Henrico County Unincorporated

Liner building. A building specifically designed to mask a parking lot or a parking garage from a street.

Local street. See "Street, local."

Lot, double-frontage. A lot other than a corner lot that has a frontage on two streets.

Block. A unit of land bounded by streets or by a combination of streets and public lands, railroad rights-of-way, waterways, or other barriers to the continuity of development.

Block Face. Two sides of one street between intersecting streets.

Building. Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, used or intended to be used for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals, or property.

Build-to Line. The distance from the front lot line or reference line designated on an approved plan of development along which the principal vertical plane of the building's primary facades must be erected.

Construction-related building, structure, or use. A temporary structure, facility, or space associated with the staging, management, and security of new construction, including an office building, security building, storage buildings, construction waste and recycling receptacles, temporary sanitation facilities, outdoor storage, and employee parking areas, on or adjacent to a site subject to a valid building permit.

Controlled access road. Roads designated on the Major Thoroughfare Plan where vehicle access is allowed only at designated interchanges.

County comprehensive drainage study map. The most recent map approved and maintained by the County Engineer designating the 100-year floodplain in the County.

Cremation chamber. A furnace used to reduce human or animal remains to ashes by fire.

Data center as an accessory use. A facility containing computer systems used for data storage and processing that is accessory to an office or industrial use on the same or adjacent premises.

Debris waste. Solid waste resulting from land clearing operations. Debris wastes include stumps, wood, brush, leaves, soil, and road spoils.

Demolition waste. Solid waste produced by the destruction of structures and their foundations. Demolition waste includes the same materials as construction waste.

Developer. Any person who is responsible for development as defined in this section.

Development. Any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including buildings or structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment or materials.

Drip line. A vertical line extending from the outermost edge of a tree canopy or shrub branch spread to the ground.

Donation box. A container where donated goods are dropped off for resale or reuse by a charitable organization.

Distillery. A business licensed by the Commonwealth to manufacture alcoholic beverages other than wine and beer, which may include bottling and wholesale distribution.

Brewery. A business licensed by the Commonwealth to brew beer without limitation as to number of barrels per year, which may include bottling and wholesale distribution.