Dinwiddie County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 22-150.2, 22-150.3, 22-150.4, 22-150.5, 22-150.6, 22-150.7, 22-150.8, 22-150.9
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right11
Conditional / special use4
Accessory1
Prohibited3
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Dwelling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase
The height limit for dwellings may be increased up to 45 feet and up to three stories; provided, that there are two side yards for each permitted use, each of which is 15 feet plus one foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line5 ft
No accessory building may be closer than five feet to any property line.
- Corner lot side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
The side yard on the side facing the side street shall be 40 feet or more from the centerline of the street right-of-way for both main and accessory buildings.
Setback
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street centerline40 ft
Structures in residential, urban, district R-U shall be located 40 feet or more from the centerline of any street right-of-way.
From the ordinance
The minimum lot area in the R-U district shall be 5,000 square feet.