James City County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Article XXIV, Sec. 24-564 to 24-567

Dimensional standards

Lot

Minimum lot depth
400 ft

Servicing

Applies near
State Route 610, 603, 715
Geographic extent
State Route 610 (Forge Road), State Route 603 (Diascund Road), and State Route 715 (North Riverside Drive)

Extracted standards

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

Setback

  • No dwelling shall be located less than 75 feet from the front lot line nearest and parallel or approximately parallel to the street to which the lot has access.

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for existing unimproved parcels with lot depth >300 and <=500 ft200 ft

    For those parcels or lots containing a lot depth of greater than 300 feet but less than or equal to 500 feet, dwellings shall be located a minimum of 200 feet from the street right-of-way of a scenic roadway.

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for existing unimproved parcels with lot depth >500 ft400 ft

    For those parcels or lots containing a lot depth of greater than 500 feet, dwellings shall be located a minimum of 400 feet from the street right-of-way of a scenic roadway.

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for existing unimproved parcels with lot depth <=300 ft or flag lots

    For those parcels or lots containing a lot depth of 300 feet or less or those parcels approved as a flag lot, the applicable setback shall be determined by the underlying zoning district regulations.

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for parcels created after October 8, 2024400 ft

    For any parcel or lot created after October 8, 2024, dwellings shall be located a minimum of 400 feet from the street right-of-way of a scenic roadway. For the purposes of a flag lot, the required minimum 400 feet from a scenic roadway may include the distance of the flag stem, however, no dwelling shall be located less than 75 feet from the front lot line nearest and parallel or approximately parallel to the street to which the lot has access as shown in section 19-41 of the subdivision ordinance.

From the ordinance

Any unimproved parcel or lot in existence as of October 8, 2024, shall adhere to the following setback requirements: ...
Article XXIV, Sec. 24-564 to 24-567