Hanover County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Section 26-247(b)
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building coverage of required rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.30 pct
such accessory building does not occupy more than thirty (30) percent of the area of the required rear yard
- Minimum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
not located closer than five (5) feet to the rear lot line
- Minimum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.3 ft
nor closer than three (3) feet to a side lot line
From the ordinance
Accessory buildings ... may be constructed in a rear yard, provided such accessory building does not occupy more than thirty (30) percent of the area of the required rear yard and provided it is not located closer than five (5) feet to the rear lot line nor closer than three (3) feet to a side lot line.