06-23-1971 MinutesVIRGINIA: At an adjourned meeting cf
the Board of Supervisors of Chesterfield
County, held at theCourthouse on
June 23, 1971 at 2:00 P.~.
Present:
Mr. Irvin G. Horner, Chairman
Mr. H. O. Browning, Vice-Chairman
Mr. J. Ruffin Apperson
Mr. F. F. Dietsch
Mr. A. R~ Martin
Mr. C. J. Purdy
Also Present:
Mr. Oliver D. Rudy, Comm. Atty.
Mr. Morris Mason, Asst. Comm. Atty.
Mr. M. W. Burnett, Executive Sec'y.
Mr. David Welchons, Asst. Co. Eng.
On motion of Mr. Browning, seconded by Mr. Apperson, it is resolved that the
Virginia Department of Highways be and it hereby is requested to take into
the Secondary System of roads the following school driveways:
Grange Hall School - delete 0.16 miles and add 0.16 miles
Beulah School - add 0.11 miles
Midlothian High - Delete 0.09 miles and add 0.05 miles
Ettrick School - abandon 0.08 miles, the old Ettrick School
driveway (the new driveway has already been
added into state maintenance)
Union Branch School abandon 0.03 miles (this school is not presently
used.
This day the County Road Engineer in accordance with directions from this
Board made report in writing upon his examination of Merry Drive, Jolly Lane
and Placid Lane, in the subdivision of Gay Farms, Section 4, Bermuda Magisterial
District.
Upon consideration whereof, and on motion of Mr. Purdy it is resolved that
Merry Drive, Jolly Lane and Placid Avenue in the subdivision of Gay Farms,
Section 4, Bermuda District, be and they hereby are extsblished as public roads.'
And be it further resolved, that the Virginia Department of Highways be and
it hereby is requested to take into the Secondary System, Merry Drive, from
its southern end of maintenance southwardly .03 mile to Jolly Lane~ Jolly Lane,
from its intersection with Merry Drive, westwardly .04 mile to a cul-de-sac
and from the same intersection with Merry Drive, eastwardly .09 mile to a
cul-de-sac[ Placid Avenue, from its southern end of maintenance, southwardly
.06 mile to a cul-de-sac.
And be it further resolved, that the Board of Supervisors guarantees to the
Virginia D'epartment. of Highways 50-ft. right-of-way on these roads. Plat
Book 17, Page 73, on July 15, 1970.
This day the County Road Engineer in accordance with directions from this
Board made report in writing upon examination of Salk Road, Celtic Road and
Puritan Road in the subdivision of Physic Hill, Section ~'C" in Clover Hill
Magisterial District.
Upon consideration whereof, and on motion of ~[r. Homer it is resolved that
Salk Road, Celtic Road and Puritan Road in the subdivision of Physic Hill,
Section "C" in Clover Hill District be and they hereby are established as
public roads.
And be it further resolved, that the Virginia Department of Highways be, and
it hereby is requested to take into the Secondary System, Salk Road, from its
intersection with Route 621, southeastwardly .08 mile to Celtic Road, thence
southeastwardly .t0 mile to Puritan Road, thence northeastwardly .05 mile to
existing maintenance; Celtic Road, from its intersection with Salk Road,
~outhwestwardly .19 mile to Physic Hill Road~ Puritan Road, from its intersec-
tion with Salk Road, southeastwardly .27 mile to a cul-de-sac. These roads
serve 7 houses.
And be it further resolved, that the Board of Supervisors guarantees to 'the
Virginia Department of Highways a 50-ft. right-of-way on these roads. Plat
recorded in Plat Book 16, Pages 81. and 82, on November 6, 1968.
This day the County Road Engineer in accordance with directions from this
Board made report in writing upon his examination of Okehampton Drive, Exwick
Lane, Exwick ~ourt and Cotfiel~ Road in the subdivision of Kimberly Acres,
Section 1, in Dale Magisterial District.
Upon consideration whereof, and on motion of Mr. Apperson, it is resolved that
Okehampton Drive, Exwick Lane, Exwick Court, and Cotfield Road in the subdivision
of Kimberly Acres, Sec. 1, Dale District, be, and they hereby are extablished
as public roads.
And be it further resolved, that the Virginia Department of Highways be, and
it hereby is requested to take into the Secondary System, OkehamDton Drive,
from its intersection with Route 637, westwardiy .05 mile to Exw~ck Lane,
thence westwardly .12 mile to Cotfield }[oad; thence westwardly ~03 mile; Exwick
Lane, from its intersection with Okehampton Drive, southwardly .04 mile to
Exwick Lane, westwardly .04 mile to a cul-de-sac[ Cotfie!d Road, from its
intersection with Okehampton Drive southwardlv .09 mile to a cul-de-sac. These
roads serve 27 houses. ' ~
And be it further resolved, that the Board of Supervisors guarantees to the
Virginia Department of Highways a 60-ft. right-of-way on Okehampton Drive,
Cotfield Road and Exwick Lane and a 50-ft. right-of-way on Exwick Court. Plat
recorded in Plat Book 17, Page 72, on July 2, 1971.
Due to the problem of pollution in the Appomattox River which waters are a
reservoir serving the Appomattox Water Authority and due to the request of said
Authority for concerned action in controlling the pollution to this reservoir,
it is on motion of Mr. Browning, seconded by Mr. Apperson, resolved that this
Board establish~a policy to be enforced by the Health Department of the County
that every sewerage.disposal system in the County of Chesterfield shall be
located at least 100 feet from the high water level of any water supply reservoir.
There was read a letter from the SCL i~R Company stating that the bridge across
the Railroad on Castlewood Road will be improved immediately.
71-~6CS
The Board of Supervisors having heard the request of David C. Eanes, Jr.
requesting the rezoning from Agricultural (A)~ to General Business (C-2) of
a parcel of land of irregular shape fronting approximately 116 feet on the
Midlothian Pike (Route 60) and extending southwardly to a depth of approximately
901 feet, being located approximately 420 feet west of the intersection of
Midlothian Pike and Wadsworth Road in Clover Hill Magisterial District. Refer
to Tax Map Sec. 28-2 (1) Parcel 9, and having made the following motion:
"Be it Resolved that the zoning be approved as reques't~d, subject to the
plans and specifications being approved by the Planning Director."
A Vote being taken on this motion resulted in a tie vote whereupon the Tie
Breaker was notified and the meeting set for this date.
.Mr. Frank Minor, Attorney, cites again the request of the applicant and agrees
to the 550 feet zoning and a Use Permit.
Upon consideration whereof, and on motion of Mr. Apperson, seconded by Mr.
Browning, it is resolved that the previous motion taken on this matter,
June 9, 1971, resulting in a tie vote, be and it hereby_ is rescinded.
It is here noted that Mr. Martin votes
Upon further discussion, Mr. Apperson moves and Mr. Browning seconds, the
following motion: Be it Resolved, that the C-2 zoning be granted in this
case to a depth of 550 feet, along the property line, and a Use Permit for
ingress and egress for the next 150 feet and that the remainder of the property
be used as a buffer.
A vote being taken on this motion:
Ayes-Mr. Browning, Mr. Apperson and Mr. Horner
Nays-Mr. Martin, Mr. Dietsch and Mr. Purdy, and a tie vote is recorded on this
question.
Mr. James W. Gordon, Jr. the County's Tie Breaker is present and hears the
discussion and questions to some degree the lawyer for the applicant.
Upon further consideration of this matter, Mr. Gordon states that some property
in the area is zoned to a depth of 650 feet and that the property in question
would be much less than this if zoned on a perpendicular, that the County needs
all the business of this kin~ it can get and cast his vote for the motion.
Whereupon the motion is declared passed.
resolved that Item (i) in the C-2 zoning be deleted and added as Item (f)-C-1.
Upon further discussion of this matter, it is on motion of Mr. Dietsch, secon~e~
by Mr. Purdy, resolved that the following ordinance be and it hereby is adopted
as amended. -
AN ORDII~ANCE to amend and re-enact Chapter 17, Section 1 of the Code of
the County of Chesterfield, Virginia, chan~ing the definitions of building',
dwelling--multiple, dwelling--one-family, ~welling--two-family and by adding
a definition of mobile home
BeIT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF TH~ COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD,
VIRGINIA:
That Chapter 17, Section 1, of the Code of the County of Chesterfield,
Virginia, be ard it is hereby araended and re-enacted to read as follows:
Section 17-1. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have
the meanings ascribed to them by this section:
General [Jules of Construction.
The Chairman thanks the Tie-Breaker for this service to the County.
Mr. Rudy, Commonwealth's Attorney, explains the changes in the Mobile Home
Ordinance which changes result in the extraction of all references to the control
of Modular Homes.
Upon discussing this matter, it is on motion of Mr. Purdy' seconded by Mr. Browning,
Words used in the present tense include the future[ words in the singular nu~ber
include the plural and words in the .~mlural number include tile singular~ tile
word ~'building" includes the word "structure"[ the word "shall" is mandatory
and not directory[ the word ':lot" includes the ~.~ords "plot", "parcel'~ and
"premises"[ the word "person" includes individuals, partnershi]~s, dorporations
clubs or associations. The term :'erect" and other forms thereof sud~as "erected",
"erecting~', "erection" etc., shall be deemed also to include any one or more
of the following terms: "Construct", "reconstruct" "alter" (structurally or
otherwise), "enlarge", "change", and other forms thereof, but not the term
~maintain" or any form thereof.
A passage or way open to public travel affording generally a secondary means
of vehicular access to abutting lots or upon which service entrances of build=
lng abut, and not intended for general traffic circulation.
Automobile s~rvice stations.
Any place of business, having pumps and storage tanks, at which fuels or
oils for the use of motor vehicles are dispensed, sold or offered for sale at
retail[ minor repairs and inspections may be carried on incidental to the sale
of such fuels and oils. When such dispensing, sale or offering for sale is
incidental to the conduct of a public garage the establishment shall be
deemed to be a public garage.
Automobile wrecking
See "junk yard".
Block.
That property abutting one side of a street and lying between the two nearest
intersecting or intercepting streets, or nearest intersecting or intercepting
streets and railroad rigHt-of-way, Unsubdivided acreage, river or live stream
or other bar. r~er of such size as to interrupt the continuity of development
on both sides thereof. '
Boardinghouse.
A dwelling otherwmse permitted in the district in which it is situated contain-
ing less than ten guest rooms.
Building.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls built for the
support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals~ chattels or property of
any kind, except a tent or trailer. ~[here divided by party walls from the
ground to the ceiling each portion of a structure shall be deemed to be a
separate building.
Building, accessory.
A subordinate building the use of which is incidental to that of a main
building on the same lot.
Building, main.
A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is
situated. In any residential or agricultural district, anv dwelling whall be
deemed to be a main building on the lot on which the same ~s situated.
Building, .hei~gh~t~.
The vertical distance to the level of the highest point of the roof surface,
if the roof is flat or inclines not more than one inch verticle in one foot
horizontal, or to the mean level between the eaves and the highest point of
the roof if the roof is of any other type, measured as follows:
(a) If the building adjoins the front property line or is not more than
fifteen feet distance there from~ measured at the center of the front
wall of the building from the established grade of the curb, or, if
no grade has been officially established from the elevation of the ex-
isting curb; or if no grade has been officially established and no
curb exists, measured from the average level of the finished ground
surface across the front of the building.
(b) If the building is more than fifteen feet distant from the front
property line: Measured from the average level of the finished ground
surface adjacent to the exterior walls of the building.
(c) Where the finished ground level is made by filling, such finisked
ground level shall not be deemed to be mere than five feet above
tile established grade of the sidewalk.
Clerk of board of supervisors[ executive secretary.
Court ·
Any space other than a yard on the same lot with a building or' group of build-
lngs and which is unobstructed and open to the sky from and above the floor
level of any room having a window or door opening on such court.
Court inner.
A court having no side entirely open to any yard or street line of the lot
on which it is situated. The width of an inner court shall be its least
horizontal dimension between the opposite sides measured at right angles to
its longest side.; the. length shall be the least horizontal dimension measured
at right angles to the width; the height shall be e~ual to the height of ~.he
building above the floor level of the lowest room h~ving a window opening~
on such court.
Court, ou~e,r.
A court, one or more entire sides ~ which opens on any yard or street line of
the lot on which such such court is situated and which is enclosed on the
remazning sides by walls of a building or by walls of a building and the side
or real lot line of the lot. The width of sn outer court shall be the least
horizontal dimension; measured parallel to the open side[ provided, however,
that for a court having more than one open side, the width shall be the least
horizontal dimension[ the depth shall be the least horizontal dimension
measured at right angles tc the width~ the height s~alt be equal the height
of the building above the floor level of the lowest room having a window or
door opening on such court.
District~ more restricted or less restricted.
In the following list each district shall be deemed to be more restricted
than %he districts succeeding it and less restricted than the districts
succeeding it and less restricted than the districts preceding it: R-A, R-l,
TH-l, ~-1, ~I-2~ C-l, C-2, C-T, and M. An A district shall be deemed to be
more restricted than an M or C district. The terms R district and residential
district shall mean any R-A, R-l, R-2, TH-l, ~-1, or ~-2 dms~ct,' ~-' · the
term C district shall mean any C-l, C-2 or C-T district.
Dog Kennels.
Place where four or more dogs are kept either private or for Day, more than
six months old. ' ~ ~
Dwelling, two- f amil_~.
A detached building containing two family dwelling units.
include a travel trailer or mobile home.
Executive Secretar~r.
Clerk of Board of Supervisors.
Dwelim~g, m~lti~]le.
A building containing three or more family dwelling units. Dwelling does
not include a travel trailer or mobile home.
Dwelling, one-family.
A detached building containing one family dwelling unit. 'Dwelling does not
include a travel trailer or mobile home. ~
Famil~ Dwelling unit.
Dwelling does not
A group of rooms including cooking accomodations occupied exclusively by one
or more persons living as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit.
~rivate.
An accessory building occupied or intended for occupancy by the passenger motor
vehicles of the families resident on the lot. if space for more than two
vehicles in a garage having a capacity of not more than three vehicles, or
if more than one-half the space in a garage h~ving a capacity of more than
three vehicles is occupied by any vehicles of persons not resident on the lot
or if any garage is occupies by any commercial vehicle of more than five tons
capacity, or by more than one commercial vehicle of a family resident on the
lot or by any other commercial vehicle, such garage shall be deemed to be a
public garage.
.Garage, ~ubli_~c.
Any building, except a building herein defined as a private garage, used for
the storage or care of motor vehicles or where any s~ch vehicles are equiPPed
for operation or kept for renumeration, hire or sale.
Guest room.
A room which is designated or intended for occupancy by or which is occupied
by one or more guests for compensation but in which no provision is nade for
cooking and not including dormitories for sleeping purposes.
Home_.O..ccupation.
Any use customarily conducted entirely within a d'~elling and carried on
the inhabitants thereof, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to
use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes an~] ~Joes not chancre t?.e character
thereof. Clinics, hospitals, barbershops, beauty parlors, tea rooms, tourist
homes and aniraal hospitals shall not be deemed to be home occupations.
Hospital.
Unless otherwise specified, the term "hospital'~ shall include "sanatorium':,
"preventorium", "clinic", or "rest home" and shall be deemed to mean a place
for the treatment or other cure of human ailments.
Junk Yard.
The use of more than two hundred square feet ~ area of any lot or t~e use of
any portion of that half of any lot (but not exceeding a depth or ~idth as
the case may be, of one hundredfeet), which half adjoins any street for the
storage, keeping or abandonment of junk, incl'uding scraD ~eta].s or other scrap
material, or for the dismantling, demolition or abandonment of automobiles or
other vehicles or machinery or parts thereof. The term "junk yard" shall
include "automobile graveyard" as defined by Chapter 304 ~f the Acts of ksserably
of 1938,but shall not include any of the things recited herein ~,~hich are
incidental and accessory to any 8gricuitural use permitted in the district.
Lot..
Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings or
by a dwelling group and its accessory buildings, together with such open
spaces as are required under the provisions of this chapter, ihaving not less
· than the minimum area required by this chapter for a lo% in the district in
which such lot is situated, and having its principal frontage on a street.
.L.ot~ corner.
A lot abutting on two intersecting and interception does not exceed one
hundred and thirty-five degrees.
Lot, interior
A lot more than a corner lot.
Lot,
If the front and rear lot lines are parallel: The shortest horizontal distance
between such lines, if such lines are not parallel~ The shortest horizontel
distance between the fron lot line and a line drawn parallel to the front lot
line through the mid-point of the rear lot line[ if the lot is triangular:
The shortest horizontal distance between the front lot line and a line parallel
to the fron lot line, not less than ten feet long and lying wholly within 'the
lot and farthest from the lot line.
Mobile home.
An industrialized building unit constructed on a chassis for towing to the
point of use and designed to be used with or without a fouhdation for occupancy
as a dwelling, or two or more such units seDarately towable, but designed to
be joined together at the ooint of use to f~rm a single dwelling, and which
is designed for removal to'and installation or erection on other sites.
Mobile home park.
A plot of ground upon which two or more mobile homes are located and where
spaces or lots for mobile homes are not for ~!e.
Mobile home subdivision.
A subdivision only for mobile homes.
Nonconforming use.
Use of a building or of land that does not conform to the reculations as to
use for the district in which it is situated.
Rooming house.
Any building or portion thereof which contains guest rooms which are designed
or intended to be used, let, or hired out for occupancy by, or which are
occupied by three or more, but not exceeding nine, individuals for compensation,
whether the compensation be paid directly or indirectly.
School.
Unless otherwise specified, the terms "school" and "college" shall be limited
to places of general instruction and shall not include dancing schools, ridin~
academies, or trade or specialized vocational schools.
~ ign~.
Any display of any letters, words, numerals, figures, devices, emblems, pictures
or any part~ or combinations thereof by any means whereby the same are made
visible and~.for the purpose of making anything known, whether such displsy
be made on, attached to or as a part of a structure erected for the purpose
or on, attached to or as a Dart of any other structure, surface or thing,
including, but not limited %o, the ground or any rock, tree or other natural
object which display is visible beyo~ the boundaries of the lot on which
such display is made.
Stock farm.
A parcel of land on which are kept more than five cows, sheep, goats, or
horses, other than riding horses for the exclusive use of the owner or tenant
of the land on which such horses are kept, or more than five of any combination
thereof, or more than fifty chickens or other fowl, or more than fifty rabbits
or other small livestock or dog kennel.
Story.
That portion of a building included between the surface of~.y floor and the
surface of the next floor above it or if there is no floor above~ then the
space betwen the. floor and the ceiling next above it. A mezzanine floor shall
be counted as a story if it covers over one-third of the area of the floor
next below it, or if the vertical distance from the floor next below it to
the floor next above it is twenty-four feet o.rmore. A basement shall be
counted as a story if its ceiling is over five feet above the level from which
the hezght of the building is measured or it it is used for business purposes
or if it is used for dwelling purposes by other than a janitor or domestic
servants employed in the same building, including the family of the same.
Story, ~alf.
A story with a least two opposite exterior sides meeting a sloping roof not
more than two feet above the floor.
Street.
A public or semi-public thoroughfare which affords the principal means of
access to abutting property including road, highway, drive, land, avenue,
place, boulevard and 'any other thoroughfare except an alley.
.~tree~, center line of.
The center line of a street shall mean the center line thereof as shown in
any of the official records of the county or any municipality therin, or ss
established by the city engineer of any adjoining city or by the state depart-
ment of highways. If no such center line has been e~tabllsned the cente~
line of a street shall be a line lying midway between the side lines of the
right-of-way thereof.
Structural alteration.
Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls,
columns, beams or girders.
Tourist home.
A dwelling otherwise permitted in the district in which it is situated in which
less than ten guest rooms are provided for the ~commodation of transient guests
Tourist court.
A building or group of buildings containing one or more ~uest rooms having
separate outside entrances for each such room or suite or suite of rooms and
for each of which rooms or suites of rooms automobile parking space is provided
on the premises. - -
Town house.
A series or cTroup of single family dwelling units consisting of four or more
campers traveling by automobile or otherwise or for occupancy by or of
travel trailers, tents or movable or temporary dwellings rooms or sleeping
quarters of any kind. ~ ' ~
Use,
~e ~urpose for which land or a buil~in~ theron is designed~ arranged or
intended o~ for which it is occupied or maintained.
U~.e, accessory.
A use incidental and accessory to the principal use of a lot or building
locased on the same lot with the accessory use.
Yard.
An open space of uniform width or depth on the same lot with a uzlolng or group
of builcings which open space lies between the building or a group of buildincfs
and the nearest lot line and is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground up-
ward. In measuring a yard, as hereinafter provided, the line of a buildinc shall
be deemed to mean a line parallel to the nearest lot line drawn through th~ point
of a building or point of a group of buildings nearest to such a lot line,
and the measurement shall be taken at right angles from the line of the building-
to the neares~ lot line~ provided, however, that if a future width line is
established by the provisions of the chapter for any street bounding the lot,
then such measurement shall be taken from the line of the building to such
future width line.
~.ard~ front.
A yard lying between the from line of the lot and the nearest line of the
building and extending across the full width of the lot.
Yard, rea~.
A yard lying between the rear line of the lot and the nearest line of the build-
ing and extending across the full width of the lot.
A yard lying between the side of the lot and the nearest line of the building
and extending from the front yard to the rear yard, or in the absence of
either of such yards, to the front or rear lot line, as may be.
AN ORDINANCE to amend and re-enact Chapter 17, Section 17-2 of the Code
of the County of Chesterfield, Virgini~ by adding thereto new zoning
districts, M~-i, MH-2 and C-T.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD,
VIRGINIA:
That Chapter 17, Section 17-2 of the Code of the County of Chesterfield,
Virginia, be and it is hereby amended and re-enacted to read as follows:
Section 17-2. Districts generally.
Establishment of districts.
For the purposes of this chapter, the unincorporated territory of the county
is hereby divided into eleven classes of districts as follows:
R-A
R-2
TH-1
MH-1
MH-2
C-1
C-2
C-T
M
A
Residential-agricultural districts
One family residential districts
One family residential districts
Town house residential districts
Mobile home park districts
Mobile home subdivision districts
Local business districts
General business districts
Travel trailer park districts
Industrial districts
Agricultural districts.
Location and boundaries of districts generally; zoning map.
The locations and boundaries of such districts are hereby established as the'
same as are shown on a map entitled "Zoning Map of Chesterfield County", filed
at the Chesterfield County Court House, Chesterfield County, Virginia.
The zoning map represents a series of maps showing the more detailed location
of boundaries between districts, such series of maps being entitled "Zoning
District Sectional Maps". A certified copy of each zoning districts sectional
map is on file in the office of the Planning Department in Chesterfield County
Court House. Such maps and all notations, dimensions and designations shown
thereon shall be as much a part of this chapter as if such maps were all
fully described herein.
Locati~ uncertain boundaries.
Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts
shown on such maps, the following rules shall apply:
(a) Such district boundary lines are intended to follow street, road,
alley, lot or property lines as they existed at the time of the
passage of the ordinance from which this chapter derives, unless
such district boundary lines are fixed by dimensions shown on such maps.
(b) Where such boundaries are so indicated that they approximately
follow lot lines, and are not more than ten feet distant therefrom,
such lot lines shalllbe construed to be such boundaries.
Map .a~endments included.
Reference in this chapter to such maps or any of them shall be deemed also to
include reference to such maps or any of them as they may hereafter be amended.
Reference to any official design, future width line, or limitation~.~imposed
in any aircraft landing approaeh area, shall be deemed to include any of such
matters as may be in effect at the time of the adoption of this chapter, or
as may be adopted hereafter, or as any of the same may have been amended
at any time.
AN ORDINANCE to amend and re-enact Chapter 17, Section 17-3.1 of the
Code of the County of Chesterfield, Virginia by prohibiting therein
mobile homes except under certain conditions.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD,
VIRGINIA:
That Chapter 17, Section 17-3.1 of the Code of the County of Chesterfield,
Virginia, be and it is hereby amended and re-enacted to read as follows:
Section 17-3. Compliance with district uses required for new construction,
alteration, etc., generally
Except as hereinafter provided in this chapter:
(a) No building shall be erected and no existing building shall be moved,
altered, added to, or enlarged, nor shall any land or building be
used, designed, or intended to be used for any purpose or in any
manner other than is included among the uses hereinafter listed as
permitted in the district in which such building or land is located.
(b) No building shall be erected, nor shall any open space surrounding
any building or otherwise required by this chapter be encroached upon
or reduced in any manner except in conformity to the yard, lot, area,
open space,and building location regulations hereinafter designated
for the district in which such building or ~pen space is l~cated.
(c) No yard or other open space on one lot shall be considere4 as pro-
viding a yard or open space for a building or any other lot. Except
as specified for dwelling groups, no yard or other space provided
about any buildings for the purpose of complying with the provisions
of this chapter shall be considered as providing a yard, or open space
for any other building.
Section 17-3.1 R-A districts.
The following regulations shall apply in all R-A districts:
Uses ~ermitted.
(a) One family dwellings.
(b) Churches and other places of worship, including parish houses and
Sunday Schools.
(c)Schools, colleges, public libraries and public museums.
(d) Publicly operated parks, playgrounds and athletic fields, including
buildings customarily appurtenant thereto.
(e) Offices of resident members of recognized professions, but no such
office shall be conducted except as an accessory use in a dwelling
permitted in the district.
(f)Home occupations.
(g)Accessory buildings and accessory uses.
(h) Ail agricultural uses which consist of the raising of crops; provided,
that the raising of poultry may be donducted for home use only and
provided no dairy farm or stock farm or chicken farm shall be estab-
lished unless and until a use permit shall first have been obtained
therefore; and provided further, that there shall be no raising or
keeping of hogs except by use permit.
(i) No premises shall be used for the location of mobile homes except
that a use permit may be granted for locating a mobile home on said
premises for a period not to exceed nine months, providing the location
of said mobile home is necessary because the principal residence
located on said premises has been rendered uninhabitable by fire or
other act of God.
(j) The following uses subject to the obtaining of a use permit for each
such use~
1. Hospitals, sanitariums and scientific laboratories.
2. Philanthropic and charitable institutions.
3. Clubs, lodges and grounds for games and sports.
4. Social, recreational and community buildings.
5.Cemeteries, crematories and other places for the disposal of
the human dead.
6. Public utility uses, including railroads and their facilities
(except railroads yards), water and sewage works, telephone
exchanges, transformer stations, electric transmission lines,
above and below ground, electric towers, transmission pipe lines
and underground telephone and communications cables and buried
wires. Before the Board grants such use permit, it shall first
obtain a report from the County Planning Commission as to
whether or not the facility would be consistent with a compre-
hensive plan of development for the County or would interfere
with any of the proposals in such plan. The County Planning
Commission must submit its report within sixty days from the
receipt of such request for a permit, otherwise, it shall be
deemed to have approved such application. Service line, cables,
buried wires or pipes in easements or public roads, or on public
roads, or on the premises of individual consumers shall be permitted
without obtaining a permit.
7. Governmental buildings.
8. Greenhouses at which the products thereof are sold or offered
for sale.
9. Airports.
10. ~wo-family or multiple-family dwellings.
11. Dog kennels.
12. Such other uses as may be granted by the governing body upon
application to the Board of Supervisors. Such use to be governed
by restrictions applicable to such uses.
Required lot area.
Each dwelling, together with its necessary buildings, hereafter erected shall
be located on a lot having an area of not less than forty thousand square feet
and a width of not less than one hundred and fifty feet front, except where
the contour of land or the curvature of the street or road would make it
impractical to provide a minimum of one hundred and fifty fe6t from width in
the orderly subdivision of the land.
Perc. enta~e' of lot coverage.
All buildings, including accessory buildings, on any lot shall not cover more
than twenty per cent of the area of such a lot.
Front yard require~.
Each lot shall have a front yard having a depth of not less ~han sixty feet.
Side yards required.
(a) Each lot shall have two side yards, each having a width of not less
than twenty feet.
(b) The side yard on the street side of a corner lot shall have a width
of not less than fifty per cent of the front yard depth required for
the adjoining lot at the rear of such corner lot when such adjoin{ng
lot fronts on the street along the side of the~rner lot, but in no
event shall any such side yard~have a width less than that required
by the preceding provisions of this section for a side yard on the
lot on which SUCh side yard is situated.
Rear yard r.ec~uire.d.
Each lot shall have a rear yard not less than fifty feet in depth.
Dwellin~ size.
Each dwelling, not including garages and open porches, shall have a minimum
floor area of two thousand square feet.
AN ORDINANCE to amend and re-enact Chapter 17, Section 17-4, of the
Code of the County of Chesterfield, Virginia, by including a provision
prohibiting therin the location of mobile homes.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD,
VIRGINIA:
That Chapter 17, Section 17, Section 17-4 of the Code of the County of
Chesterfield, Virginia, be and it is hereby amended as follows:
Section 17-4. R-1 districts.
The following regulations shall apply in all R-1 districts:
Uses ~ermitted.
(a)' One' family dwellings.
(b) Churches and other places of worship, including parish houses and
Sunday Schools.
(c) Schools, colleges, public libraries and public museums.
(d) Publicly operated parks, playgrounds and athletic fields, including
buildings customarily appurtenant thereto.
(e) Offices~f resident members of recognized professions, but no such
office shall be conducted except as an adcessory use in a dwelling
use in a dwelling permitted in the district.
(f) Home occupations.
(g) Accessorybuildings and accessoryuses.
(h) All agricultural uses which consist of the raising of crops; provided
the raising of poultry may be conducted for home use only and provided
no dairy farm or stock farm or chicken farm shall be established unless
and until a use permit shall first have been obtained therefore, and
provided further that there shall be no raising or keeping of hogs
for other than domestic use in any R-1 district, except by use permit.
(i) The following uses subject to the obtaining of a use permit for each
such use:
1. Hospitals, sanitariums, and scientific laboratories.
Philanthropic and charitable institutions.
3. Clubs, lodges, and grounds for games and sports.
4. Social, recreational and community buildings.
5. Cemeteries, crematories and other places for the disposal of
the human dead.
6. Public utility uses, including railroads and their facilities
(except railroad yards), water and sewage works, telephone
exchanges, transformer stations, electric transmission lines,
above and below ground, electric towers, transmission pipe lines
and underground telephone and communications cables and buried
wires. Before the Board grants such use permit, it shall first
obtain a report from the County Planning Commission as to whether
or not the facility would be consiStant with a comprehensive
plan of development for the County or would interfere with any
of the proposals in such plan. The County Planning Commission
must submit its report within sixty days from the receipt of
such request for a permit, otherwise, it shall be deemed to
have approved such application. Service lines, cables, burred
wires or pipes in easements or public roads, or ~n the premises
of individual consumers shall be permitted without obtaining
a permit.
7. Governmental buildings.
8. Greenhouses at which the products thereof are sold or offered
for sale.
9. Airports.
10. Two or multiple family dwellings.
11. Dog Kennels.
12. Such other uses as may be granted by the governing body upon
application to the Board of Supervisors. Such use to be governed
by restrictions applicable to such uses.
Required lot area.
Each dwelling, together with its necessary buildings, hereafter erected shall
be located on a lot having an area of not less than fifteen thousand square
feet and a width of not less than one hundred feet front, except where the
contour of land and/or the curvature of' the street or road would make it
impractical to provide a minimum of one hundred feet front width in the orderly
subdivision of the land.
Percentage of lot coverage.
Ail buildings, including accessory buildings, on any lot shall not cover more
than thirty percentof the area of such a lot.
Front yard. re~ui.red.
Each lot shall have a front yard having a depth of not less than forty feet.
Side yards ~equiredo
(a)- Each lot shall have two side yards, each having a width of not less
than twenty feet, provided, however, that on any lot which was under
one ownership at the time of the adoption of the ordinance, from
which this chapter derives,.which lot has a front width of less than
one ~Undredlfeet and when the owner thereof owns no adjoining land, ~
the width of each side yard may be reduced to not less than fifteen
per cent of the width of such lot, but in no event shall the width
of either side yard on any lot having a width of sixty feet or more
be reduced to less than a width equal to or, half the height of the
main building on the lot, nor shall the width of any side yard be
reduced to less than ten feet.
(b) The side yard on the street side of a corner lot shall have a width
of not less than fifty percent of the front yard depth required for
the adjoining lot at the rear of such corner lot when such adjoining
lot fronts on the street along the side of the corner lot, but in
no event shall any such side yard have a width less than that required
by the preceiding provisions of this section for a side yard on the
lot which ~ch side yard is situated.
Rear yard ~equ.ired.
Each lot shall have a rear yard not less than twenty-five feet in depth.
~o.bi.l.e ~omes prohibited.
No premises shall be used for the location of mobile homes.
AN ORDINANCE to amend and re-enact Chapter 17, Section 17-5 of 'the Code of the
County of Chesterfield, Virginia, by prohibiting therein mobile homes and
by deleting therefrom paragraph (b) permitting the locating of house trailers
and adding thereto a provision prohibiting the locating of mobile homes except
under certain conditions.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERPIELD, VIRGINIA:
That Chapter 17, Section 17~5 of the Code of the County of Chesterfield, Virginia,
be and it is hereby amended by deleting paragraph (b) under uses permited by
adding thereto a prohibition against mobile homes as follows:
Section 17-5. R-2 Districts.
The following regulations shall apply in all R-2 districts:
~ses permitted.
Same as specified for R-1 districts.
.Required lot area.
Each dwelling, together with its accessory buildings, hereafter erected ~hall
be located on a lot having an area of not less than seven thousand square feet
ahd a front width of not less than fifty feet, if permitted by other provisions
of this chapter.
.~.ercenta~e of lot coverage.
Same as specifie~ for R-1 districts.
Front yard required.
Each lot shall have a front yard having a depth of not less than thirty feet.
Side yards require.d.
(a) Each lot shall have two side yards, each having a width equal to not
less than one-half of the height of the main building on the lot, and
in no event less than fifteen per cent of the width of the lot; provided,
however, that on a lot having a front width of more than fifty feet
the width of each side yard shall be equal to not less thanone-half
the height of the main building on the lot or not less than seven
and one-half feet, whichever is greater; provided, further, that on
any lot which was under one ownership at the time of the adoption of
the.ordinance from which this chapter derives, which lot has a front
width of less than fifty feet, and when the owner therof owns no
adjoining land, the width of each side yard shall not be less than
ten per cent of the width of the lot, without regard to the height
of the main buildings on the lot, hut so side yard shall have a
width of less than five feet.
(b) The side yard on the street side of a corner lot shall have a width
of not less than fifty per cent of the front yard depth required
for the adjoining lot at the rear of such corner lot when such adjoining
lot fronts on the street along the side of the corner lot, but in
no event shall any such side yard have a width less tha~ that required
by the preceding provisions of this section for a side yard on the
lot on which such side yard is situated.
Rear y~rd ~.equi.red.
Each lot shall have a rear yard not less than twenty-five feet in depth;
provided, however., that on any lot of a depth of less than one hundred and
twenty'feet the depth of the rear yard may be reduced to not less than twenty
per cent of the depth of the lot to a minimum of fifteen feet.
Mobile homes ~rohibited except under certain conditions.
After the effective date of thi~ ordinance no premises shall be used for the ~
location of mobile homes, provided, however, that nothing herein shall
prohibit those persons who have located a mobile home in an R-2 district by
virtue of a use permit previously granted from applying for a renewal of said
use permit so long as it may be granted consecutively by the Board of Zoning
Appeals, and provided further that after the effective date of this ordinance
a use permit may be granted for the original locati.on of a mobile home in an
R-2 district by the Board of Supervisors, which permit shall specify the
location of such trailer on the premises and assure compliance with health
and sanitary requirements of the county. The permit shall be valid for a
period not to exceed two years. At the expiration of the time specified on
the permit an application may be made for renewal of the use permit. The
Board of Supervisors and the Board of Zoning Appeals may take action on suuh
renewal applications without prior notice being published in a newspaper of
the date the respective Boards will act on such application and no notice
to adjoining landowners shall be required unless directed by the Board of
Supervisors or the Board of Zoning Appeals, respectively.
AN ORDINANCE to amend~ and re-enact Chapter 17, Section 17-5 of the Code of
the County of Chesterfield, Virginia, by adding a new section, Section, 17-5.3,
providing for the establishment of mobile home parks subject to regulations
governing park area, yard requirements, density requirements, spacing require_
ments, recreational area requirements, roads and parking requirements.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD, VIRGINIA:
That Section 17-5.3 of the Code of the County of Chesterfield, Virginia, be
and it is hereby enacted to read as follows:
Section 17-5.3 MH-1 districts.
The following regulations shall apply in all MH. 1 districts:
~ses Permitted.
(a) Mobile home parks.
(b) Accesso~f buildings and uses.
~equired park access.
A mobile home park of more than ten acres shall have more than one street access.
Front yard. recruited.
The minimum front yard of a mobile home park adjacent to apDhlic street shall
be fifty feet, said distance to be measured between the fron property line
and the nearest mobile home or other structure.
Side and rear yards required.
Tha minimum side and rear yards of a mobile home park shall be fifteen (15)
feet, said distance to be measured between the park property line and the
nearest mobilehome or other structure. Except along park property lines
which ~re~adjacent to a natural drainage area, side and rear.yards shall~
contain a screen, fence or landscape planting which will be designed and/or
planted as to be fifty per cent or more solid when viewed horizontally
between two and six feet abode average ground level.
Density requirements.
Intensity of development shall be limited to no more than eight mobile homes
per acre of gross park area. Each site or space for an individual mobile home
shall not be less than four thousand square feet in area and forty-four feet
wide except that a space for a double-wide mobile home shall not be less than
firty-six feet wide.
Spacin~ requirements.
Mobile homes shall be placed in spaces so that, at the nearest point, they
shall be at least twenty feet from all driveways, eight feet from detached
enclosed carports (garages) and sixteen feet from any other mobile home, or
attachment thereto, or other buildings. For the purposes of the spacing
requirements, a mobile home includes any attached, enclosed structure. Detached
enclosed carports (garages) and storage structures ame not considered to be
part of the mobile home nor are attached, unenclosed awnings, porches, and carports.
R. ecreational, area renu.ired.
At least ten per cent of the gross park area shall be designa.~ed and reserved
for suitable recreational areas. Fifty per cent of such areas shall be provided
outside of any established flood plain and shall have a slope of not more
than five per cent.
Placement.
All mobile homes must be placed in a designated mobile home space and must not
obstruct the use of, or overhang, any driveway, walkway, or public utility easement.
.Parking.
At least two parking spaces (ten feet by twenty feet) shall be provided for
each mobile home space on, or adjacent to, or in a consolidated parking area
within sixty feet of the mobile home space. Ail required parking areas shall
be of hard surface, ~ustless construction.
DrivewaYs '
All mobile home spaces shall abut upon a driveway of not less than twenty-four
feet in width or a parking area adjacent to a driveway. Driveway parking is
prohibited. Driveways must have unobstructed access to a public street or
highway. All driveways shall be of hard surface, dustless construction, wi~h
curb and gutters.
U~de~round utilities.
All telephone, electrical distribution, water, fuel and other utility linem
shall be placed underground in a mobile home park. Ail sanitary sewage
connections for a mobile home will be underneath the mobile home.
S~%rts.. required.
Skirting of mobile homes is required on all mobile homes. Areas enclosed ~y
such skir~ing shall be maintained so as not to provide a harborage for rodent
or create a fire hazard.
Plans required.
Every application for the construction, operation, maintenance and occupancy
for a mobile home park shall be accompanied with plans and specifications,
fully setting out the spaces, motor vehicle parking spaces, the driveway
giving access thereto, a plan of landscaping and providing a connection to
a sanitary sewer for each and every mobile home. Before any permit is issued
for a mobile home park and the use thereof, the plans and specifidations shall
first be approved by the County Planning Department, ta~ng into account all
of the provisions as set out herein above, as well as such special conditions
as may be imposed by the Board, and provided further that said plans and
specifications are in accordance with state regulations governing mobile homes.
AN ORDINANCE TO amend and re-enact Chapter 17, Section 17-5 of the Code
of the County of Chesterfield, Virginia, by adding a new section, Section
17-5.4 providing for the establishment of mobile home subdivisions subject
to regulations governing minimum size of said subdivision, required lot
area and width, required side yards and rear yards and compliance with
existing subdivision ordinances.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD,
VIRGINIA:
That Chapter 17, Section 17-5.4 of the Code of the County of Chesterfield,
Virginia, be and it is herek~ enacted to read as follows:
Section 17-5.4. MH-2 Districts.
The following regulations shall apply in all MH-2 districts:
Uses ~ermitted.
(a)' Mobile home subdivisions.
(b) Churches and other places of worship, including.parish houses and
Sunday schools.
(c) Schools, colleges, public libraries and public museums.
(d) Publicly operated parks, playgrounds and athletic fields, including
buildings customarily appurtenant thereto.
(e) Offices of resident members of recognized professions, but no such
office shall be condueted except as an accessory use in a dwelling
permitted in the district.
(f) Home occupations.
(g) AccessOry buildings and acceseory uses.
(h)
All agricultural uses which consist of the raising of crops: provided
the raising of poultry may be conducted for home use only and provided
no dairy farm or stock farm or chicken farm shall be established
unless and until a use permit shall firet have been obtained therefore,
and provided further that there shall be no raising or keeping of
hogs for other than domestic use in any R-1 district, except by
use permit.
(i) The following uses subject to the obtaining of a use permit for
each such use:
1. Clubs, lodges, and grounds for games and sports.
2. Social, recreational and community buildingse
3. Public utility uses, including railroads and their facilities,
(except railroad yards), water and sewage works, telephone
exchanges, transformer stations.
4. Governmental buildings.
Required lot area and width.
Each lot in a mobile home subdivision shall be not less than seven thousand
squ&re feet in area and fifty feet in width measured at the front building
line, said line to be thirty feet from the front property line, except that
a lot for a double wide mobile home shall not be less than sixty feet wide.
Required side yards.
Each lot shall have a side yard of seven and one-half feet except where a
side yard is adjacent to a public street then such side yard shall be thirty feet,
R.equired rear yard.
Each lot shal1 have a minimu~ rear yard of thirty feet.
Greenbelt.
A mobile home subdivision shall have a greenbelt planting strip not less th~n
twenty feet in width, along all subdivision boundaries which do not include
public streets or natural flood plains or drainage areas. ~
Subdivision plat.
Every mobile home subdivision shall have a minimum size of five acres and the
subdivision plat required under the provisions of this section shall, except
as provided herein, comply with the provisions of Chapter 16 of the Code of
the County of Chesterfield and if not sooner submitted, shall be submitted
with each zoning application requesting an MH-2 district classification.
AN ORDINANCE to amend and re=enact Chapter 17, Section 17-6 of the Cods
of the County of Chesterfield, Virginia, by specifying R district uses,
and by specifying front yard and side yard requirements.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD,
VIRGINIA:
That Chapter 17, Section 17-6 of the Code of the County of Chesterfield,
Virginia, be and it is hereby amended and re-enacted to read as follows:
Section 17-6. C-1 Districts.
The following regulations'shall apply in all C-1 districts:
Uses ~ermitted.
' (a) Ail uses permitted in any contiguous R-A, R-1 or R-2 district.
(b) Neighborhood service uses, such as retail food and produce stores,
drug stores, bakeries and confectioneries, including the manufacture
of bakery and confectionery goods for on-site retail sale only,
cleaning establishments, shoe repair shops, barber and beauty shops,
automobile service stations but no public garages, and other neighborhood
service uses which in the opinion of the Board of Supervisors are
similar in character to those enumerated, determined by c~nsideration
of the board upon the application made for a use permit to establish
such service, provided that no area of any lot outside of a building
on such lot shall be used for the keeping or storage of any materials
or waste incidental to a business use unless such area be enclosed
within a solid fence not less than six feet in height.
(c) Business and professional offices.
(d) Theaters, but not including "drive-in" theaters.
(~) Automobile parking space appurtenant to one or more business
establishments in the district.
(f) One mobile home, provided that the use of said mobile home for
dwelling purposes shall be limited to the owner or operator of the
business being conducted on said property.
Required lot .area.
No requirement, except that no residential use which is permitted in an R-2
district shall be located in a C-1 district on a lot having an area or width
less than that required for such use in an R-2 district.
Percentage of lot coverage.
No requirement, except that any residential use which is permitted in a C-1
district shall conform to the lot coverage regulations for that use in an
R-2 District.
Yards rec~u.ire~ ~enerally.
(a) Any residential use which is permitted in an R-2 district shall conform
to all yard regulations specified for the use in an R-2 district.
(b) Any commercial building containing one or more family dwelling units
shall maintain side and rear yard and court dimensions for that portion
of such building in which the family dwelling unit or units are located,,
which side and rear yard and court dimensions shall not be less than
those specified for an R-2 district.
(c) The following regulations shall apply in all uses in C-1 districts
which are not permitted in R-2 districts.
Front yard.
(a) Each lot in a C-1 district which district occupied the entire frontage
of a blbck shall have a front yard not less than twenty-five feet
in depth.
(b) Each lot in a C-1 district which adjoins an R-A, R-1 or R-2 district
in the same block shall have a front yard equal to that required for
the lots in such R-A, Ral or R-2 district in that block.
~i Side ~ard.
:~ None, except:
<· (a) Each corner lot in a C,1 district shall have a side yard on the street
side of such lot, which yard shall not be less than ten feet in width.
il (b) Each lot in a C-1 district, which lot adjoins a lot in any R-A, R-1 or
R-2 district, shall have a side yard on the side of such adjoining lot
such R-A, R-1 or R-2 district, which yard shall not be less than
seven and one-half feet.
Rear ~ard.
On each lot in a C-1 district whihh has a rear lot line in common with any
lot line of a lot in a R-A, R-1 or R-2 district there shall be a rear yard
of not less than fifteen feet in depth.
AN ORDINANCE to amend and re-enac~ Chapter 17, Section 17-7 of the Code
of the County of Chesterfield, Virginia, by deleting therefrom paragraph
(i) permitting the location of mobile homes and parks, and adding a new
paragraph (i) providing for the location of individual mobile homes in
a C-2 district under certain conditions.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD,
VIRGINIA~
That Chapter 17, Section 17-7 of the Code of the County of Chesterfield,
Virginia, be and it is hereby amended'by deleting Paragraph (1) under
uses permitted and by adding thereto a new paragraph (i) as follows:
Section 17-7. C-2 districts.
The following regulations shall apply in all C-2 districts:
Us.es permitted.
(a) Ail uses permitted in C~1 districts.
(b) Stores for the conduct of any retail or wholesale business.
(C) Public garages.
(d) Dancing schools and dance halls, bowlings alleys and other commercial
recreational uses.
(e) Carpenter and plumbing shops, tinsmith shops, upholstery shops,
electrical shops, and uses which, in the opinion of the Board of
Supervisors upon the application made for a use permit to
establish such service.
(f) Junk yards, but only when conducted entirely within an enclosure of not
less than six feet in height and a solidity of not less than 50 per
cent of its surface: such enclosure shall be located at least one
hundred feet from anypublic highway.
(g) Tourists courts and hotels.
(h) The use of power-driven machinery incidental to any use permitted
in the district.
Required lot area.
No requirement, except that any residential use established in a C-2 district
and also allowed in an R-2 district shall conform to the lot area requirements
for that use in an R-2 district.
Percentage of lot coverage.
No requirement except that a~y residential use established in a C-2 district
and also a11~ in an R-2 district shall conform to the lot coverage
requirement for that use in an R-2 district.
Yards rec~uired.
Same as specified in C-1 districts.
AN ORDINANCE to amend and re-enact Chapter 17, Section 17-7 of the Code
of the County of Chesterfield, Virginia, by adding a new section, Section
17-7.1, a C-T district, providing for travel trailer parks subject to
regulations governing required park area and width, required fro~ side
and rear yards, density, spacing and recreational area requir~ents, and
placement, parking, driveway and accessability to state highways requirements.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD,
VIRGINIA:
That Chapter 17, Section 17-7.1 of the Code of the County of Chesterfield,
Virginia, be and it is hereby enacted to read as follows:
Section 17-7.1. C-T districts.
The following 'regulations shall apply in all C-T districts=
.U. ses P. er~i~.£ed.
(a) Travel trailer parks.
(b) Accessory buildings and uses.
.Required park area.
A travel trailer park ~all~ha~.a minimum ~of~'t~r~e 'a~cres.~ .~'. .:. .
Required. park access.
A travel trailer park of more than ten acres shall have more than one street access.
ii Front ~ard re.~uired.
Any yard of a travel trailer park adjacent to a public street shall be fifty
feet, said distance to be measured between the front property line and the
nearest travel trailer or other structure.
Sade yard and rear ~ards required.
The minimum side and rear yards of a travel trailer park shall be fifteen feet,
said distance to be measured between the park property line and the nearest ~.
travel trailer or other structure. Except along park property lines which
are adjacent to a natural drainage area, side and rear yards shall include
a solid screen, fence, or landscape planting having a height of not less than
five nor more than six feet.
D. ensity requirements.
Intensity of development shall be limited to no more than seventeen travel
trailers per acre of gross park area. Each site or space for an individual
travel trailer shall not be less than fifteen hundred square feet exclusive
of driveways.
Spacing. Xe~u. ire~ents.
Travel trailers shall be placed in spaces so that, at the nearest point,
they shall be at least sixteen feet from any other travel trailer, or attachment
thereto, or other buildings.
~.ec.reational area required.
At least ten per cent of the gross park area shall be designated and reserved
for suitable recreational area. Fifty per cent of such areas shall be out-
side of any established flood plain and shall have a slope of not more than
five per cent.
~.lacement.
Ail traVel trailers must be placed in a designated travel trailer space and
must not overhang, or obstruct the use of, a~.driveway, walkway or public
utility easement. -
Driveways.
All travel trailer spaces shall abut upon a driveway of not less than twenty-
four feet in width except that if the driveway is one way in which case the
driveways shall be twelve feet in width. Driveway parking is prohibited.
Driveways must have unobstructed access to a public street or highway. Ail
driveways shall be of hard surface, dustless construction.
?lot plan required.
Every application for the construction, operation, maintenance and occupancy
for a travel trailer park shall be accompanied with plans and specifications
fully setting out the trailer spaces, the position of each travel trailer, '
motor vehicle pakking spaces, the driveway giving access thereto, and a plan
of landscaping. Before any permit is issued for a travel trailer park and
the use thereof, the plans and specifications shall first be approved by the
County Planning Department, taking into account all of the provisions as set
out herein a~ove, as well as such special conditions as may be imposed by the
Board, and provided further that said plans and specifications are in accordance
with state regulations governing trailer parks.
AN ORDINANCE to amend and re-adopt Chapter 17, Section 17-8 of the Code
of Chesterfield, Virginia, by specifying uses permitted in an M District.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD,
VIRGINIA:
That Chapter 17, Section 17-8 of the Code of the County of Chesterfield,
Virginia, be and it is hereby amended and re-enacted to read as follows:
Section 17-8. M Districts.
The following regulations shall apply in all M districts:
Uses permitted.
All uses, except those specified for TH-l, MH-1, MH-2 and C-T districts,
provided, however, that none of the following uses shall be established in any
M district, unless and until a use permit for each such use shall first have
been obtained therefor from the Board of Supervisors, subject to the regulations
that are specified in this chapter, or in the opinion of the Board of Supervisors,
is necessary to protect and promote the public health, safety and morals and
general welfare of the people of this county.
Distillation of bones.
Dump.
Fat rendering.
Manufacture of acid cement, explosives or fireworks (or storage of same),
fertilizer, gas glue, gypsum, lime or plaster of Paris.'
Reduction, canning processing or treatment of animal products of any kind.
Smelting of copper, iron, tin, zinc, or other ores.
Sand, clay and gravel pits, granite quarries, mines and other operations for
the mining of materials and removal of natural earth resources from the earth
or subsoil.
And all other uses which, in the opinion of the Board of Supervisors, are
similar to the foregoing and might be objectionable by reason of o~or, dust,
smoke, fumes, gas or noise.
AN ORDINANCE to amend and re-enact Chapter 17, Section 17~9 of the Code
of the County of Chesterfield, Virginia, by amending uses permitted, paragraph
(g), by substituting mobile home for house trailer.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD%~
VIRGINIA:
That Chapter 17, Section 17-9 of the Code of the County of Chesterfield,
Virginia, be' and it is hereby amended and re-enacted to read as follows:
Section 17-9. A districts.
The following regul&tions shall apply in all A districts:
Uses Permitted.
(a) Same as specified for R-1 districts.
(b) Farming, dairy farming, livestock and poultry raising, including all
buildings necessary to such use and the keeping, storage, or operation
of of any vehicle or machinery necessary to such use.
(c) Forestry operations and saw mills together with incidental uses thereof.
(d) The sale or offering for sale, by the owner or tenant of any form of
goods produced on said farm. The construction of a stand or shelter for this
purpose on highway frontage of any such farm shall be a permitted use.
(e) Sand, clay and gravel pits, granite quarries, mines and other operations
for the mining of materials and removal of natural earth resources from the
earth or subsoil, subject to the regulations that are specified in section 17-11.
(f) Such other uses as may be granted .by the governing body upon
applications to the Board of Supervisors. Such use to be governed by restrictions
applicable to such uses.
(g) Mobile homes~ provided, that a ~e permit is obtained from the Board
of Zoning Appeals, which permit shall specify the location of such mobile home
on the premises and assure compliance with health and sanitary requirements of
the County. The permit shall be valid for a period not to exceed two years.
At the expiration of the time specified on the permit, a new application may
be made for a new use permit. The Board of Zoning Appeals may take action
on such application without prior notice being published in a newspaper on the
date the Board will act on such application and no notice to adjoining land-
owners shall be required unless directed by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(h) County-owned sanitary landfilll operations having a lot area not less
than fifty acres.
~e~ulations governing location of buildings.
(a) No building shall be located closer to the nearest side line of any
state highway than a distance of fifty f~et.
(b) No dwelling shall be located closer to the side property line of
the parcel of land on wh%~h sqch ~welling.$s situated than a distance of ten
fee~ nor closer to any o=ner owelllng on =ne same ~arcel of land than a distance
of twenty feet.
(c) No commercial building shall be located closer to the side property
line of the parcel of land on which such building is situated than a distance
of fifteen feet, nor closer to any dwelling on the same arcel of land tha
a distance of twenty feet. P n
AN ORDINANCE TO amend and re-enact Chapter 17, Section 17-16, subsection
(e), of the Code of the County of Chesterfield, Virginia, substituting
the word mobile home for house trailer as it appears therein.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD,
VIRGINIA:
That Chapter 17,' Section 17-16 of the Code of the County of Chesterfield,
Virginia, be and it is hereby amended as follows:
Section 17-16. Nonconforming uses.
The following regulations shall apply to all nonconforming uses existing at
the time of the adoption of the ordinance from which this chapter derives, and
to all nonconforming uses in districts hereafter changed and in districts
hereafter established:
(a) If, at the time of enactment of the ordinance from which this
chapter derives, any lot, building or structure is being used in a character
or manner or for a purpose which does not conform to the provisions of this
chapter, and which is not prohibited by some other provision of this Code or
ordinance of the County, such character or manner of use or purpose may be con-
tinued and no change of title or possession of any such lot, building or
structure shall be construed to prevent the continued nonconforming use of
such lot~ building or structure as hereinbefore provided. Any such non-
conforming use which is not otherwise unlawful and ~xcept as otherwise provided
in this chapter may be hereafter extended, throughout any part of a building
or structure which was manifestly arranged or designed for such use at the
time of enactment of the ordinance from which this chapter derives. The
Board of Zoning Appeals may grant in their discretion the privilege of an
extension of the area of the present building.
(b) No building, structure or premises in which a nonconforming use is
abandoned for a period exceeding one year or is superseded by a ~ermitted use,
subsequent to the enactment of the ordinance from which this chapter derives,
shall again be devoted to any prohibited use.
(c) Any nonconforming building or structure which is hereinafter damaged
to an extent exceeding fifty percent of its then reproduction value exclusive
of foundations by fire, flood, explosion, earthquake, war, riot, storm or
so-called act of God, may not be restored, reconstructed and used for any
other than a purpose permitted under the provisions of this chapter governing
the district in which the building or structure is located.
(d) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the strengthening or restoration
to a safe or lawful condition of any part of a building or structure declared
unsafe or unlawful by the building inspector, thechief of fire department or
any other 'duly authorized county official%
(e), No mobile home located on any premises in violation of the regulations
of this chapter or any amendments thereto shall be permitted to remain on such
premises for a period in excess of one year from the date the owner, lessee
or occupant of such mobile home is notified by the executive secretary of the
Board of Supervisors that the location of same is not permitted under this
chapter. At the expiration of such period, the mobile home shall be removed
unless the location thereof complies with the terms of this chapter and any
amendments thereto.
Ayes-Mr. Homer, Mr. Browning, Mr. Ruffin, Mr. Dietsch, Mr. Martin, Mr. Purdy.
Mr. Zane Davis comes before the Board explaining the construction of a new
mobile home court on Route 10 and requested a Variance from the Plumbing Code
to eliminate the "P" trap regulations on trailers. He states that in the
City of Richmond they have allowed two parks to be constructed without the "P"
trap, that he will guarantee that every mobile home in his park will have
adequate trappings, that the State Health Department inspects "P" traps and
that this would be an unnecessary expense and waste of money.
Mr. Mumma, Building Inspector and Mr. Paul Emanual, Plumbing Inspector, states
that most mobile homes use a flexible fitting with the joints being taped and
that sewer gas may become a real problem.
On motion of Mr. Dietsch, seconded bY Mr. Martin, it is resolved that a
Variance from the Building Code be granted to elim&nate the under ground "P"
trap, subject to the approval of the Building Inspector on all other aspects
of the construction and provided that assurance is given by Mr. Davis that
all mobile homes in this court will be properly trapped.
Ayes: Mr. Purdy, Mr. Dietsch and Mr. Martin.
Nays: Mr. Browning and Mr. Apperson.
The motion is passed.
Mrs. Fern Mertens and Mrs. Charles Crum~ome before the Board requesting a
Variance on a tract of land adjacent to Genito Estates Subdivision and it
was generally concluded that this matter be referred to the Planning Commission
after the property has been properly divided' as shown on a plat.
On motion of Mr. Purdy, seconded by Mr. Martin, it is resolved that the following
water contracts be and they hereby are approved:
WT1-31CD Genito Road $7,720.00
WT1-33D Shenandoah, Portion of Sec. "D" 15,533.10
W71-35D Glen Con~er, Section "C" 7,400.00
On motion of Mr. Purdy, seconded by Mr. Apperson, it is resolved that the
following sewer contracts be and they hereby are approved:
S71-7CD - Clan Conner Section "C"
S71-15D - Shenandoah, Portion Section
S71-16D - Belmont Hills, Sections A And B, Portion Phase II
STl-18D - Belmont Parkway Apartments, Phase I
S71-17D - Falling Creek - Grahamwood Road
There was presented a summation of the cost of extending water service to a
portion of Qualla Road, the entire cost of which would be $44,800.00. After
much discussion of the benefits accruing to the County and the subdivider, it
is on motion of Mr. Purdy, seconded by Mr. Browning, resolved that County
Engineer be and he is hereby authorized to install said line, provided Mr. Curtis.
Rudolph will pay $12,500.00 toward said line with no rebates for connectioBa.
On motion of Mr. Dietsch, seconded by Mr. Browning, it is resolved that this
Board awards a contract to the R. G. Martz Construction Corporation, who
submitted the low bid of $74,097.50 for constructing the new Manchester Fire
Station, with the understanding that this project will be completed in one
hundred and twenty (120) days.
There was presented a request signed by Mr. Latane T. Jenkins for a Variance
from the subdivision ordinance to allow the construction of a dwelling on a
parcel of land fronting on the south, line of Kingsland Road, 94.09 feet, being
now owned by James C. Lunsford.
On motion of Mr. Apperson, seconded by Mr. Purdy, it is resolved that a
Variance be granted for the construction of a dwelling on said parcel, provided
that a suitable widening strip is dedicated and provided further that Mr. Luns~ord
be informed that there will be no additional building permits granted on his
property unless it be subdivided.
The problem of Mrs. Burton Ellis' complaint concerning the subdivision of land
at the intersection of Strathmore Road and Westwood Street comes before the
Board.
Mr. Apperson cites that he has asked the Commonwealth,s Attorney to rule on
the legality of the Planning Commission,s action in approving this plat tentatively.
Mr. Rudy, Commonwealth,s Attorney, states that he has given the matter great
consideration and recommends that the plat again be submitted to the Planning
Commission whose members now have full knowledge of the rules governing sub-
divisions.
Upon further consideration and on motion of Mr. Apperson, seconded by Mr.
Browning, it is resolved that the Planning Commission be asked to review the
subdivision of Glen Coiner, Section "C", in light of the complaint received.
Mr. James Wiley Severt comes before the Board requesting a Variance to build
a dwelling on a parcel of land facing Br&nkley Road and states that the road
is dedicated 50 feet wide but has not been improved. Upon consideration
whereof, and on motion of Mr. Purdy, seconded by Mr. Apperson, it is resolved
that a Variance be granted to Mr. Severt who owns Parcels A.B and C, Tax Map
81-10 to allow the construction of a dwelling with the provision that the
County assumes no obligation to construct or maintain this road. It is under-
stood that the road is 50-ft. wide or additional land will be granted to make
said road 50-ft. wide.
On motion of Mr. Browning, seconded by Mr. Purdy, it is resolved that the Judge
of Circuit Court be requested to appoint Mr. Coyle LeRoy Oldham as Dog Warden
and Special Police for the County of Chesterfield.
On motion of Mr. Purdy, seconded by Mr. Apperson, it is resolved that the
School budget for the year 1971-'72 be amended as follows:
Reduce the expenditures 6f the following items:
41-411-135.1, Other Adm. Staff $7,350.00
41-411-135.2 Clerks 8,076.00
41-461-135.1 Staff 3,853.00
Increase:
41-411-299.3 15,426.00
41-461-299.0 3,853.00
And be it further resolved, that in thebudget for the Central Accounting Depart-
ment and the General Fund Item 11-016-109.0, be increased $19,279.00 and
li-000-955.7-reimbursement for school services, be increased $19,279.00.
On motion of Mr. Browning, seconded by Mr. Purdy, it is resolved that the sum
of $25,200.00 be appropriated from the unappropriated surplus of the General
Fund to the following accounts:
$3,500 to Compensation of Jurors - 11-051-121.0
300 to Collection Costs, 11-032-241.0
2,800 to Comp. issuing taga 11-033-150.0
1,000 to Issuing County Warrants, 11-052-199.0
5,000 to Travel, 11-061,220.0 and
9,100 to Motor Vehicles Repl., 11-061-400.1
3,500 to Fire truc~ repairs, 11-071,215.0
On motion of Mr. Browning, seconded by Mr. Purdy, it is resolved that the
sum of $7,150.00 be transferred from the unappropriated surplus of theEttrick
Sanitary District Fund to the following accounts=
$1,000 to Repairs & Maintenance, 31-201-215.0
$1,300 to. Sewer Service cost, 31-201-226.0
$2,400 to Construction Contracts, 31-201-234.0
$2,450 to Repl. Motor Vehicles, 31-201-400.1
There was cited the fact that the budget for the Primary roads of the Highway
Department originally presented has been passed by the Highway Commission and
is adopted.
On motion of Mr. Dietsch, seconded by Mr. Purdy, it is resolved that the erroneous
tax claims be and they hereby are approved for payment:
Clyde G. Goode, et al Assessment for first half of 1971 $3.10
Allen L. Woodfin & Margaret A. Woodfin First half of 1971 8.68
Herbert R. Crowder First half of 1971 9.30
G. Dallas Coons First half of 1971 21.70
Herbert R. Crowder First half of 1971 9.30
Herbert R. Crowder First half of 1971 9.30
Charles W. Cole First half of 1971 22.01
On motion of Mr. Martin, seconded by Mr. Dietsch, it is resolved that the
Director of Gemeral Services be allowed to rent one of the Fair Buildings for
a Charity Bebefit to be given by the Gamma Pi Epsilon S~r~rSty.
There was presented a recreation report citing the fact that six (6) play-
ground centers were opened on June 14th.
On motion of Mr. Purdy, seconded by Mr. Dietsxh, it is resolved that a Variance
from the subdivision ordinance be granted to Mr. Herman Smith, Jr'. to allow
the construction of a dwelling on a private road leading to Route 1147, with
the understanding that any further land development on this original tract
of land would require a subdivision plat.
WHEREAS, the Chesterfield County Nursing Home is providing dedicated, con-
cerned care to the aged and ill in our community, and
Whereas, as a long-term health care facility, the Chesterfield County
Nursing Home has assumed a leading role in upgrading the standards of services
for the elderly, chronically ill andconvalescent persons, many of whom have
outlived family and friends and need community contact and understanding; and
WHEREAS, The Chesterfield County Nursing Home is a member of the
American Nursing Home Association and Virginia Nursing Home Association, and
its staff is providing the highest quality care for its patients as exemplified
in the theme "Nursing Home-We Care", for National Nursing Home Week, June wp-26th.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, on motion of Mr. Browning, seconded by
Mr. Apperson, that this Board of Supervisors urges all citizens to show that
"They Care" about the elderly and ill in this Community by visiting the Chester-
field County Nursing Home during the week of June 20=26, 1971.
On motion of Mr. Apperson, seconded by Mr. Dietsch, it is resolved that the
Executive Secretary be and he hereby is authorized to sign a request for
Federal support for upgrading the Probation Office.
And be it further resolved, that the sum of $2,700.00 be and it hereby is
appropriated to the Probation Department to match Federal and State programs.
On motion of Mr. Browning, seconded by Mr. Purdy, it is resolved that the
following five (5) men be and they hereby are appointed to the Chesterfield
Open Spaces committee:
Dr. George Ray Partin - Matoaca
Mrs. Roger Stone - Bermuda
Mr. Fred Jurgens - Midlothian
Mr. Carl Wise - Director, Recreation
Mr. Michael Ritz - Director, Planning
There are two names yet to be appointed on this Commission.
On motion of Mr. Purdy, seconded by Mr. Apperson, it is resolved that this
Board go into Executive Session to discuss a legal problem.
Reconvening:
It is on motion of Mr. Browning, seconded by Mr. Purdy, resolved that this
Board adjourns at 7:50 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.. on June 28, 1971.
Executive Secretary