James City County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 24-34
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
The antenna shall not exceed the height limitations for accessory structures of each district.
- Roof setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for large antennas2 x heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
An antenna larger than ten square feet in surface area on any one side and located on a roof shall be set back from all edges of the roof at least two times the height of the antenna.
- Special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. for large antennas
Any satellite dish antenna more than one meter in diameter or any other antenna in a residential district with more than ten square feet of surface area on any one side shall be permitted only after the issuance of a special use permit by the board of supervisors.
From the ordinance
Any satellite dish antenna more than one meter in diameter or any other antenna in a residential district with more than ten square feet of surface area on any one side shall be permitted only after the issuance of a special use permit by the board of supervisors. The antenna shall not exceed the height limitations for accessory structures of each district. An antenna larger than ten square feet in surface area on any one side and located on a roof shall be set back from all edges of the roof at least two times the height of the antenna.