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James City County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 24-48

All James City County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA10 ac
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.
435,600 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (10 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Extracted standards

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

Noise

  • Noise limitation

    No activity shall cause or permit to be caused any noise which is plainly audible across a property line between the hours of 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.

Other

  • Access on arterial road

    The property shall be located on a road that is classified by the Virginia Department of Transportation as an arterial road.

  • Maximum number of attendees300 people

    The maximum number of attendees for any given event is limited to 300 people.

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for amplified sound areas100 ft

    Not less than 100 feet from any property line for any activity area that will include the use of outdoor amplified sound or music.

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from community character corridor right-of-way150 ft

    Not less than 150 feet from the edge of the right-of-way for roads that are designated by the comprehensive plan as community character corridors for all development and activity areas related to the event facility.

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line75 ft

    Not less than 75 feet from any property line for all development and activity areas related to the event facility.

  • Temporary tents30 days

    Where proposed, temporary tents are allowed for a period not to exceed 30 days.

From the ordinance

The property must be ten or more acres. ... The maximum number of attendees for any given event is limited to 300 people. ... Setback areas shall be: Not less than 75 feet from any property line ... Not less than 150 feet from the edge of the right-of-way for roads that are designated ... as community character corridors ... Not less than 100 feet from any property line for any activity area that will include the use of outdoor amplified sound or music. ... The property shall be located on a road that is classified ... as an arterial road. ... No activity shall cause ... any noise which is plainly audible across a property line between the hours of 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. ... temporary tents are allowed for a period not to exceed 30 days.
Sec. 24-48