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Appomattox City Zoning Code

ARTICLE X

- PUBLIC USE DISTRICT, P-1

Sec. 36-365. - Statement of intent.

The P-1 Public Use District is intended to allow cultural, recreational, educational, and governmental uses. The council intends that this classification will apply primarily to governmentally owned property, but it may also apply to privately owned property being put to similar uses.

(Code 2003, § 195-73; Ord. of 8-12-2013)

Sec. 36-366. - Permitted uses.

In the P-1 Public Use District, uses permitted as a matter of right are as follows:

(1)

Schools not housing students overnight.

(2)

Police stations.

(3)

Fire stations.

(4)

Rescue squad stations.

(5)

Parks, playgrounds, and recreational facilities.

(6)

Libraries.

(7)

Administrative offices or other public use facilities for governmental entities.

(8)

Community centers and other assembly halls.

(9)

Water treatment facilities.

(10)

Sewage treatment facilities.

(11)

Neighborhood public utilities.

(12)

Water tanks.

(13)

Cemeteries.

(14)

Municipal maintenance facilities.

(Code 2003, § 195-74; Ord. of 8-12-2013)

Sec. 36-367. - Special use permit.

In the P-1 district, the following uses are permitted with special use permit:

(1)

Festival parks, in which occasional celebrations, sales, lawn parties, fundraisers, and similar events are held.

(2)

Telecommunications towers and telecommunications antennas, in accordance with article XIII of this chapter.

(3)

Wide-area public utilities.

(Code 2003, § 195-75; Ord. of 8-12-2013)

Sec. 36-368. - Area regulations.

There are no requirements for minimum lot areas, front yards, street frontage, lot width, depth, side yards, rear yards, or lot coverage.

(Code 2003, § 195-76; Ord. of 8-12-2013)

Sec. 36-369. - Height.

Buildings shall not exceed three stories or 40 feet in height, whichever is less. There is no height limit for other types of structures, except as may be provided in article XVI of this chapter.

(Code 2003, § 195-77; Ord. of 8-12-2013)

Sec. 36-370. - Off-street parking.

Parking lots, loading and unloading zones, etc., shall be provided as part of the property development, and the appropriate number of parking spaces shall be coordinated with the zoning administrator.

(Code 2003, § 195-78; Ord. of 8-12-2013)

Sec. 36-371. - Signs.

Sign regulations shall be as provided in as provided in article XVI of this chapter.

(Code 2003, § 195-79; Ord. of 8-12-2013)