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Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 4-12001-4-12006

General IndustrialAll Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETFront 100 ftRear 20 ftSide 20 ftMin width 100 ftMIN LOT AREA20,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT75 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE60%MAX FAR0.6MIN OPEN SPACE25%
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.46 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
100 ft

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
100 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
75 ft
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.
0.6
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
60%
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
25%

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Two-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Three-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Four-plus family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

Uses

Permitted by right53

Conditional / special use28

Extracted standards

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

Noise

  • Sound study required

    A sound study shall be required with the submittal of the application for the industrial use.

Other

  • Earthen berm heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.10 ft

    There shall be an earthen berm with a minimum height of ten (10) feet installed in the required setback between the residential use and the industrial use...

  • Building separation for structures over 35 ft30 ft

    Where structures exceed the thirty-five-foot height requirement a building separation of thirty (30) feet shall be required.

  • Rows of evergreen landscaping3 rows

    a minimum of three (3) rows of staggered evergreen landscaping planted a maximum of ten (10) feet on center.

Setback

From the ordinance

General industrial district: min lot area 20,000 sq ft, max height 75 ft, front setback 100 ft for industrial, side/rear 20 ft, max lot coverage 60%, min open space 25%.
Sec. 4-12001-4-12006