Amelia County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XI
ER-1 Existing Residential District
§ 325-11.1 Intent.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
This district is intended to protect and stabilize areas which are currently zoned ER-1 and may have been subdivided or developed under the former A-3 Zoning District provisions. It is intended only to provide a "grandfather" provision to minimize hardship and inconvenience on existing settlements. Such areas are not intended to be expanded nor new areas changed to this district. This district is intended to provide an orderly and protected transition between general agriculture areas and areas experiencing nonagricultural development, principally those of residential development concentration. The ER-1 Existing Residential District is intended to protect existing housing resources and to provide for orderly development of new, in-fill housing resources within these existing districts.
§ 325-11.2 Permitted uses.
A.
Accessory structures and uses.
B.
Agriculture, limited.
C.
Bed-and-breakfast.
D.
Day-care center and nursery.
E.
Family division.
[Amended 12-17-2003]
F.
Home day care.
G.
Home occupation.
H.
Large lot division.
[Amended 12-17-2003]
I.
Mobile home, double-wide.
J.
Mobile home, single-wide.
K.
Off-street parking.
L.
Parks and playgrounds.
M.
Preserve and conservation area.
N.
Public utilities (extension).
O.
Schools, churches, libraries.
P.
Single cut subdivision.
[Amended 12-17-2003]
Q.
Single-family dwelling.
R.
Subdivision, major.
[Amended 12-17-2003]
S.
Subdivision, minor.
[Amended 12-17-2003]
T.
Temporary family health care structure.
[Amended 4-15-2015]
U.
Wayside stand.
V.
Wireless support structures up to 80 feet.
[Amended 2-21-2018]
§ 325-11.3 Permitted uses by special exception.
§ 325-11.4 Accessory uses.
§ 325-11.6 Building height.
Thirty-five feet, except:
A.
The height limit for dwellings may be increased up to 45 feet and up to three stories, provided there are two side yards for each permitted use, each of which is 20 feet or more, plus one foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
B.
A public or semipublic building such as a school, church, or library may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade, provided that required front, side and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot of building height over 35 feet.
C.
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, silos, barns, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, and wireless support structures are exempt. Parapet wall may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.
[Amended 2-21-2018]
D.
No accessory building which is less than 20 feet from any lot line shall be more than one story high. All accessory buildings shall be less than the main building in height.