Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Section 36.464
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Parking
- Maximum recreational vehicles/boats on occupied lots2 count
no more than two recreational vehicles, boats, trailers, or combination thereof may be parked externally.
- Maximum recreational vehicles/boats on vacant lots with shared ownership2 count
no more than two recreational vehicles, boats, trailers, or combination thereof may be parked externally.
- Recreational vehicles/boats must meet accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
All parked recreational vehicles and boats must meet the minimum side and rear setbacks required for an accessory structure and the front setback of the district in which it is placed.
- Recreational vehicles/boats on vacant lots prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The parking of recreational vehicles, boats, and/or trailers on vacant lots is prohibited except when the owner of the vacant lot owns a contiguous parcel that contains a principal structure.
From the ordinance
On lots with a principal structure, no more than two recreational vehicles, boats, trailers, or combination thereof may be parked externally. ... The parking of recreational vehicles, boats, and/or trailers on vacant lots is prohibited except when the owner of the vacant lot owns a contiguous parcel that contains a principal structure. ... All parked recreational vehicles and boats must meet the minimum side and rear setbacks required for an accessory structure and the front setback of the district in which it is placed.