LOW INTENSITY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
Sec. 30-61-2. Permitted Uses.
(A) The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements
contained in this ordinance. An asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more
stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and design standards, for those specific
uses.
2. Civic Uses
Utility Services, Major *
Utility Services, Minor
Utility Services, Major *
4. Commercial Uses
Restaurant, General
Retail Sales
(B) The following uses are allowed only by special use permit pursuant to section 30-19. An
asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more stringent standards as listed in article
IV, use and design standards, for those specific uses.
2. Industrial Uses
Construction Yards *
SEC. 30-62. I-2 HIGH INTENSITY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
Sec. 30-62-1. Purpose.
(A) The purpose of the I-2, high intensity industrial district is to provide areas within the
urban service area which contain existing more intensive industrial uses or are suitable
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for such activities. These areas coincide with the principal industrial land use category
contained in the comprehensive plan and are designated based on the suitability of the
land in terms of slope and freedom from flooding and the relative remoteness and
absence of substantial residential development which could be adversely affected by such
development. In addition, the availability of adequate sewer and water capacity, access to
arterial road network, and proximity to rail and airport facilities or the interstate highway
system are major considerations. Distributing these areas around the county in a planned
manner to create employment centers within close proximity to residential growth areas
and reduce heavy traffic generation of industrial uses is encouraged.
Sec. 30-62-2. Permitted Uses.
(A) The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements
contained in this ordinance. An asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more
stringent standards as listed in article IV, use and design standards, for those specific
uses.
2. Civic Uses
Utility Services, Major *
Utility Services, Minor
Utility Services, Major *
5. Industrial Uses
Industry, Type I and Type II
Industry, Type II
(B) The following uses are allowed only by special use permit pursuant to section 30-19. An
asterisk (*) indicates additional, modified or more stringent standards as listed in article
IV, use and design standards, for those specific uses.
3. Industrial Uses
Industry, Type III *
ARTICLE IV USE AND DESIGN STANDARDS.
SEC. 30-82. RESIDENTIAL USES.
Sec. 30-82-2. Home Beauty/Barber Salon.
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(A) Intent. Under certain unique circumstances a A small-scaled beauty and/or barber shops
may be an appropriate use permitted within a residential dwelling. The standards and
procedure for establishing such uses are intended to limit the scope and nature of such
uses and insure capability compatibility with the adjoining properties.
(B) In the AG-3, AG-1, and AR districts and in all residential districts the following
standards shall apply, in addition to obtaining a special use permit from the board of
supervisors pursuant to Section 30-19:
1. The applicant shall submit documentation that an infirmity exists which prevents
either the salon operator or a permanent occupant of the dwelling unit from
regularly leaving the dwelling to pursue gainful employment.
21. The salon shall be limited to one (1) chair only.
32. The retail sale of beauty and barber supplies shall be prohibited. allowed as an
accessory use to the permitted beauty/barber salon use.
4. The special use permit shall be granted for a period of one year and may be
renewed administratively for successive one year periods provided the
administrator has not received written complaints from adjoining residents.
Sec. 30-82-3. Home Occupations, Type I and Type II.
(B) General standards:
4. There shall be no sale of goods or products not produced on the premises except
for an individual representative for cosmetics or crafts for offsite events.
54. The type and volume of traffic generated by a home occupation shall be
consistent with the traffic generation characteristics of other dwellings in the area.
In addition, the lot or property on which the home occupation is conducted shall
not have any parking spaces added to it during the time the home occupation is
being conducted, nor shall any parking space be used that was not customarily or
regularly used prior to that time.
65. Deliveries related to the home occupation shall be limited to the United States
Postal Service, parcel delivery services, and messenger services. The commercial
delivery by tractor trailer of materials or products to or from the premises shall be
prohibited.
76. The home occupation shall not increase demand on water, sewer, or garbage
collection services to the extent that the combined demand for the dwelling and
home occupation is significantly more than is normal to the use of the property for
residential purposes.
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87. No equipment or process shall be used in a home occupation which creates noise
in excess of 60 dB(A) measured at the property line, or vibration, glare, fumes,
odors, or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the premises or
through common walls. In the case of electrical interference, no equipment or
process shall be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or
television receivers off the premises or through common walls.
98. No activity in conjunction with a home occupation shall be conducted before 7:00
a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. that adversely impacts or disturbs adjoining property
owners.
109. Temporary portable storage containers shall not be used in conjunction with a
Type I or Type II home occupation or used as a principal use or principal building
or structure.
(C) Additional standards for all Type I home occupations:
5. The sale of goods or products produced on the premises, or providing services
which involve the consumer coming to the premises shall be limited to no more
than ten (10) customers or clients in any one (1) week period per day. Baby sitting
for five (5) or less children shall be permitted.
6. Lessons in the applied arts shall be permitted, provided the class size for any
lesson does not exceed five (5) students at any one (1) time and shall not exceed
ten (10) students in any one-week period per day.
(D) Additional standards for all Type II home occupations:
4. Lessons in the applied arts shall be permitted, provided the class size for any
lesson does not exceed five (5) students at any one (1) time and shall not exceed
ten (10) students in any one-week period per day.
Sec. 30-82-9. Manufactured Home Park.
(L) In manufactured home parks established prior to June 1, 1986, existing manufactured
homes may be replaced with manufactured homes, consistent with section 30-82-65(B)2
provided all of the following standards are met:
a1. The manufactured home meets the side and rear yard setback for accessory
structures, as specified in the underlying zoning district, from the property line of
the park; and
b2. The manufactured home is anchored and skirted in accordance with the provisions
of the Virginia Statewide Uniform Building Code; and,.
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Sec. 30-82-11. Multi-family Dwelling.
(B) General standards:
5. Each The minimum separation between multi-family buildings shall be separated
by forty (40) twenty (20) feet between facing living areas. This separation may be
reduced to twenty (20) feet when both multi-family buildings contain windowless
walls.
6. Where buildings are placed at right angles (ninety (90) degrees) to one another
and both interior walls are windowless, the minimum separation of buildings shall
be twenty (20) feet. Reserved.
Sec. 30-82-14. Townhouses.
(B) General standards:
3. The minimum separation between any building containing a group of five (5) or
more townhouse units shall be forty (40) feet from any other townhouse building.
The minimum separation between any townhouse buildings containing a group of
four (4) or less townhouse units shall be twenty (20) feet from any other building
containing a group of four (4) or less townhouses.
Sec. 30-82-16. Temporary Portable Storage Containers.
(A) Intent. Temporary Portable Storage Containers provide residential property owners
temporary storage space for home remodeling, relocating, fire and/or water damage; and
cleaning out attics, basements, garages or other attached storage areas.
(B) General standards:
1. Temporary portable storage containers shall only be permitted on lots with a
principal building or structure.
2. Temporary portable storage containers shall not be used in conjunction with a
type I or type II home occupation or used as a principal use or principal building
or structure.
3. All temporary portable storage containers shall display the container provider's
contact information. Signs shall not contain any other advertising for any other
product or services.
4. Temporary portable storage containers shall not be inhabited.
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5. Temporary portable storage containers should be located on a property in
accordance with section 30-100-8, and shall not obstruct vehicular or pedestrian
traffic, or be located within any required landscaped area. Placement on Virginia
Department of Transportation (VDOT) right of way property shall require written
approval from VDOT.
6. Due to the temporary nature of temporary portable storage containers, location in
a driveway or yard may be acceptable.
7. Temporary portable storage containers cannot be located in the floodway or
floodplain overlay district without meeting the standards in section 30-74, as
amended.
8. Temporary portable storage containers shall be permitted on a lot for a period not
to exceed thirty (30) consecutive days within a six-month period. For extensive
construction projects a written extension may be granted by the zoning
administrator.
9. Maximum cumulative size of temporary portable storage containers on a property
shall not exceed one hundred thirty (130) square feet.
10. There is a limit of one (1) portable temporary storage container per lot.
11. A zoning permit shall be required to be obtained prior to the placement of a
temporary portable storage container by the department of community
development with sufficient information, as determined by the zoning
administrator, to determine compliance with all applicable regulations such as:
a. Size of container
b. Location
c. Delivery date
d. Removal date
e. Purpose of container
f. Container provider contact information.
SEC. 30-83. CIVIC USES.
Sec. 30-83-6. Family Day Care Home.
(A) General standards:
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1. Family day care homes, where applicable, shall comply with the Minimum
Standards for Licensed Family Day Care Homes established by the Virginia
Department of Social Services, as may be amended.
Sec. 30-83-9. Religious Assembly.
(A) General standards:
1. Any outdoor activity area, swimming pool, or ball field or court which adjoins a
residential use type shall be landscaped with one (1) row of small evergreen trees
in accordance with Section 30-92 along the property line adjoining the residential
use type. Where night-time lighting of such areas is proposed large evergreen
trees shall be required.
2. When a place of religious assembly adjoins a residential use type, a Type C buffer
yard in accordance with Section 30-92 shall be provided between the parking
area(s) and the residential use type.
3. Expansions of existing uses are permitted by right.
(B) In residential districts, the maximum building coverage shall be forty (40) percent and the
maximum lot coverage shall be sixty (60) percent of the total lot area.
(C) In the AG-3, AG-1 and AR districts, the maximum building coverage shall be thirty (30)
percent and the maximum lot coverage shall be fifty (50) percent of the total lot area.
(D) In the AG-3, AG-1, AR, and R-1 districts a special use permit shall not be required for
the expansion of an existing use provided all of the following conditions are met:
a. The total gross floor area of the expansion itself does not exceed fifteen thousand
(15,000) square feet; and
b. The gross floor area of the expansion is not more than two hundred (200) percent
of the existing gross floor area; and
c. The expansion does not include a principal worship area expansion of more than
fifty (50) percent of the existing permanent seating.
All other expansions must obtain a Special Use Permit.
(E) Additional standards in the C-2 district:
1. All new Religious Assembly uses require a Special Use Permit.
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2. Expansions of existing uses are permitted by right.
SEC. 30-85. COMMERCIAL USES.
Sec. 30-85-1. Agricultural Services.
(B) In the C-1 and C-2 districts any outdoor storage area for agricultural equipment awaiting
repair shall be placed in a storage yard. The storage yard shall be fully screened from
public view and shall be set back at least one hundred (100) feet from any adjoining
residential district.
Sec. 30-85-2. Antique Shops.
(A) In the AR and AV agricultural districts:
Sec. 30-85-3. Automobile Dealership, New.
Sec. 30-85-4. Automobile Dealership, Used Reserved.
(A) General standards:
1. Outdoor display areas in conjunction with automobile sales shall be constructed
of the same materials required for off-street parking areas as required in section
30-91-4.3, parking area surface standards.
2. A ten-foot planting strip shall be provided adjacent to any public street right-of-
way.
3. The storage and/or display of motor vehicles in the planting strip required above
shall be prohibited.
4. Exterior display or storage of new or used automobile parts is prohibited.
5. Any vehicle which is missing major mechanical or body parts or have been
substantially damaged shall be placed in a storage yard. The storage yard shall be
fully screened from public view and shall be set back at least one hundred (100)
feet from any adjoining residential district.
Sec. 30-85-8. Bed and Breakfast.
(A) General standards:
9. A special use permit shall be required on lots less than five (5) acres in an R-1
zoning district.
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Sec. 30-85-24. - Restaurant, Drive-In or Fast Food.
(A) General standards:
1. All drive-through windows shall comply with the standards for drive-through
facilities contained in Section 30-91-106.
2. A special use permit shall not be required for any fast food restaurant that is
located within a shopping center (excluding outparcels) that provides delivery
service but does not propose drive-in or curb service.
3. Expansions of existing uses are permitted by right.
(B) In the EP District:
1. A special use permit shall be required for any drive through facilities.
Sec. 30-85-24.5. Retail Sales
.
(C) In the AV District:
1. Retail sales shall not exceed three thousand (3,000) square feet in gross floor area.
SEC. 30-88. ACCESSORY USES.
Sec. 30-88-2. Accessory Uses: Residential Use Types.
(A) Residential use types may include the following accessory uses, activities or structures on
the same site or lot:
11. Temporary portable storage containers provide that they meet the following
standards:
(a) Temporary portable storage containers shall only be permitted on lots with
a principal building or structure.
(b) Temporary portable storage containers shall not be used in conjunction
with a type I or type II home occupation or used as a principal use or
principal building or structure.
(c) All temporary portable storage containers shall display the container
provider's contact information. Signs shall not contain any other
advertising for any other product or services.
(d) Temporary portable storage containers shall not be inhabited.
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(e) Temporary portable storage containers should be located on a property in
accordance with section 30-100-8, and shall not obstruct vehicular or
pedestrian traffic, or be located within any required landscaped area.
Placement on Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) right of
way property shall require written approval from VDOT.
(f) Due to the temporary nature of temporary portable storage containers,
location in a driveway or yard may be acceptable.
(g) Temporary portable storage containers cannot be located in the floodway
or floodplain overlay district without meeting the standards in section 30-
74, as amended.
(h) Temporary portable storage containers shall be permitted on a lot for a
period not to exceed thirty (30) consecutive days within a six-month
period. For extensive construction projects a written extension may be
granted by the zoning administrator.
(i) Maximum cumulative size of temporary portable storage containers on a
property shall not exceed one hundred thirty (130) square feet.
(j) There is a limit of one (1) portable temporary storage container per lot.
(k) A zoning permit shall be required to be obtained prior to the placement of
a temporary portable storage container by the department of community
development with sufficient information, as determined by the zoning
administrator, to determine compliance with all applicable regulations
such as:
i. Size of container
ii. Location
iii. Delivery date
iv. Removal date
v. Purpose of container
vi. Container provider contact information.
ARTICLE V DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SEC. 30-90. SITE DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
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(B) Site development plans required by the county shall be prepared by a professional
engineer, architect, or land surveyor, landscape architect or other licensed professional
who is registered by the Commonwealth of Virginia and is conducting their practice in
accordance with section 54.1-400 et seq. of the Code of Virginia, as amended. More
stringent requirements may be established by the Roanoke County Code or the Code of
Virginia. This requirement may be waived by the director of community development if
the type, scale and/or location of the proposed development does not necessitate such
plans.
Sec. 30-90-1. Information Required.
(A) The following information shall be required on site development plans submitted to the
county for review:
19. An erosion and sedimentation control plan and detail sheet shall be submitted for
site developments involving the grading disturbance of greater than ten thousand
(10,000) square feet or area, or one thousand (1,000) cubic yards of material in
.
Sec. 30-90-2. Format of Plans.
(A) Site plans shall be submitted on sheets no greater in size than thirty (30) by forty-two (42)
inches. A sheet size of twenty-four (24) by thirty-six (36) inches is preferred. The scale of
the plans s
provided sufficient detail is provided to insure compliance with all applicable
requirements of this ordinance and any other requirement or ordinance of the county or
Commonwealth. Plans may be submitted in a digital format in accordance with County
standards.
SEC. 30-91. OFF STREET PARKING, STACKING AND LOADING.
Sec. 30-91-3. Number of Parking Spaces Required.
Sec. 30-91-3.3. Minimum Parking Required.
USE TYPE PARKING REQUIRED
(E) Commercial Use Types
Automobile Dealership, New See Schedule A
Automobile Dealership, Used See Schedule A
SEC. 30-92. SCREENING, LANDSCAPING, AND BUFFER YARDS.
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Sec. 30-92-2. Administration.
(B) Landscaping required by this ordinance shall be planted during an opportune planting
season, and shall be in place and in good condition prior to a final certificate of zoning
compliance being issued for the site. The property owner in accordance with the existing
landscape ordinance shall immediately replace landscaping which dies . After the
issuance of a final certificate of zoning compliance for a site, it shall be the property
owner(s) responsibility to maintain required screening, landscaping and buffer yards.
(C) Temporary irrigation must be provided to insure establishment. A description of the type
of irrigation system used to establish the landscape is required to accompany the site
plan. Irrigation systems are encouraged with landscape materials, which cannot survive
on native precipitation. All plant material must meet American Association of
Nurserymen Specifications for no. 1 grade. Native plantings are encouraged when
compatible with the surrounding land use. Every effort should be made to incorporate
healthy existing trees into the landscaping plan. For native plant listings refer to the
department of conservation and recreation(s) publication entitled "Native Plants for
Conservation, Restoration, and Landscaping-Western Virginia-Mountain Region."
Sec. 30-92-4. Enforcement Procedures and Penalties.
Sec. 30-92-4.1. Landscaping provisions in the Clearbrook village overlay district.
(A) Applicability.
1. The following landscaping provisions shall apply to all property within the
Clearbrook village overlay district.
2. These standards shall be deemed to supplement, and be in addition to, standards
found in section 30-92 of this ordinance.
(B) General standards/specifications.
1. All landscape plans required for uses within the Clearbrook village overlay
district shall be prepared by a registered landscape architect, or certified
nurseryman.
2. All landscaping shall be alive and in good condition at the time of planting. All
landscaping shall be maintained, and replaced, as necessary to insure continued
compliance with these provisions.
3. Where specified, all deciduous trees shall have a minimum caliper of two and
one-half (2.5) inches at the time of planting. Evergreen trees shall have a
minimum height of eight (8) feet at time of planting.
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4. Where specified, all shrubs shall have a minimum height of twenty-four (24)
inches at time of planting.
5. Native species shall be used for a minimum of fifty (50) percent of required
plantings. A listing of acceptable native species is available in the department of
community development.
(C) Site landscaping.
1. Landscaped areas shall be provided for the side and rear walls of all buildings.
The width of these landscaped areas shall be sufficient to accommodate the
required plantings. The following plantings shall be required:
a. For buildings walls in excess of fifteen (15) feet in height, one (1) tree
shall be planted for every twenty (20) lineal feet of building wall.
b. For building walls 15 feet or less in height, one tree shall be planted for
every 30 lineal feet of building wall.
Flexibility in the location of landscaped areas and the placement of the required
trees shall be allowed for the purpose of implementing professionally designed
landscape plans and for loading, service, or other similar areas.
2. Landscaping shall be provided along the main entrance facade of all buildings,
providing a vegetative area between the building and parking areas. The size of
the required front landscaped area shall not be less than twenty (20) percent of the
square footage of the front facade of the building. The landscaped area shall be
professionally designed and planted with a mixture of trees, shrubs and
groundcovers.
Undeveloped areas between a building and a public or private right-of-way shall
be landscaped with berms, trees, shrubs and groundcover. Landscaping plans for
these areas shall incorporate a minimum of one large tree, three small trees and
seven shrubs for every thirty (30) feet of lot frontage.
3. All above ground stormwater management areas and facilities shall be landscaped
with plant materials that are adaptable to being temporarily inundated with water.
The facility shall be landscaped in order to create a seventy-five (75) percent
screening of the facility. A minimum of one-third of all provided plantings shall
be evergreen.
4. Landscaping shall be provided around the base of any freestanding sign proposed.
The size of the landscaped area shall not be less than one and one-half (1.5) times
the square footage of the sign.
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(D) Landscaping of parking areas.
1. Where a new, expanded, or reconfigured parking area is proposed adjacent to a
public or private street right-of-way, a planting strip shall be established between
the parking area and the adjacent right-of-way. The planting strip shall have a
minimum width of fifteen (15) feet. An earthen berm, with an average height of
two (2) feet shall be constructed within the planting strip. Within this strip, one
(1) large tree, (small if overhead utility lines are present) and nineteen (19) shrubs
shall be planted for every thirty (30) feet of frontage. In addition, small trees or
groundcovers shall be interspersed within the planting area. One-third (1/3) of all
plantings shall be evergreen materials.
No uses shall be permitted within the planting strip except underground utility
crossings, pedestrian/bike trails, stormwater management facilities which are an
integral part of a landscaping plan, and signs as allowed in the district.
2. All parking areas shall incorporate raised interior landscaped areas for the purpose
of visually enhancing parking areas. These areas shall be evenly distributed within
the parking area and shall be provided in accordance with the following standards:
a. One continuous landscaped median, with a minimum width of ten (10)
feet, shall be installed between every four or less rows of parking, or,
b. One landscaped peninsula or island with a minimum width of ten (10) feet
shall be located between every ten (10) to fifteen (15) parking spaces.
One large tree shall be planted for every thirty (30) feet of continuous median,
and shall be planted within every landscaped peninsula or island provided.
However, at a minimum, one large tree shall be planted within the parking area
for each ten (10) parking spaces provided. In addition, all parking lot landscaped
areas shall include deciduous or evergreen shrubs.
(Ord. No. 121900-11, § 5, 12-19-00)
Sec. 30-92-5. Standards and Specifications.
(D) Berms.
1. Berm height shall be measured from grade elevation to the top of the berm. (See
diagrams in the Roanoke County Design Handbook for more detail.) Where a
berm is located between different grades, the berm height shall be measured from
the base of the higher grade elevation. Berms are recommended for screening
between adjacent parcels in different zoning districts.
Sec. 30-92-5.1. Landscaping provisions in the Clearbrook village overlay district.
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(A) Applicability.
1. The following landscaping provisions shall apply to all property within the
Clearbrook village overlay district.
2. These standards shall be deemed to supplement, and be in addition to, standards
found in section 30-92 of this ordinance.
(B) General standards/specifications.
1. All landscape plans required for uses within the Clearbrook village overlay
district shall be prepared by a registered landscape architect, or certified
nurseryman.
2. All landscaping shall be alive and in good condition at the time of planting. All
landscaping shall be maintained, and replaced, as necessary to insure continued
compliance with these provisions.
3. Where specified, all deciduous trees shall have a minimum caliper of two and
one-half (2.5) inches at the time of planting. Evergreen trees shall have a
minimum height of eight (8) feet at time of planting.
4. Where specified, all shrubs shall have a minimum height of twenty-four (24)
inches at time of planting.
5. Native species shall be used for a minimum of fifty (50) percent of required
plantings. A listing of acceptable native species is available in the department of
community development.
(C) Site landscaping.
1. Landscaped areas shall be provided for the side and rear walls of all buildings.
The width of these landscaped areas shall be sufficient to accommodate the
required plantings. The following plantings shall be required:
a. For buildings walls in excess of fifteen (15) feet in height, one (1) tree
shall be planted for every twenty (20) lineal feet of building wall.
b. For building walls 15 feet or less in height, one tree shall be planted for
every 30 lineal feet of building wall.
Flexibility in the location of landscaped areas and the placement of the required
trees shall be allowed for the purpose of implementing professionally designed
landscape plans and for loading, service, or other similar areas.
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2. Landscaping shall be provided along the main entrance facade of all buildings,
providing a vegetative area between the building and parking areas. The size of
the required front landscaped area shall not be less than twenty (20) percent of the
square footage of the front facade of the building. The landscaped area shall be
professionally designed and planted with a mixture of trees, shrubs and
groundcovers.
Undeveloped areas between a building and a public or private right-of-way shall
be landscaped with berms, trees, shrubs and groundcover. Landscaping plans for
these areas shall incorporate a minimum of one large tree, three small trees and
seven shrubs for every thirty (30) feet of lot frontage.
3. All above ground stormwater management areas and facilities shall be landscaped
with plant materials that are adaptable to being temporarily inundated with water.
The facility shall be landscaped in order to create a seventy-five (75) percent
screening of the facility. A minimum of one-third of all provided plantings shall
be evergreen.
4. Landscaping shall be provided around the base of any freestanding sign proposed.
The size of the landscaped area shall not be less than one and one-half (1.5) times
the square footage of the sign.
(D) Landscaping of parking areas.
1. Where a new, expanded, or reconfigured parking area is proposed adjacent to a
public or private street right-of-way, a planting strip shall be established between
the parking area and the adjacent right-of-way. The planting strip shall have a
minimum width of fifteen (15) feet. An earthen berm, with an average height of
two (2) feet shall be constructed within the planting strip. Within this strip, one
(1) large tree, (small if overhead utility lines are present) and nineteen (19) shrubs
shall be planted for every thirty (30) feet of frontage. In addition, small trees or
groundcovers shall be interspersed within the planting area. One-third (1/3) of all
plantings shall be evergreen materials.
No uses shall be permitted within the planting strip except underground utility
crossings, pedestrian/bike trails, stormwater management facilities which are an
integral part of a landscaping plan, and signs as allowed in the district.
2. All parking areas shall incorporate raised interior landscaped areas for the purpose
of visually enhancing parking areas. These areas shall be evenly distributed within
the parking area and shall be provided in accordance with the following standards:
a. One continuous landscaped median, with a minimum width of ten (10)
feet, shall be installed between every four or less rows of parking, or,
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County intends to adopt
standards of conduct to provide guidance to the Board members in the conduct of the
WHEREAS, these standards summarize some of the ethical obligations
undertaken by each Board member upon his or her election to this position; and
WHEREAS, working for the common good of all the citizens of Roanoke County
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors hereby
adopts the following as standards of conduct to be followed by members of the Board of
Supervisors of Roanoke County in the transaction of public business and in Board
meetings.
1. The members agree to maintain confidentiality regarding matters
discussed in Closed Session. The members agree that the consequences of failing to
maintain confidentiality following a Closed Session could result in harm to the County
and public censure.
2. The members agree to focus on issues with no personal or verbal attacks
or stereotyping of the other members.
3.
and its citizens and leave partisanship behind.
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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ÌØÛ îðïì ÍÛÍÍ×ÑÒ ÑÚ ÌØÛ Ê×ÎÙ×Ò×ß ÙÛÒÛÎßÔ ßÍÍÛÓÞÔÇ ßÒÜ
ÐÛÌ×Ì×ÑÒ×ÒÙ ÌØÛ ÙÛÒÛÎßÔ ßÍÍÛÓÞÔÇ ÌÑ ÚßÊÑÎßÞÔÇ
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WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia, has identified
major legislative issues of Statewide concern to be considered by the 2014 session of
the Virginia General Assembly; and
WHEREAS, the Board adopts this resolution as its Legislative Program for the
2014 session of the Virginia General Assembly.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County, Virginia, that the following legislative initiatives are submitted for its legislative
program for the 2014 session of the Virginia General Assembly for its favorable
consideration and adoption.
1) Oppose the elimination of the authority of local governments to adopt Business,
professional and occupation license taxes (BPOL) and machinery & tools taxes
(M&T), unless a comparable locally controlled replacement source of local tax
revenue is authorized to replace the eliminated local tax revenue. These local
taxes comprise approximately six percent (6%)
revenues or $8,000,000 annually.
2) Support legislation placing the Virginia
Executive Council (SEC) under the Administrative Process Act (Sec. 2.2-4000, et
seq.) of the Code of Virginia.
The SEC is not currently subject to the procedural due process protections found
in the Administrative Process Act like other state agencies. This would provide
the County with an opportunity to address changes in rules and regulations
developed by SEC that would impact its CSA program.
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3) Legal Notices
Roanoke County requests the General assembly to eliminate the requirement for
publication of legal notices in newspapers. Roanoke County spent over $18,000
in legal notice publication costs last year. Paid circulation of newspapers is
dropping. More citizens are getting their information from the internet.
4) Civil Penalties for Local Ordinances (Sec. 15.2-901)
Amend Sec. 15.2-901.C and D of the Code of Virginia to increase the authority of
local governments to impose civil penalties for violations of local ordinances
requiring the removal of trash or cutting of grass and weeds. Currently the civil
penalty is limited to $50 for the first violation and $200 for subsequent violations
within a 12 month period.
5) Delay the Implementation of the Stormwater Regulations and Devolution of
Program Enforcement to Localities.
Less than ten point five percent (10.5%) of Roanoke County drains into the
Chesapeake Bay. Local governments are struggling to meet the regulatory
deadlines established by the Commonwealth. Prioritizing and dividing regulatory
and enforcement responsibilities among those portions of the Commonwealth
between those localities that drain into the Chesapeake Bay and those that do
not or that have limited impact on the Bay would simplify this complex and costly
transition. Delaying implementation for one year for those localities with less
than eleven percent (11%) of their land area draining into the Bay would better
enable the Commonwealth and those localities to implement these extensive and
costly regulatory and enforcement requirements.
6) Pay its Portion of is Virginia
Retirement System (VRS) Obligations.
The General Assembly should fully fund its unfunded liabilities in VRS and
restore VRS to an actuarially sound status. Only three times since 1995 has the
General Assembly paid the recommended contribution, while local governments
have fully funded their recommended contributions to VRS.
That the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors is directed to send an attested copy of
this resolution to Governor-elect Terry McAuliffe, Senator John S. Edwards, Senator
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ACTION NO. _A-111213-4____
ITEM NO. _______E-4________
AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION CENTER
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November 12, 2013
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Request to participate in the United Way Bank On Roanoke
Valley (BORV) program
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B. Clayton Goodman III
County Administrator
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B. Clayton Goodman III
County Administrator
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Recommend that the Board of Supervisors (BoS) consider participating in this program.
Participation will assist lower income citizens in the management of their money.
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The City of Roanoke and the United Way are seeking support from other local
governments in the Roanoke Valley to
project. Bank On is designed to connect unbanked and underbanked consumers in the
Roanoke Valley with mainstream financial services including low-cost checking accounts,
saving accounts and financial education opportunities.
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The request is to support the initiative for two (2) years and to provide funds in first (1)
year with an estimated cost of $3,500 from Roanoke County.
United Way of Roanoke Valley (UWRV) states that the average unbanked person spends
five percent (5%) of net income on unnecessary fees, which is about $1,000 a year for a
lower-to-medium income worker. City Manager Chris Morrill hopes that if the program can
establish 1,000 new accounts this could translate to a total cost savings of $1,000,000 for
families in the Roanoke Valley and serve as a stepping stone to their long-term financial
stability.
Attached to this report is a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which each
government is asked to sign if they wish to participate and a copy of the attachment, which
provides the estimates for the number of unbanked and underbanked consumers in the
Roanoke Valley and the calculation information for each local governments proposed
contribution.
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This is a new program, which has not been presented to the BoS previously. The program
Roanoke Valley citizens.
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$3,500 cost to participate in this program. If the BoS wanted to participate in this program,
the funds could be derived from the BoS Contingency fund or from the balance of funds
carried over from fiscal year 2013 contributions and donations to outside agencies.
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1. Choose to participate in the program and to provide funds in amount of $3,500 to
participate in this new program with additional funding established in the upcoming
fiscal year 2014-2015 budget for second participation in the program.
2. Decline to participate in this program.
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Recommend option 1; choose to participate in the proposed new Bank On program.
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Supervisor Moore moved to approve the staff recommendation.
Motion approved.
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Ms. Moore
Mr. Altizer
Mr. Church
Mr. Elswick
Mr. Flora
cc: B. Clayton Goodman III, County Administrator
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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ÐÎÑÙÎßÓ ÚÑÎ ÎÑßÒÑÕÛ ÝÑËÒÌÇå ÎÛÏËÛÍÌ×ÒÙ ÌØÛ Ê×ÎÙ×Ò×ß
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ÑÚ ÐËÞÔ×Ý ÍÛÎÊ×ÝÛ Í×ÙÒßÙÛ ×Ò ÌØÛ Î×ÙØÌóÑÚóÉßÇ ßÒÜ
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ÍËÐÛÎÊ×ÍÑÎÍ ÝÑÒÌ×ÒÙÛÒÝÇ ßÝÝÑËÒÌ ÌÑ ÚËÒÜ ÌØ×Í ÐÎÑÙÎßÓ
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia, has identified
the prevention of littering as an important public responsibility, and littering is an
increasing problem in Roanoke County; and
WHEREAS, litter has an adverse effect upon the aesthetics and appearance of
our neighborhoods, streets and public parks, it damages and clogs our storm drains and
storm sewers, it contributes to crime and trespassing, and it creates a public nuisance;
and
WHEREAS, the Board hereby finds that increased enforcement efforts to combat
the litter problem are a valid public purpose to protect the public health, safety and
welfare of the citizens of Roanoke County; and
WHEREAS, the Board finds that increased public service and informational
advertisements to promote public education about this problem will achieve the goal of
reducing litter in the County; and
WHEREAS, the creation of a Litter Prevention Program is a valid public purpose.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County, Virginia, as follows:
1. That the Litter Prevention Program for Roanoke County is hereby
authorized and approved. This program includes a public awareness marketing
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campaign including signage at high traffic intersections, signage on County vehicles and
at County facilities, billboard advertising, and the County website. Examples of the
signage are attached as Exhibit 1 to this Resolution.
2. That this Program includes expanded enforcement initiatives to include a
warning letter to citizens (Exhibit 2). Any citizen may report a litter violation to the
County; the Police Department would contact the citizen to verify the report, check DMV
records, and if the facts are consistent, send the warning letter.
3. That the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is hereby
requested to permit Roanoke County to erect short duration (thirty (30) days or less)
public service informational advertisements in and along the public right-of-way of State
maintained roads in Roanoke County.
4. That these public service informational advertisements shall inform and
educate the public about the problems of littering and the illegal disposal of trash on
public and private property.
5. That each sign location would be reviewed for safety concerns including
sight distance, post design and existing signage.
6. That the transfer of $7,676 from the previously appropriated Board
Contingency account to Parks, Recreation and Tourism to fund this Litter Prevention
Program is hereby authorized.
7. That this Resolution shall be effective from and after the date of its
adoption.
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON NOVEMBER 12, 2013
ÎÛÍÑÔËÌ×ÑÒ ïïïîïíóê ÉßÊ×ÒÙ ÚÛÛÍ ßÍÍÑÝ×ßÌÛÜ É×ÌØ ÌØÛ
×ÒÍÌßÔÔßÌ×ÑÒ ÑÚ ÉßÌÝØ ÚÑÎ ÝØ×ÔÜÎÛÒ Í×ÙÒÍ ×Ò ÌØÛ ëêðð
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WHEREAS, in 1998, the Board of Supervisors adopted policies for the
County; and
WHEREAS, the policy requires payment of fees totaling $300, to be paid by the
citizen petitioning for the signs; and
WHEREAS, a citizen of Dry Hollow Road approached the Board of Supervisors
waived; and
WHEREAS, on behalf of the Catawba Magisterial District Supervisor, in a letter
dated September 24, 2013, County staff asked the petitioner to proceed with all
necessary steps prior to the Board of Supervisors evaluating the fee waiver request;
and
WHEREAS, upon receipt of all necessary documents, the Catawba Magisterial
District Supervisor requests that the Board of Supervisors consider waiving the fees in
the amount of $300.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Roanoke County Board of
Supervisors hereby waives the fee of $300, for the installation of Watch For Children
signs in the 5600 block of Route 649, Dry Hollow Road.
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
ÎÛÍÑÔËÌ×ÑÒ ïïïîïíóé ßËÌØÑÎ×Æ×ÒÙ ß ÙÎßÒÌ ßÐÐÔ×ÝßÌ×ÑÒ ÌÑ
ÌØÛ ÜÛÐßÎÌÓÛÒÌ ÑÚ ÛÒÊ×ÎÑÒÓÛÒÌßÔ ÏËßÔ×ÌÇ ÚÑÎ ÌØÛ ÙÔßÜÛ
ÝÎÛÛÕ ÒßÌËÎßÔ ÍÌÎÛßÓ ÎÛÍÌÑÎßÌ×ÑÒ ÉßÌÛÎ ÏËßÔ×ÌÇ
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WHEREAS, Glade Creek in Vinyard Park is heavily eroded and this erosion
diment in
this creek and to the Roanoke River; and
WHEREAS, the Glade Creek Natural Stream Restoration Project would improve
the water quality of the creek, it would stabilize this creek, it would improve water
quality, and would assist the County in meeting its Total Maximum Daily Load
requirements; and
WHEREAS, there is a matching grant opportunity through the Department of
Environmental Quality Virginia Stormwater Local Assistance Fund to improve water
quality in local streams.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia as
follows:
1. That County staff is directed to submit a grant application to the
Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia Stormwater Local Assistance Fund for
the Glade Creek Natural Stream Restoration at Vinyard Park.
2. That this is a fifty percent (50%) match grant. The estimated cost for this
project is $949,200. The matching funds from the County are estimated to be
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
ÎÛÍÑÔËÌ×ÑÒ ïïïîïíóè ßËÌØÑÎ×Æ×ÒÙ ß ÙÎßÒÌ ßÐÐÔ×ÝßÌ×ÑÒ ÌÑ
ÌØÛ ÜÛÐßÎÌÓÛÒÌ ÑÚ ÛÒÊ×ÎÑÒÓÛÒÌßÔ ÏËßÔ×ÌÇ ÚÑÎ ÌØÛ
ÎÛÍÌÑÎßÌ×ÑÒ ÑÚ ÓËÎÎßÇ ÎËÒ ÒßÌËÎßÔ ÍÌÎÛßÓ ó ÉßÌÛÎ
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WHEREAS, Murray Run adjacent to Pebble Creek Apartments off Ogden Road
is heavily eroded and H. H. Hunt, the owners of Pebble Creek Apartments, has
approached the County about the possibility of partnering with the County in the
submission for a State grant to assist with stream restoration at this location; and
WHEREAS, the Murray Run Natural Stream Restoration Project would improve
the water quality of the creek, would stabilize this creek, would assist the County in
meeting its Total Maximum Daily Load requirements and possibly provide acquisition
rights for a future greenway extension from Ogden Road to Green Valley Elementary
School; and
WHEREAS, there is a matching grant opportunity through the Department of
Environmental Quality Virginia Stormwater Local Assistance Fund to improve water
quality in local streams.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia as
follows:
1. That County staff is directed to submit a grant application to the
Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia Stormwater Local Assistance Fund for
the Murray Run Natural Stream Restoration at Pebble Creek Apartments located off
Ogden Road.
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2. That this is a fifty percent (50%) match grant. The estimated cost for this
project is $500,000. H. H. Hunt has agreed to provide the required local fifty percent
(50%) match of approximately $250,000. The only cost to the County will be staff time
to administer the design and construction contracts and work and grant administration.
3. That subsequent action by the Board would be required in order to accept
this grant. If the County is awarded this grant and it is accepted by the Board, then this
project shall be i
review and prioritization.
On motion of Supervisor Moore to adopt the resolution, and carried by the
following roll call and recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Moore, Flora, Church, Elswick, Altizer
NAYS: None
A COPY TESTE:
___________________________________
Deborah C. Jacks
Clerk to the Board of Supervisors
cc: Tarek Moneir, Deputy Director of Development
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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üïôïéçôðëðòëð ßÒÜ ÐÎÛÍÛÒÌ×ÒÙ ÌØÛ ÎÛÍËÔÌÍ ÑÚ ÑÐÛÎßÌ×ÑÒÍ
ÚÑÎ ÌØÛ Ú×ÍÝßÔ ÇÛßÎ ÛÒÜÛÜ ÖËÒÛ íðô îðïí
WHEREAS, KPMG LLP completed their audit of the financial operations of the
County of Roanoke for the year ended June 30, 2013; and
WHEREAS, a work session was held with the Board of Supervisors on October
22, 2013 to review the financial results for the County of Roanoke for the year ended
June 30, 2013; and
WHEREAS, general fund revenues were $978,954 above budget and will allow
the County of Roanoke to allocate $194,239 to the Unappropriated Balance and
$784,715 to the Major Capital Reserve by policy and budget ordinance 052813-2; and
WHEREAS, expenditure savings were $3,665,481 and will allow $658,144 to be
transferred to the Minor Capital Reserve, $615,591 for department rollovers, $418,145
for encumbrances, and $1,220,351.60 for expenditures that will occur in the 2013-2014
fiscal year by policy and budget ordinance 052813-2; and
WHEREAS, a Technology Reserve will be established and $200,000
appropriated from year-end funds; and
WHEREAS, security improvements at the Roanoke County Administration
Center will be implemented and $100,000 appropriated from year-end funds; and
WHEREAS, additional funding for the Regional Center for Animal Control and
Protection (RCACP) to cover anticipated budget overages in the amount of $50,000 will
be appropriated from year-end funds; and
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WHEREAS, the Flex Leave Cash Out Program for employees will allow up to 80
hours cash out during 2013-2014 and $231,717.99 will be appropriated from year-end
funds for this purpose and anticipated termination benefits; and
WHEREAS, funds from the year-end balance from Library Services and
Assistant County Administrator budgets will be appropriated to the Vinton Library
Project in the amount of $171,531.51; and
WHEREAS, the South County Library project will be closed out and remaining
funds of $275,801 be appropriated to the Vinton Library Project; and
WHEREAS, it is anticipated that the Glenvar Library Project will have remaining
funds of which $150,000 will be appropriated to the Vinton Library Project with $75,000
transferred now and upon completion of the project the remaining $75,000 transferred
to the Vinton Library project; and
WHEREAS, Section 18.04 of the Roanoke County Charter provides that funds be
appropriated by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, this is an emergency measure due to the fact that this item is closing
out the fiscal year 2012-2013 and the second reading of this ordinance has been
dispensed with by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of the Board of Supervisors.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia, as
follows:
1. That the sum of $1,179,050.50 is hereby appropriated for the purposes as
follows:
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AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
CENTER ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors finds that litter is an increasing problem in
Roanoke County; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors hereby finds that increased enforcement
efforts to combat the litter problem are a valid public purpose to protect the public
health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Roanoke County; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is authorized by Section 15.2-901 and Article 3. Of
Chapter 14 of Title 10.1 of the Code of Virginia, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the first reading of this ordinance was held on October 22, 2013, and
the second reading and public hearing were held on November 12, 2013.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County, as follows:
1. That the following sections of the Roanoke County Code be amended to
read and provide as follows:
Sec. 13-151. - Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a
different meaning:
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Abatement cost: cost of labor, equipment and supplies for, or the contract
price of, and any charges to, the county, with respect to the removal and disposal of
weeds or trash from a parcel.
Enforcement agent: The county administrator or his designee.
Litter: All waste material and disposable packages or containers but not including the
wastes of the primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling, farming or
manufacturing. It includes, but is not limited to, the packages, wrappings and
containers, cigarettes and tobacco products, bottles, glass or metal containers, plastic,
and paper products.
Litter Receptacle: A container with a capacity of not less than 10 gallons, constructed
and placed for use as a depository for litter.
Owner: Any person shown by any public record to have an interest in real estate lying in
the county upon which a public nuisance exists as of the date of the abatement of the
public nuisance under this section. Owner shall also mean the occupant of any parcel of
real estate, including but not limited to, any person in possession thereof having charge
thereof as an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or agent, and the beneficiary of
any easement or right of use thereof.
Parcel: Any real estate or any interest therein, situate, lying and being in the county in
any areas zoned for residential, business, commercial, or industrial uses or in any
subdivision.
Public nuisance: Any act or activity the causing or maintaining of which is such an
inconvenience or troublesome matter as to annoy, injure or damage the public at large
or a substantial portion of the community or a considerable number of persons, and
from which any resulting damage is not specifically apportionable to any one member of
the community.
Subdivision: Any tract or parcel of land divided into two (2) or more lots or parcels, for
the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or development, as
otherwise defined in the Roanoke County Subdivision Ordinance.
Trash: Abandoned personal property, garbage, refuse, rubbish, litter or debris.
Weeds means grass, weeds, bushes, poison ivy, poison oak or any other vegetable
growth, other than trees, ornamental shrubbery, flowers and garden vegetables.
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Sec. 13-152. - Penalty.
(a) Any owner who violates section 13-153(a) or any other provisions of this article
pertaining to section 13-153(a), or who violates section 13-154 or section 13-159, shall
be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first violation, or
violations arising from the same set of operative facts. The civil penalty for subsequent
violations not arising from the same set of operative facts within twelve (12) months of
the first violation shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00). Each calendar day
during which the same violation is found to have existed shall constitute a separate
offense. In no event shall a series of specified violations arising from the same set of
operative facts result in civil penalties that exceed a total of three thousand dollars
($3,000.00) in a twelve-month period.
(b) Any owner who violates section 13-153(b) or any other provisions of this article
pertaining to section 13-153(b) shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one
hundred dollars ($100.00).
(c) In lieu of imposition of a fine or civil penalty, the court may order the defendant to
perform community service in litter abatement activities.
(d) Classifying violations under this article as civil penalties shall preclude
prosecution of violations as a misdemeanor.
Sec. 13-153. - Cutting of weeds and grass required.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any owner of any vacant developed or undeveloped
property, including such property upon which buildings or other improvements are
located, within the boundaries of platted subdivisions or any other areas zoned for
residential, business, commercial or industrial use, to permit weeds of more than twelve
(12) inches in height within two hundred fifty (250) feet of property developed for
residential use.
(b) The owner of occupied residential real property shall cut the grass or lawn area
of less than one-half ½ acre on such property when growth of such grass or lawn area
exceeds twelve (12) inches in height.
Sec. 13-154. - Removal of trash required.
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It shall be unlawful for the owner of any parcel or property to allow the accumulation of
trash on any parcel or property. The owner of any parcel or property shall maintain all
exterior property areas in a clean, safe condition free from the accumulation of trash.
Failure to comply with this provision shall also constitute a public nuisance.
Sec. 13-155. - Report of violation.
Any person aggrieved by the presence of weeds or grass in violation of section 13-153
or the accumulation of trash in violation of section 13-154 may report such presence to
the enforcement agent.
Sec. 13-156. - Inspection of site of violation: notice to cut weeds or remove trash.
Upon receipt of a report as referred to in section 13-155, the enforcement agent shall
cause the site of the reported violation to be inspected pursuant to applicable
constitutional and statutory provisions. When the enforcement agent has determined
from such reports and inspections or otherwise that a violation in fact exists, he shall
notify the owner of the land or parcel upon which the violation exists to cut or cause to
be cut the weeds or grass complained of, or to remove the accumulation of trash, within
ten (10) calendar days of the delivery, mailing or posting of the notice. Such notice shall
be in writing, shall be delivered by hand or mailed to the last known address and if the
owner of the property cannot be found within the county after a reasonable search,
notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address
of the owner and a copy of the notice shall be posted on the property in a conspicuous
place, and shall be complied with by such owner.
Sec. 13-157. - Performance of work by county; collection of costs.
If such weeds or grass are not cut, or the accumulation of trash is not removed, within
the required time as provided for in the notice under section 13-156, the enforcement
agent shall cause such weeds or grass to be cut, or the trash to be removed, and the
abatement cost and expense thereof to be assessed against the owner of such
property. The assessment shall be collected by the county as taxes and levies are
collected. Every charge for cutting grass on vacant property or removal of trash which
the owner of any property shall have been assessed and which remains unpaid shall
constitute a lien against such property on parity with liens for unpaid taxes.
Sec. 13-158. - Exemption.
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