<div class="chunk-title">Section 1303. - R-8 residential district.</div>
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               The R-8 residential district is established as a single-family and duplex residential
               zone.
               
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                  1303.01 The following uses are permitted in the R-8 residential district:
                  
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                     a.
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                     Accessory uses clearly incidental to a permitted use and which will not create a nuisance
                     or hazard.
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                     b.
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                     Agriculture or horticulture including the sale of products on the property where produced,
                     provided that no retail stand or other commercial structure shall be located thereon,
                     and no greenhouse heating plant shall be operated within 30 feet of any front property
                     line and not less than eight feet from any other property line.
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                     c.
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                     Automobile parking operated in conjunction with permitted uses and in accordance with
                     the requirements of article XVI.
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                     d.
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                     Business signs announcing the name of a subdivision, mobile home court or group housing
                     project located on the premises at major entrances; provided, that such signs are
                     neatly constructed and maintained, limited to announcing only the name and do not
                     obstruct corner visibility.
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                     e.
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                     Business signs in the nature of temporary real estate signs not to exceed four square
                     feet in area.
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                     f.
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                     Business signs not over two square feet in area attached flat against the building
                     in association with an incidental home occupation.
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                     g.
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                     Business signs not to exceed eight square feet for any church, school or other public
                     or semipublic institution.
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                     h.
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                     Cemeteries.
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                     i.
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                     Churches and other places of worship, including parish houses and Sunday school buildings.
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                     j.
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                     Dwellings, single-family.
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                     k.
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                     Dwellings, two-family.
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                     l.
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                     Fences, as regulated in article XIV, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_APXAZO_ARTXIVSUUS_S1402FEWA" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 1402</a>.
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                     m.
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                     Fuel oil and kerosene for heating purposes in aboveground containers provided the
                     same comply with applicable codes.
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                     n.
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                     Gasoline storage aboveground provided the same comply with applicable codes and regulations.
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                     o.
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                     Gasoline storage, underground provided the same comply with applicable codes.
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                     p.
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                     Reserved.
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                     q.
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                     Nonconforming uses and buildings as provided in article IV.
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                     r.
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                     Police, fire, rescue squad, and civil defense stations.
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                     s.
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                     Railroad rights-of-way.
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                     t.
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                     Sporting events such as baseball, football, basketball, track meets, and similar games,
                     including accessory concessions, in accordance with the grounds and facilities conditionally
                     permitted in the district by this ordinance.
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                     u.
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                     Telephone exchange operation exclusive of structures that may be entered by service
                     personnel provided same complies with <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_APXAZO_ARTXIVSUUS_S1403PUUTSTSU" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 1403</a> of this ordinance.
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               (Ord. of 4-19-84; Ord. of 12-4-95(1); Ord. of 12-4-95(2))
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               1303.02 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.
               
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                  a.
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                  Day care facilities and kindergartens operated as an incidental home occupation with
                  an outdoor play area equivalent to at least 100 square feet per child as permitted
                  by article XIV, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_APXAZO_ARTXIVSUUS_S1405DACAFA" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 1405</a> of this ordinance.
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                  b.
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                  Day nurseries and kindergartens with an outdoor play area equivalent to at least 100
                  square feet per child as permitted by article XIV, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_APXAZO_ARTXIVSUUS_S1405DACAFA" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 1405</a> of this ordinance.
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                  c.
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                  Grounds and facilities for open air games and sports, country clubs, community centers,
                  branch libraries, and other similar properties operated exclusively for pleasure,
                  recreation and other social, athletic or educational purposes limited to not more
                  than 300 participants, including spectators, provided such grounds and facilities
                  are operated by clubs or other organizations, no part of the net earnings of which
                  inures to the benefit of any private person or shareholder.
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                  d.
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                  Public grade schools and private schools having curricula approximately the same as
                  ordinarily given in public schools including gymnasiums, and administrative offices,
                  and assembly halls in conjunction therewith.
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                  e.
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                  Public utility transformer substations, transmission towers, and water tanks on towers,
                  and telephone central offices but not service or storage yards are permitted as a
                  conditional use in all districts subject to the conditions as specified in article
                  XIV, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_APXAZO_ARTXIVSUUS_S1403PUUTSTSU" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 1403</a>. Public utility distribution lines shall be permitted as a permitted use in all zoning
                  districts.
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                  f.
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                  Reclamation landfills, as permitted in article XIV, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_APXAZO_ARTXIVSUUS_S1401RELA" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 1401</a> of this ordinance.
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                  g.
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                  Telephone exchange operation whose enclosure is designed to be entered by service
                  personnel provided same complies with <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_APXAZO_ARTXIVSUUS_S1403PUUTSTSU" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 1403</a> of this ordinance.
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                  h.
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                  Home occupations. Refer to section 1001.28.
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               (Ord. of 12-4-95(1); Ord. of 12-4-95(2))
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            <p class="refeditor1" block_type="hang"><b>Editor's noteâ€” </b>
               Two ordinances adopted Dec. 4, 1995, set out provisions adding subsection g. to section
               1303.02. At the editor's discretion, the provisions in Ord. of 12-4-95(2) have been
               codified as subsection h.
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               1303.03 The following use 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 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 surrounding property and on the capacity of the existing road system.
               
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                  a.
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                  Planned unit developments subject to conditions of article XIV, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_APXAZO_ARTXIVSUUS_S1407PLUNDEDI" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 1407</a> of this ordinance.
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               1303.04 Dimensional requirements:
               
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                  a.
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                  Minimum required lot area per dwelling unit or principal permitted useâ€”8,000 square
                  feet.
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                  b.
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                  Minimum additional lot area per development unit in excess of oneâ€”2,000 square feet.
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                  c.
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                  Minimum required mean lot width per dwelling unit or principal permitted useâ€”70 feet.
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                  d.
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                  Minimum required front yardâ€”35 feet.
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                  e.
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                  Minimum required side yard. At least ten feet on each side of every principal building
                  except that any side yard abutting a street shall be at least 15 feet.
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                  f.
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                  Minimum required rear yard. Twenty percent of the mean lot depth, provided that such
                  rear yard need not exceed 30 feet.
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                  g.
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                  Height of buildings. No building shall exceed 35 feet in height 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.
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                  h.
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                  Additional mean lot width for a second dwelling unitâ€”ten feet.
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               1303.05 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 of not less than eight 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 15 feet to the street line whichever
               is the greater.
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               1303.06 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 grades
               of the streets, such grades being measured along the above cited 80-foot portions.
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               1303.07 Offstreet parking: As required in article XVI.
               </p><div class="footnote-content"><div style="font-weight:bold;">Footnotes: </div> --- (<b>6</b>) ---
            
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               Unless otherwise required by the Halifax County health department.
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