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Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 4-13001-4-13006

General Industrial ConservationAll 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 ft
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

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 right40

Conditional / special use23

Extracted standards

7 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 conservation district: min lot area 20,000 sq ft, max height 75 ft, front setback 100 ft for industrial, side/rear 20 ft.
Sec. 4-13001-4-13006