(a)

The R-E residential estate district is established to:

(1)

Provide for single-family detached dwellings at a density not to exceed one dwelling unit per one acre;

(2)

Allow other selected uses which are compatible with the low-density residential character of the district; and

(3)

Otherwise implement the stated purpose and intent of this chapter in section 90-2.

(b)

It is the intent that this zoning district be utilized in areas of the county where soil and other conditions permit development of this density but where there is little likelihood of water and sewer lines being extended to these areas.

(Code 1988, § 17-56)

The following are permitted uses in the R-E residential estate district:

(1)

Dwellings, single-family detached on individual lots.

(2)

Public schools, parks, playgrounds, athletic fields and related facilities.

(3)

Church, church bulletin board, parish hall, parish home, convent, monastery.

(4)

Offstreet parking as required by article XIX of this chapter.

(5)

Agriculture uses on a tract of land not less than five acres in size as defined in section 90-1.

(6)

Maintaining horses, mules, donkeys and ponies as defined in 90-1035.

(7)

Home occupations:

a.

Office.

b.

Home occupation child care.

(8)

Maintaining poultry and bees as defined in 90-1035.1.

(9)

Animal boarding place, private, on parcels of more than one acre in size.

(Code 1988, § 17-57; Ord. No. O-02-012, 10-22-2002; Ord. No. O-17-04, § 1, 4-25-2017; Ord. No. O-13-01 (01-14-2014), § 1, 1-14-2014; Ord. No. O-13-04, § 1, 1-14-2014; Ord. No. O-22-37, § 5, 12-13-2022)

In the R-E residential estate district, the following uses and structures are permitted by special exception by the board of supervisors:

(1)

Interment uses.

(2)

Public utilities facilities to include:

a.

Electric substations and distribution centers including transformer stations.

b.

Natural gas, oil or other petroleum product metering, regulating, compressor, control, and distribution stations and local office space incidental thereto and necessary for the operation of such station, but not including storage facilities.

c.

Sewerage pumping facilities.

d.

Water storage, control, and pumping facilities.

e.

Utility transmission facilities and telecommunications facilities, including but not limited to poles, structures, wires, conduits, cables, vaults or other similar equipment for the transmission of telephone or other communication electricity; gas or water. For the purposes of this subsection, utility transmission facilities shall not include the following:

1.

Ordinary distribution facilities for delivery of such utilities to customers.

2.

Transmission lines approved by the state corporation commission pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 56-46.1.

(3)

Private schools of general and/or special education, including day care center.

(4)

Medical facilities limited to nursing facilities which have a capacity of less than 50 beds; group day care facilities.

(5)

Noncommercial community swimming pools, bathhouses, tennis courts, volleyball courts and similar outside private recreation uses to exclude musical concerts, festivals and related activities.

(6)

Commercial marinas, docks and boating facilities.

(7)

Family day care home (large).

(8)

Tree stump landfills. Stumps and other natural vegetation may be buried in designated areas, provided:

a.

A surveyed plat of the landfilling site so designated is recorded in the clerk of the circuit court's office;

b.

All county erosion control and reclamation ordinances are adhered to; and

c.

Such other conditions as required by the board that are deemed appropriate.

(9)

Home professional and trade offices.

(10)

Home occupation in an accessory building.

(Code 1988, § 17-58; Ord. No. O-02-012, 10-22-2002)

(1)

Animal boarding place, private, on parcels of one acre or less in size.

(Ord. No. O-12-37, § 1, 11-27-2012; Ord. No. O-22-37, § 6, 12-13-2022)

The following are use limitations in the R-E residential estate district:

(1)

No sale of goods or products shall be permitted except as accessory and incidental to a permitted use, conditional use or special exception use.

(2)

Any use not expressly permitted as an accessory use or a use permitted by special exception is prohibited.

(Code 1988, § 17-59)

For lots in the R-E residential estate district served by public or private water and sewage disposal systems, the minimum lot area shall be one acre unless otherwise qualified by the requirements of this chapter.

(Code 1988, § 17-60)

Buildings in an R-E residential estate district may be erected up to 35 feet in height, except that:

(1)

The height limit for dwellings may be increased up to 45 feet and up to three stories if there are two side yards for each permitted use, each of which is 15 feet or more, plus one foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.

(2)

A public or semipublic building such as a school or church 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 in height over 35 feet.

(3)

Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimney flues, flagpoles, television antennae and radio aerials are exempted. Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.

(4)

No accessory building which is within 20 feet of any party lot line shall be more than one story high. All accessory buildings shall be less than the main building in height.

(Code 1988, § 17-61)

Structures in an R-E residential estate district shall be located 75 feet from a recorded subdivision road. All homes constructed on lots in the R-E district will be set back from interior roads within the subdivision.

(Code 1988, § 17-62)

(a)

The minimum frontage of permitted use in the R-E residential estate district at the setback line shall be 150 feet or more.

(b)

The minimum yard in an R-E district for each main structure shall be 15 feet or more, and a total width of two required side yards shall be 35 feet or more.

(c)

Each main structure shall have a rear yard of 35 feet or more.

(Code 1988, § 17-63)

(a)

Of the two sides of a corner lot in an R-E residential estate district, the front shall be deemed to be the shortest of the two sides fronting on streets.

(b)

The side yard on the side facing the side street shall be 40 feet or more for both main and accessory buildings.

(c)

The minimum width for each corner lot shall be 175 feet.

(Code 1988, § 17-64)

(a)

In the R-E residential estate district, accessory uses and structures are permitted as defined. No accessory structure may be closer than five feet to any property line.

(b)

The following are considered accessory uses within the R-E residential estate district, but are subject to the noted provisions:

(1)

Roof- or ground-mounted small solar energy facility or large-scale solar energy facility as defined by section 90-1, provided that the solar facility only generates energy for that structure.

(2)

Accessory buildings; however, garages or other accessory buildings such as carports, porches, and stoops attached to the main building shall be considered part of the main building.

(Ord. No. O-17-04, § 1, 4-25-2017)