Section 26-235.22
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. areas in Hanover County
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- No varianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures exceeding 600 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.600 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No variance shall be granted for an accessory structure exceeding six hundred (600) square feet.
Variances shall be issued only upon a showing of good and sufficient cause; after the BZA determines that failure to grant the variance would result in exceptional hardship to the applicant; and after the BZA determines that the granting of such variance will not result in unacceptable or prohibited increases in flood heights, additional threats to public safety, extraordinary public expense, nuisances, fraud or victimization of the public, or conflict with Hanover County Code.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. generally limited to lots less than 1/2 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.0.5 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
While the granting of variances generally is limited to a lot size less than one-half (½) acre, deviations from that limitation may be granted.
From the ordinance
Variances shall be issued only upon a showing of good and sufficient cause; after the BZA determines that failure to grant the variance would result in exceptional hardship to the applicant; and after the BZA determines that the granting of such variance will not result in unacceptable or prohibited increases in flood heights, additional threats to public safety, extraordinary public expense, nuisances, fraud or victimization of the public, or conflict with Hanover County Code. While the granting of variances generally is limited to a lot size less than one-half acre, deviations from that limitation may be granted. No variance shall be granted for an accessory structure exceeding 600 square feet.