Onancock, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 38-205 through 38-210

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 5 ftMAX HEIGHT35 ft / 2.5 stories
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.

Uses

Permitted by right9

  • Marinas and yacht clubs, and servicing facilities for the same, including boat storage, fueling and repair of watercraft
  • Marine sales and services
  • Retail shops and outlets in seafood; marine related equipment and repairs
  • Facilities for the landing, storage and shipment of seafood and shellfish
  • Boat ramps, dock, piers and related facilities
  • Waterborne commerce, including docks and areas for the receipt, temporary storage, trans-shipment and freighting of waterborne commerce
  • Bulk storage and freighting of petroleum
  • Signs, as permitted in article XI of this chapter
  • Public utilities. Poles, lines, transformers, pipes, meters and similar facilities; water and sewer distribution lines

Conditional / special use7

  • Boat buildings
  • Motels, hotels, inns and bed and breakfast type inns
  • Office buildings
  • Restaurants and soda fountains; restaurants in motels, hotels and inns
  • Gift stores and specialty shops; retail business; gift stores, specialty shops and retail businesses in motels, hotels and inns
  • Residential apartments above stores and offices (excluding condominiums)
  • Libraries and museums

Prohibited5

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Structures shall be located five feet or more from any street right-of-way. Buildings may be erected up to 35 feet or 2 ½ stories high...
Sec. 38-205 through 38-210

Use details

{
  "dropped_conditions": {
    "permitted_uses": [
      "Recreational activities primarily conducted on a waterfront provided that such uses shall be contiguous to a waterfront"
    ]
  }
}