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Ordinance 2003-04
Adoption of New Zoning Regulations With Amendments and Corrections
ADOPTED: March 4, 2003
EFFECTIVE: March 4, 2003
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TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA
ORDINANCE 2003-04
ADOPTION OF NEW ZONING REGULATIONS WITH
AMENDMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
WHEREAS, the Town Council of Pulaski, Virginia has reviewed the proposed zoning
regulations and rnap received from the Planning Comnssion and has referred proposed zoning
amendments to the Planning Commission,. and m addition has considered the comprehensive plan
and amended same; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council has considered the best interests of the community and
bases the following ordinance has corrected) upon the public necessity, convenience, general
welfare and good zonng practices; and
BE I ~ ORDAIlVED by the Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia sitting in regular
session the 4 day of March, 2003, that the attached "Zoning Regulations Town of Pulasla,
Virginia" are hereby adopted as if expressly set forth herein.
This ordinance is effective upon adoption and is hereby adopted this 4th day of March,
2003, by the duly recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, as follows:
Bettye H. Steger -Aye
John T. Bolen - No
Pauline G. Mitchell -Aye
Jeffrey S. Worrell -Aye
Kenneth M. Fleenor Aye
James M. Neblett, Jr. -Absent
E. G. Black, Jr. -Aye
Town of Pulaski, Virginia
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1. Churches by right in ail business and residential districts
The phrase "houses of worship" has been placed in all residential and business
districts as a permitted use in the following locations:
R-1 Section 401.2-4 Page 12
R-2 Section 402.3-1 Page 14
R-3 Section 404.2-5 Page 18
R-4 Section 405.2-5 Page 21
R-5 Section 406.2-5 Page 23
B-1 Section 409.2-25 Page 35
B-2 Section 410.2-47 Page 41
B-3 Section 411.2-22 Page 44
2. Recreational Vehicles-stored off-street and prohibited from occupancy
R-1 Section 402.4-3 Page 15
R-2 Section 403.4-3 Page 18
R-3 Section 404.4-3 Page 20
R-4 Section 405.4-3 Page 22
3. Parking Lots-Page 71
Section 503.2-1 amended to read:
"Ali parking areas except those serving one and two-family dwellings, shall be an all
weather surface."
Section 503.2-2 amended to read:
"Parking areas shall be subject to site plan review."
4. Signs
Section 506.9-5 (a) "Only one free-standing sign per business." Page 83
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5. Schedule of Fe®s-Council Shaii Set Fees
a. Section 801.1 amended to read:
"Each application for a special exception permit shall be accompanied by
payment of a fee as set by Council."-Page 109
b. Section 801.2 shall be amended to read:
"Each application for a hearing before the BZA for an administrative review for a
variance shall be accompanied by payment of a fee as set by the BZA."
(Council needs fo authorize a correction to this in the text. Should read "Each
application for a hearing before the BZA for an administrative review or a
variance shall be accompanied by payment of a fee as set by CounciL'~~
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Page 109
" ~ ` c. Section 802 "Fees Related to Amendments" shall be amended to read:
~, "Each application fee for an amendment to the zoning text or the zoning map
(rezoning) shall be accompanied by a fee as set by Council." Page 109.
6. General Provlstons-Article 300-Front of Structure Must Face Front of Lot
Page 10
Article 300, General Provisions, shall be amended to add a provision as follows:
"Section 308-"The front of all structures must face the front of the lot."
7. Light Manufacturing for B-3 District-Page Page 45
Amend Section 411.3 (Special Exceptions for the B-3 District) to include the
following:
411.3-8 Light Manufacturing
8. Addition to Definitions-Section 1102-Page 115
Adding the fo{lowing definition as follows:
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Cemetery-any land or structure used or intended to be used for the internment of
human remains; the sprinkling of ashes or their burial in a biodegradable container
on church grounds or their placement in a columbarium on church property shall not
constitute the creation of a cemetery.
No cemetery shall be established within 250 yards of any residence without the
consent of the owner of the legal and equitable title of the residence; provided that
subject to the foregoing if the location for the proposed cemetery is separated from
any residence by a state highway, it may be established upon such location without
the consent of the owner of such residence if it be not less than 250 feet from the
residence at its nearest point thereto; provided such prohibition and restriction shall
not apply where the tract of land intended for use as a cemetery is separated from
any residence by a state highway and now contains a public or private burial ground
and is not within the corporate limits of the town; and no cemetery shall be hereafter
established, and no burial made in any part of any cemetery, other than a municipal
cemetery, located within 300 yards of any property owned ~ any city, town, or water
company, upon which or a portion of which are now located driven wells from which
water is pumped or drawn from the ground in connection with the public water
supply. Further a plat shall be provided with the application for a special exception
for a burial within the aforesaid definition of cemetery and such plat shall be capable
of being recorded in the Circuit Court of the County of Pulaski, Virgins Clerk's Office
before said special exception, if approved, is effective.
9. Amendments to Permit Cemeteries in Residentia{ Areas Under Special
Exceptions
f a. R-2 403.3-9 Page 17 c. R-4 405.3-10 Page 22
b. R-3 404.3-13 Page 20 d. R-5 406.3-3 Page 24
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I, Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council, certify that the foregoing Ordinance 2003-04Adoption of
New Zoning Regulations with Amendments and Corrections, is a true and correct copy as
adopted by the Pulaski Town Council at their regular meeting on March 4, 2003.
Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council
TcJcfordinance7certification 2003-04