Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 25-431(e)(3)
Dimensional standards
Lot
Uses
Permitted by right1
Accessory1
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum floor area of accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. dwelling1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No accessory dwelling shall exceed one thousand (1,000) square feet in total floor area.
- Maximum number of accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. dwellings per parcel1 dwelling
no more than one (1) accessory dwelling is permitted per parcel, in addition to the principal dwelling.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. dwelling5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
An accessory dwelling that is a detached, separate structure from the principal dwelling or that is located over the principal dwellings attached garage may be located on a parcel of no less than five thousand (5,000) square feet
- Additional parking required for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. dwelling1 space
No less than one (1) additional off-street parking space must be provided for the accessory dwelling; such parking shall not be located in the front yard except on an existing driveway.
From the ordinance
Accessory dwellings permitted in TND with conditions: min lot 5,000 sq ft, max 1,000 sq ft, one per parcel, one additional parking.