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James City County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 24-38

All James City County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 200 ftMIN LOT AREA20,000 sq 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.
200 ft

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Curb opening spacing25 ft

    Where two or more curb openings are proposed, they shall be no closer than 25 feet apart.

  • Curb opening width35 ft

    The width of curb openings shall not exceed 35 feet.

  • Dumpster screening

    If dumpsters are provided, they shall be screened from adjacent properties by vegetation, landscaping or fences. Dumpsters shall be placed on concrete pads with a drainage system as required by the health department.

  • Fuel island setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.15 ft

    No fuel service island or pump canopy shall be located within 15 feet of any adjoining road right-of-way or property line.

From the ordinance

Minimum lot area shall be 20,000 square feet. Minimum lot width at the setback line shall be 200 feet ... No fuel service island or pump canopy shall be located within 15 feet of any adjoining road right-of-way or property line.
Sec. 24-38

Parking requirements

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  "employee": "3 spaces",
  "service_bay": "2 spaces per service bay"
}