Article 4, Sections 4-2 through 4-9
Dimensional standards
Uses
Conditional / special use4
Accessory1
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Separation between accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. buildings3 ft
Each accessory building or structure other than a deck, porch or patio shall be set apart from other buildings or structure at least three (3) feet.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.15 ft
The rear yard requirement for accessory structures other than tenant units shall be fifteen (15) feet.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.15 ft
The side yard requirement for accessory structures other than tenant units shall be fifteen (15) feet.
- Commercial hog/poultry confinement setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line150 ft
There shall be no building, structure or area of confinement for the commercial raising and/or housing of hogs and/or poultry, not free-ranging, within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any property line.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for family division lot43,560 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
the minimum lot area shall be one (1) acre for a family division lot
- Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage. for parcels less than 3 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.40 pct
Parcels less than three (3) acres shall be permitted a maximum lot coverage of forty percent (40%).
- Non-commercial hog/poultry confinement setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side/rear property line50 ft
The area of confinement for non-commercial raising or keeping of hogs or poultry shall be located no closer than fifty (50) feet to any side or rear property line
- Primary highway setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.75 ft
seventy-five (75) feet from any primary highway right-of-way line
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for dedicated well lots0 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
there shall be no minimum lot area for dedicated well lots as long as all requirements of the Virginia Department of Health are met.
From the ordinance
Buildings may be erected up to forty-five (45) feet in height... minimum lot area three (3) acres... maximum coverage 25%... street setback 60 ft from secondary roads... side yard 25 ft, rear yard 40 ft, lot width 200 ft.