Goochland County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 15-505
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Detached 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 main building5 ft
To be detached, it must have a five-foot setback from the main building and cannot share any roof, wall, or floor in common with it.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure in easement prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No accessory structure may be located in an easement or right-of-way.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
If located in front yard, it must meet the front yard setback for the principal building.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from road access easement35 ft
Setbacks from a road access easement is a minimum of 35 feet or consistent with zoning district standards.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from temporary turnaround easement20 ft
The required setback is the greater of 20 feet from the temporary turnaround easement, or the required yard setback measured from the ultimate right-of-way or property line, as applicable.
From the ordinance
Setbacks from a road access easement is a minimum of 35 feet... The required setback is the greater of 20 feet from the temporary turnaround easement... To be detached, it must have a five-foot setback from the main building...