Northampton County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
§ 154.2.117
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum bedrooms2 bedrooms
The accessory dwelling shall be limited to a maximum of two bedrooms;
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. dwellings per lot1 unit
Only one accessory dwelling shall be permitted for each detached principal single-family dwelling
- Maximum size as percentage of principal dwelling50 pct
The size of the accessory dwelling shall not exceed 50% of the gross heated floor area of the existing detached principal single-family dwelling
Parking
- Additional off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. spaces1 spaces
A minimum of one off-street parking space beyond what is required for the detached principal single-family dwelling shall be provided.
From the ordinance
An accessory dwelling shall not be counted as a unit when calculating density