Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Section 36.415
Extracted standards
3 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. heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. rule
No accessory building or structure shall have a height greater than the principal building
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
Accessory buildings or structures shall be placed in the side or rear yards and must meet a minimum setback of five feet from the adjacent lot line.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure coverage
The total of all accessory structures shall not have a lot coverage that is greater than the principal building square footage
From the ordinance
Accessory buildings or structures in the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, MH-1, or PUD district shall be subject to the following