Prince William County Unincorporated

Pet store shall mean a retail store selling pets and pet supplies. A pet store may offer pet care, including pet grooming, day care and training, and limited veterinary services (not to include surgical procedures) as accessory services or veterinary hospitals, except for extraordinary circumstances and then for no longer than 24 hours, but may include overnight boarding or kenneling of animals that are not for sale with a Special Use Permit.

Petroleum product storage facility shall mean a facility principally engaged in the storage of petroleum products except facilities used in conjunction with a gasoline service station, for storage as part of an agricultural use, or private vehicle fuel station.

Pipestem lot shall mean a lot in a cluster development for which the minimum frontage for the zoning district in which it is located is not required to be met.

Portable storage unit shall mean a portable box-like container, a maximum of eight feet six inches in height, ten feet in width and 20 feet in length, that is designed for the temporary storage of personal property. Such containers are also designed for their ease of loading to and from a motor vehicle but shall not include sea-containers, truck compartments or trailers.

Propane fuel sales shall mean an accessory use where propane fuel is dispensed or sold in containers on a retail basis. Tank capacity at any lot shall not exceed 5,000 gallons if propane fuel is dispensed.

Quick service food store shall mean any building that contains 10,000 square feet or less of net floor area, or any portion of such a building, and which is used principally for the retail sale of food and other items; provided that this definition shall not be deemed to include such retail sale of food and other items in any building that contains more than 10,000 square feet of net floor area, or any portion of such a building; and provided further that this definition shall not include restaurants, drive-through restaurants, carry-out restaurants or food delivery service businesses, or specialty food stores.

Recovery home shall mean the use of a single-family dwelling to provide a group residence to persons requiring special accommodations, such as battered spouses and "children in need of services," but not including group homes as defined by Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2291. When publicly funded, such facilities may require approval in accordance with the procedures set forth in Part 201 of this chapter and Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2232.

Recyclable materials separation facility shall mean a facility for the collection, separation, compaction, sorting, temporary storage and transfer for reprocessing of residentially and commercially generated recyclable materials, including but not limited to glass, paper, plastic and polystyrene. Separation may include both hand and mechanized sorting with all activities other than unloading and loading to occur inside an enclosed building.

Recycling plant shall mean a facility that is not a junkyard and in which recoverable resources, such as newspapers, magazines, books, and other paper products; glass; metal cans; and other products, are located, reprocessed, and treated to return such products to a condition in which they may again be used for production. All activities except loading or unloading shall be conducted inside a building.

Religious institution shall mean a place of worship or religious assembly with related facilities such as, but not limited to, the following in any combination: rectory or convent; private school; meeting hall; offices for administration of the institution; licensed child or adult day center; playground; cemetery, or any other facility as may be identified with a Special Use Permit.

Research and development shall mean a facility primarily used for the administration and conduct of investigation, examination, prototype production, experimentation, testing, and/or training aimed at the discovery and interpretation of facts, theories, and/or the practical application of the above to products or processes. Prototype manufacturing shall be permitted as an accessory use.

Retail store shall mean any establishment where the primary activity is the sale of merchandise in small quantities, in broken lots or parcels, not in bulk, or for the rendering of personal services, for use or consumption by the immediate purchaser. This term shall also include establishments such as television rental establishments and photographic and portrait studios. However, retail store shall not include Motor vehicle uses, Heavy equipment and specialized vehicle sale, rental and service establishments, Quick service food stores, Motor vehicle service or repair establishments, Motor vehicle sale, rental, and service establishments or Retail use, large.

Retail use, large shall mean any large single occupant building or unit used for retail purposes exceeding 80,000 square feet of gross floor area either located in a freestanding building or in a building group connected by party walls, partitions, canopies and similar features and may be included or be part of a shopping center, possibly sharing parking areas and vehicular travel ways with other buildings or uses and which may be connected by walkways and access ways to other buildings or uses.

Roadside stand shall mean any land or structure used for the sale of seasonal goods. The term "seasonal" as it pertains to roadside stand operations and the issuance of temporary activity permits in accordance with the provisions of section 32-210.01, shall be applicable to items harvested and/or sold on a seasonal basis. That consists of seasonal sales items, such as, but not limited to, Christmas trees, pumpkins, summer vegetables and produce, fresh seafood, ice cream, potted Easter plants (lilies, hyacinth, tulips) as well as fireworks during the 4th of July and New Year's holidays. Items sold for other traditional holidays or special events, such as Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, President's Day, etc. are not considered "seasonal."

School of special instruction shall mean a facility for the private instruction of skills or activities not directly related to employment. These may include the following: dance studio, music studio (not a conservatory), martial arts, gymnastics instruction, exercise studio (not having a locker room and shower facilities and not required to comply with the Virginia Health Spa Act).

Screening shall mean a completely opaque visual barrier for loading areas, trash receptacles, maintenance and storage areas, mechanical equipment, and other similar features.

Secondary use shall mean a use permitted only in conjunction with a principal use permitted in the same zoning district. Except where specifically exempted, secondary uses cumulatively cannot exceed 25 percent of the gross floor area of the related principal use and shall be located within and serve the same development as the principal use.

Self-storage center shall mean a building or group of buildings divided into separate compartments used to meet the temporary storage needs of small businesses, apartment dwellers and other residential uses; and may include refrigerated facilities. See also "Cold storage facility".

Setback shall mean the minimum distance by which any building or structure must be separated from a lot line or other feature.

Shopping center shall mean a group of five or more retail/commercial uses, located in a zoning district where retailing is permitted as a principal use and having any or all of the following characteristics: 1. The uses are connected by party walls, partitions, canopies, and similar features, or 2. Some or all of the uses are located in separate buildings which are designed as a single commercial group sharing common parking areas and vehicular travelways and are connected by walkways and accessways designed to encourage customer interchange between uses, and otherwise present the appearance of a continuous commercial area without regard to ownership, or 3. The uses are under the same management or association for the purpose of enforcing reciprocal agreements controlling management, parking, site coverage, advertising and similar agreements.