§ 1301. R-A residential agricultural district.

The R-A residential agricultural district is established as a district in which the principal use of the land is for low density residential and agricultural purposes where development not having access to public water and sewer services will occur at sufficiently low density to provide a healthful environment. In addition, a number of uses may be allowed subject to conditions required by the zoning board of adjustment regarding the location, operation, appearance, and other features of the proposed building, structure, or use as it deems advisable to protect the property values and residential-agricultural environment of the district and to insure that the spirit of the ordinance shall be observed.

1301.01 The following uses are permitted in the R-A residential agricultural zone:

a.

Accessory building.

b.

Accessory uses (incidental to any permitted use, including home occupations, subject to conditions).

c.

Agricultural or farm use.

d

Cemetery. Family cemeteries and church cemeteries, provided all crypts and graves be setback a minimum of 30 feet from all exterior property lines, easements or public road right-of-ways, and provided that no burial lots are sold on a commercial basis. All applicable requirements of the North Carolina General Statues shall be met. Any existing cemetery with plots included in a future expansion on record that are closer than this setback shall be exempt.

e.

Church.

f.

Dwelling, multifamily, in conformity with Halifax County health regulations.

g.

Dwelling, single-family.

h.

Dwelling, two-family, in conformity with Halifax County health regulations.

i.

Fuel storage, if complying with applicable codes.

j.

Mobile home, individual.

k.

School, public.

l.

School, trade or vocational.

m.

Sewage treatment plants, water treatment plants, and garbage disposal facilities operated by Halifax County or a municipality therein.

n.

Telephone exchange operation exclusive of structures that may be entered by service personnel provided same complies with section 1403 of this ordinance.

(Ord. of 12-2-91(1); Ord. of 12-4-95(1); Amend. of 3-8-04)

1301.02 The following uses may be permitted upon the approval of the Halifax County board of adjustment, in accordance with article VII, section 701.03 of this ordinance. It shall be the duty of the board of adjustment to hold a public hearing in regard to any proposed conditional use in order to review the plans for the location and use of all buildings, structures, and open land. The board of adjustment shall evaluate the effect of the proposed conditional use on the surrounding property and on the traffic capacity of the existing road system.

a.

Alcoholic beverages packaged, retail sale.

b.

Ambulance service.

c.

Animal medical care, including kennels, with side yard requirements.

d.

Antique shops, with display of objects in usable condition only.

e.

Assembly hall, armory, stadium, coliseum.

f.

Auction sales.

g.

Automobile parts and accessory sales.

h.

Automobile repair and/or body work permitted only for autos in process of repair, with screen or evergreen planting five feet high.

i.

Automobile sales, new and used.

j.

Automobile service station operations, providing five-foot screening for all vehicles not in operation.

k.

Automobile washing establishment.

l.

Bakery production and wholesale sales.

m.

Baking, on premises, and retail only.

n.

Bank, savings and loan.

o.

Barbering and hairdressing services.

p.

Bed and breakfast homes.

q.

Bicycle sales and repair.

r.

Blacksmith.

s.

Boardinghouse.

t.

Boats and accessories, retail sales and service.

u.

Books and printed matter, distribution.

v.

Bottled gas distribution, bulk storage.

w.

Bottling.

x.

Builders' supply.

y.

Cabinetmaking.

z.

Carpet and rug cleaning.

aa.

Clinic services, medical and dental.

bb.

Club or lodge.

cc.

Coal sales and storage.

dd.

Commercial crop spraying operation by aircraft.

ee.

Construction trades.

ff.

Constructor, general.

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Dairy products, retail sales.

hh.

Dairy products, sales and processing.

ii.

Day care center and kindergarten.

jj.

Dry cleaning and laundry, commercial or self-service.

kk.

Eating and drinking establishments, excluding drive-ins.

ll.

Eating and drinking establishments, including drive-ins.

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Exterminating service.

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Fairground activities, including carnivals and circuses.

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Farm machinery sales and service.

pp.

Farm supplies, excluding farm machinery.

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Fire stations.

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Flower shop.

ss.

Food freezer operations.

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Food sales.

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Funeral homes.

vv.

Gasoline storage aboveground, provided the same comply [sic] with applicable codes and regulations.

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Golf courses, country clubs and driving ranges.

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Hardware, paint, and garden supplies.

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Hatchery operations.

zz.

Home for the elderly.

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Home furnishing and appliance sales.

bbb.

Home occupations. Refer to section 1001.28.

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Hospital and sanitarium.

ddd.

Hunting preserve.

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Industrial operations.

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Industrial sales.

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Kennel.

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Laboratory, medical or dental.

iii.

Laboratory, research.

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Library.

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Livestock sale and auction.

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Locksmith, gunsmith.

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Miniature golf.

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Mobile home park, as regulated by article XIV, section 1404.

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Motel, hotel, or motor court.

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Monument sales.

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Monument works.

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Newsstand.

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Nursery, plant.

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Nursing home.

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Office of doctor, dentist, osteopath, chiropractor, optometrist, physiotherapist, or other profession.

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Photography, commercial.

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Private recreation club or swim club.

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Public recreation, operated on a nonprofit basis.

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Public utility station or substation.

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Public utility works, shops, or storage yards.

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Quarry operations.

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Riding academy.

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School, business and commercial.

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School, private elementary or secondary.

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Secondhand shop.

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Signs.

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Solid waste reclamation.

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Storage, warehouse.

iiii.

Surface mining.

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Tailoring and dressmaking.

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Teaching of art, music, dance or other fine arts.

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Telephone exchange operation whose enclosure is designed to be entered by service personnel provided same complies with section 1403 of this ordinance.

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Temporary construction building.

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Theater productions, indoor.

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Theater productions, outdoor.

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Tobacco sales warehousing.

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Truck terminal activities, repair, hauling, manufacturing and storage.

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Upholstering or furniture refinishing.

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Wholesaling operation, with merchandise stored entirely within a building.

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Electronic gaming operations (as defined in subsection 1413.01), arcades or similar forms of amusement and entertainment within the establishment.

(Ord. of 4-19-84; Ord. of 2-3-86; Ord. of 6-4-90; Ord. of 6-3-91; Ord. of 12-4-95(1); Ord. of 12-4-95(2); Res. of 7-10-17(1), § 1)

1301.03 The following uses may be permitted by the Halifax County board of commissioners, in accordance with article VIII of this ordinance. It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to hold a public hearing in regard to any proposed special use to review the plans for the location and use of all buildings, structures, and open land. The board of commissioners shall evaluate the effect of the proposed special use on the property and on the traffic capacity of the surrounding road system.

a.

Planned unit developments, subject to conditions of article XIV, section 1407 of this ordinance.

b.

Planned shopping centers, subject to article XIV, section 1409.

1301.04 Dimensional requirements:

a.

Minimum required lot area per dwelling unit or principal permitted use—20,000 square feet.

b.

Minimum required mean lot width per dwelling unit or principal permitted use—100 feet.

c.

Minimum required front yard—40 feet.

d.

Minimum required side yard. At least 15 feet on each side of every principal building except that any side yard abutting a street be at least 35 feet.

e.

Minimum required rear yard. Twenty percent of the mean lot depth provided that such rear yard need not exceed 30 feet.

f.

Height of buildings. No building shall exceed 35 feet in height or two stories unless the depth of front and width of side yards required herein shall be increased one foot for each two feet, or fraction thereof, of building height in excess of 35 feet or two stories.

(Ord. of 6-7-82)

1301.05 Location of accessory buildings: No accessory building shall be erected in any required front or side yard or within 15 feet of any street line or within three feet of any lot line not a street line. An accessory building may be located in a rear yard provided it is located a distance not less than ten feet from any principal building and three feet from the rear lot line, and provided further, that on reversed corner lots no accessory building shall extend toward the street line beyond the required front yard line of the lot to the rear or nearer than 25 feet to the street line whichever is greater.

1301.06 Corner visibility: On a corner lot within the triangular area formed by the centerlines of the intersecting streets and a direct line joining points on such centerlines at a distance of 80 feet from their intersection, there shall be no obstruction to vision between a height of two feet and a height of ten feet above the average centerline grades of such streets, such grades being measured along the above cited 80-foot street portions.

1301.07 Offstreet parking: As required in section [article] XVI.

1301.08 Principal structure orientation: The front (main) entrance of the principal structure shall be oriented either parallel to or perpendicular to the building line. The minimum required building line shall be 100 feet as measured from side property to side property line.

1301.09. Size of accessory buildings: Accessory buildings to a residential use shall not have a ground floor area which exceeds 1,000 square feet or more than the ground floor area of the principal building; whichever is greater, unless the area of land occupied by the principal building and all accessory buildings does not exceed 15 percent of the entire parcel of land. Exceptions shall require a conditional use permit to be obtained from the board of adjustment.

(Amend. of 11-1-99; Amend. of 6-3-02)