Northampton County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
§ 154.2.117
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- ADUAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. not counted in density
An accessory dwelling shall not be counted as a unit when calculating density.
- ADUAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. must meet principal structure setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
The setbacks that apply to principal structures and buildings shall apply.
From the ordinance
An accessory dwelling shall not be counted as a unit when calculating density, but shall be counted as a part of the principal single-family dwelling unit to which it is subordinate as one total unit... The accessory dwelling shall be located on the same lot as the principal single-family dwelling... the setbacks that apply to principal structures and buildings shall apply.