§ 20-2. Applicability and Exemptions.

20-2-1 Site plan approval shall be required prior to the issuance of certain building permits and the establishment of certain uses, as identified herein. However, all construction, alteration, change or remodeling associated with an existing use and encompassing less than 500 square feet of either gross floor area or disturbed area, shall be exempt from the requirements of this Article. Likewise, the establishment of accessory uses or changes in use which result in the same or lesser parking requirements shall be exempt from the requirements of this Article.

20-2-2 Changes in principal and accessory uses, with no additional increase in building square footage, to a use that has a greater parking requirement than the previous use shall require submission and approval of a parking tabulation to demonstrate that the number of existing parking spaces on site meets the minimum off-street parking requirements for all uses.

20-2-3 Administrative Site Plan. An administrative site plan, approved by the Zoning Administrator, shall be required for the following:

a.

Establishment of one single family detached dwelling, manufactured/mobile home or duplex dwelling, and its related principal and accessory uses and structures.

b.

Additions to single family, detached or attached dwellings manufactured/mobile home, or duplex dwellings, and their related accessory uses and structures.

c.

Accessory structures such as storage structures, pools, gazebos, etc.

d.

Installation of new manufactured/mobile homes on existing pads within an existing manufactured home park.

e.

Accessory uses such as fences, walls, and ornamental features for neighborhood entrances.

f.

Home occupations.

g.

Signs.

h.

Temporary uses and structures such as stands for retail sales of seasonal items and tents for temporary events.

i.

The following uses, provided that the use or activity shall not (a) exceed 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or land disturbance area; or (b) exceed 2,500 square feet of gross floor area or land disturbance area for additions and alterations to provide a handicapped accessibility improvement; or (c) reduce required open space, parking, aisles, driveways, transitional screening or buffers:

1)

Antennas and satellite earth stations.

2)

Additions and alterations to existing uses, which may include changes or additions to features such as decks, vestibules, loading docks, mechanical equipment and storage structures, changes to the site such as walkways, landscaping or paving, or the addition of light poles or lighting fixtures to an existing use that is permitted by right in the zoning district in which located.

3)

Accessory outdoor storage and display.

20-2-4. Minor Site Plans. A minor site plan may be submitted by the property owner or by an agent of the property owner in lieu of a full site plan in the following situations:

a.

Additions to existing buildings and structures or expansions of uses when such addition/expansion does not exceed 2,500 square feet or one-fifth ( 1/5 ) of the gross floor area of existing buildings, whichever is greater.

b.

Additions and alterations to provide an accessibility improvement not listed as qualified for an Administrative Site Plan in Section 20-2-3 above.

c.

In existing open space areas or parkland, the establishment or expansion of recreational amenities that exceed a total of 5,000 square feet of disturbed area.

d.

For uses deemed by the Zoning Administrator to be industrial (not commercial) uses, in areas which are designated by the then current Comprehensive Plan as industrial and where no Planning Commission review would be required to satisfy the provisions of Section 15.2-2232 of the Code of Virginia.

e.

Institutional uses such a schools and churches.

20-2-5. Full Site Plans. Unless so noted in either Section 20-2-1, 20-2-2, 20-2-3 or 20-2-4 above, prior to construction and/or establishment, the following uses, including modifications or alterations to existing uses, shall require full site plan approval.

a.

All conditional (requiring use permits) uses.

b.

All principal (permitted) multi-family uses in the "Residential" districts; R-3, R-4 and RMH.

c.

All principal (permitted) uses in "Commercial" districts; CC, VC, and CS.

d.

All principal (permitted) uses in "Industrial" districts; LI and HI.

e.

All principal (permitted) uses in the "Planned" districts; PUD and PBD, except for residential uses subject to the Subdivision Ordinance.

(Ord. of 1-7-2014(3))

(Ord. of 1-7-2014(3))