Accomack County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 106-151 through 106-164

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 200 ftRear 30 ftSide 30 ftMin frontage 200 ftMIN LOT AREA4 acMAX HEIGHT25 ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Uses

Extracted standards

6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Environmental

  • Erosion prevention

    no development will be permitted that involves the significant removal or relocation of primary dune sand or vegetation thereon. In addition, bulkheads, groins, jetties, sand fences and any other devices calculated to prevent or modify the rate of erosion are specifically forbidden.

  • A structure in Barrier Island district 'BI' shall not be located within a distance of 30 feet to the wetlands

Floodplain

  • Elevation on pilings

    Vacation cottages must be elevated on pilings in compliance with the county's flood hazard ordinance.

Other

  • Maximum vehicles per cottage1 vehicles

    No more than one vehicle per vacation cottage shall be permitted

  • Solid waste removal

    Solid waste of all kinds... must be removed from Barrier Islands. No such solid waste is to be buried or otherwise left on Barrier Islands.

  • Vehicle tire requirement

    All vehicles shall have radial, implement or similar type tires

From the ordinance

Vacation cottages which meet the criteria set forth in sections 106-158, 106-159, and 106-160... The minimum lot area for a vacation cottage is four acres... structures shall not be erected closer than 200 feet to mean high water... No vacation cottage shall be erected closer than 30 feet to any property line... up to a height of 25 feet... maximum size of 1,200 square feet on the first floor...
Sec. 106-151 through 106-164