Goochland County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 15-285.B
Uses
Accessory1
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Attached accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. encroachment into setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.3 ft
Garages or other accessory buildings, such as carports, porches and stoops, attached to the main building are considered a part of the main building and may encroach 3 feet into the setback.
- Minimum 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. from property line5 ft
No accessory structure may be closer than five feet to any property line.
From the ordinance
Accessory buildings are allowed in accordance with setbacks of the district in which they are located. Garages or other accessory buildings, such as carports, porches and stoops, attached to the main building are considered a part of the main building and may encroach 3 feet into the setback. No accessory structure may be closer than five feet to any property line.