Warren County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE I
Constitution
§ 180-1 Title.
The regulations embraced in this and the following seven articles shall be designated the "Zoning Ordinance of Warren County, Virginia," and may be so cited.
§ 180-2 Purpose and intent.
The Zoning Ordinance of Warren County, Virginia, is intended to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the public and to implement the adopted Comprehensive Plan for the orderly and controlled development of the County. To accomplish these ends, the Zoning Ordinance is designed to:
A.
Facilitate the creation of a convenient, attractive and harmonious community; provide for adequate light, air and convenience of access; provide safety from fire, flood and other dangers; and reduce or prevent congestion in the public streets.
B.
Provide for County growth that is consistent with the efficient and economic use of public funds.
C.
Recognize the needs of agriculture, housing, industry and business in the County's future growth.
D.
Promote the creation and expansion of land uses that will be developed with adequate police and fire protection and adequate highway, utility, health, education and recreational facilities.
E.
Provide residential areas with healthy surroundings for family life.
F.
Protect against destruction of or encroachment upon historic areas.
G.
Encourage economic development activities that broaden the tax base and provide desirable employment.
H.
Encourage the preservation of streams, valleys, steep slopes, lands of natural beauty, dense forestation, scenic vistas and similar areas, and to ensure that development in such areas is well controlled.
I.
Protect against the following: overcrowding of land; undue intensity of noise; air and water pollution; undue density of population in relation to community facilities existing or available; obstruction of light and air; danger and congestion in travel and transportation; and loss of life, health or property from fire, flood, panic or other dangers.
J.
Protect approach slopes and other safety areas of licensed airports.
K.
Accomplish all other objectives and exercise all other powers as set forth in Article 7, Zoning, of Chapter 22 of Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia, as amended.
[Amended 10-21-2008]
§ 180-3 Severability.
Should any section or provision of this chapter be found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, such finding shall not affect the validity of this chapter as a whole or any part thereof other than the part or parts so found to be unconstitutional or invalid.
§ 180-4 Conflicting ordinances.
Whenever any provision of this chapter imposes a greater requirement or a higher standard than is required in any state or federal statute or other County ordinance or regulation, the provision of this chapter shall govern. Whenever any provision of any state or federal statute or other County ordinance or regulation imposes a greater requirement or a higher standard than is required by this chapter, the provision of such state or federal statute or other County ordinance or regulation shall govern.
§ 180-5 Effective date; enactment; copy on file.
A.
The Zoning Ordinance of Warren County, Virginia, as herein presented, was adopted on August 18, 1992, and became effective at 12:01 a.m. on August 19, 1992, at which time the Zoning Ordinance of the County of Warren, Virginia, adopted June 26, 1973, as recodified and as amended, was repealed.
B.
Unless otherwise qualified herein, the term "effective date" when used in this chapter shall be deemed to be August 19, 1992, or the effective date of an applicable amendment thereto. A certified copy of the Zoning Ordinance of Warren County, Virginia, as may be amended from time to time, shall be filed in the office of the Zoning Administrator of Warren County and in the office of the County Administrator.