Amherst County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
901.02
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
No detached accessory building may be located in the front yard of a lot.
- Livestock building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from lot line200 ft
no building housing livestock shall be placed within two hundred (200) feet of a lot line
- Maximum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. coverage by accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building30 pct
may be constructed on not more than thirty (30) percent of the rear yard
- Minimum distance from main building for small accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.15 ft
A detached accessory building under two hundred fifty-six (256) square feet in size shall not be located closer than fifteen (15) feet to the main building
- Satellite dish antenna setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Radio and television satellite dish antennas ... shall conform to all appropriate yard requirements for the district ... not closer to the right-of-way than the front line of the main structure.
From the ordinance
A detached accessory building shall not be closer than fifteen (15) feet to rear lot line. ... not more than two (2) stories in height, may be constructed on not more than thirty (30) percent of the rear yard.