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Hanover County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 26-208 to 26-210

All Hanover County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
0
Minimum landscaping
0%

Servicing

Geographic extent
Mechanicsville Village Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. boundaries as described in section 26-209

Extracted standards

5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • Landscaping required0 bool

    No landscaping shall be required

  • Parking lot screening required0 bool

    No screening of parking lots shall be required

  • Thoroughfare buffer required0 bool

    No thoroughfare buffer shall be required

Parking

  • Off-site parking allowed

    Off-site parking in community parking areas within the district or on other commercial sites within the district may be used to satisfy the parking requirements

  • Parking exception for existing structures

    Where parking is already provided on a property, no additional parking shall be required when an existing structure is expanded or razed and reconstructed, provided there is no reduction in existing on-site parking.

From the ordinance

The front yard setback for new structures within this district is ten (10) feet; ... No landscaping shall be required; No screening of parking lots shall be required; No thoroughfare buffer shall be required.
Section 26-208 to 26-210