King William County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 86-11

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
Unincorporated territory of King William County, Virginia, excluding property held in fee simple by the United States or the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Access across unzoned land

    Access to a building or land use across land which is not zoned so as to permit the use served by such access, is not permitted.

  • no accessory building shall be constructed upon a lot for more than six months prior to beginning construction of the main building, and no accessory building shall be used for more than six months unless the main building on the lot is also being used or unless the main building is under construction.

  • No accessory building, on a farm or otherwise, shall be used for dwelling except in accord with the specific provisions of this chapter.

  • Applicability and exceptions

    This chapter shall apply to all property in the unincorporated territory of the county, with the exception that any property held in fee simple ownership by the United States of America or the Commonwealth of Virginia shall not be subject to the provisions contained herein.

  • Obstruction of drainage

    No building or other structures shall be erected on any land and no change shall be made in the existing contours of any land, including any change in the course, width, or elevation of any natural or other drainage channel, in any manner, that will obstruct, interfere with, or substantially change the drainage from such land to the detriment of neighboring lands.

  • Maximum main buildings per lot1 building

    no case shall there be more than one main building on one lot unless otherwise provided in this chapter.

  • Obstruction of public right-of-way

    No building, structure, sign, merchandise, or other obstruction shall be located or constructed on any public right-of-way.

  • Uses not specifically listed

    Unless the contrary is clear from the context of the lists or other regulations of this chapter, uses not specifically listed are prohibited.

From the ordinance

The regulations established within each district in this chapter shall be regarded as minimum regulations. They shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land.
Sec. 86-11