ARTICLE II. GENERAL REGULATIONS

DIVISION 2. GENERAL YARD REGULATIONS

Sec. 24.1-223.1. Special requirements adjacent to unused rights-of-way.

In the case of a parcel abutting a primary system highway that is not a limited access roadway or a frontage road associated with a limited access roadway and that is not planned for widening in the current Virginia Department of Transportation Six-Year Plan or in the current Regional Transportation Plan or the York County Comprehensive Plan, if the front property line of said parcel is 50 feet or more from the edge of the existing pavement the 20-foot front landscaped yard required by section 24.1-244 may be reduced to five feet, provided that the Virginia Department of Transportation will allow the landscape planting requirements specified by section 24.1-242 to be met by plantings which shall be installed by the property owner within that 5-foot area and the 15 feet of right of way closest to the front property line, and the 10-foot setback for signs required by section 24.1-702 may be waived and the sign may be located in the area between the normal setback line and the front property line or, in the event the Virginia Department of Transportation authorizes such placement through a land lease or permit arrangement, may be located within 10 feet of the front property line of the parcel and within the VDOT right-of-way, provided however, that any new sign installed pursuant to this section shall be a monument style sign. Should such lease/permit be terminated by VDOT, or should the subject 10-foot area be needed for a public utility project, the property owner shall be responsible for relocating the sign to comply with all applicable sign setback standards then in effect. .

(Ord. No. 05-22(R), 8/16/05)