Lancaster County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Article 1 - Definitions
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Private boat pier accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4.5 ft
Other structures such as fish cleaning stations, benches, low profile boat lifts, and handrails are permitted if the height of these structures does not exceed four and one-half feet above the pier.
- Private boat pier maximum area400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
with up to 400 square feet for an "L" or "T" or other structural configuration
- Private boat pier maximum waterway width percentage25 pct
not to exceed one-fourth the width of its waterway
- Private boat pier maximum width6 ft
A pier six feet wide or less
- Private boat pier minimum elevation4 ft
elevated no less than four feet above wetland substrate
From the ordinance
Boat pier, private: A pier six feet wide or less, not to exceed one-fourth the width of its waterway, ... elevated no less than four feet above wetland substrate, with up to 400 square feet for an "L" or "T" or other structural configuration