Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 83-176, 83-177, 83-178
ResidentialAll Powhatan County Unincorporated districts0
Dimensional standards
Housing
Servicing
- Applies near
- Route 711
- Geographic extent
- The Rural Residential DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. will remain from Fine Creek east on Route 711 to the Chesterfield County line on the north side of Route 711.
Uses
Permitted by right25
- Agricultural uses and all buildings necessary to such use and the keeping, storage, or operation of any vehicle or machinery necessary to such use
- Detached single-family dwellings
- Churches and places of worship, including parish houses and Sunday Schools
- Forestry
- Timber harvesting which may include sawmill(s) used only for cutting timber harvest on site
- Dairying, and raising and breeding of livestock, poultry and other animals
- Greenhouses
- Livery stable or riding academy
- Public schools, libraries, administration buildings, and public utility facilities excluding wastewater treatment plants
- Recreation facility, public
- Bed and Breakfast homes
- Adult or juvenile jails, detention facilities, or correctional facilities operated or owned by local or regional governmental entities, and located within or surrounded by existing state correction facilities
- Limited commercial landscaping contractor
- Accessory buildings, uses, or structures
- Winery
- Farm winery
- Public utilities to serve the residences of this district
- Model home
- Gardening for flowers, vegetables and fruits, as it is customarily practiced in residential areas
- Private garages
- Storage sheds for lawn and garden tools
- Accessory apartment
- Home occupation
- Family day care home
- Accessory dwelling unit (detached), up to 50 percent of the square footage of the main dwelling
Conditional / special use14
- Country clubs, golf courses, athletic fields, parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, meeting/lodge halls, and similar facilities operated by non-profit organizations, not for commercial purposes
- Horse show grounds and related rings or tracks
- Cemeteries
- Other governmental structures/use
- Kennel/commercial
- Expansion of non-conforming use(s); structures and/or uses and structures in combination of use by more than 40 percent
- Electric transmission facilities, petroleum product pipe lines, and other similar uses or structures
- Private schools, colleges, museums
- Manufactured/mobile home
- Amateur radio tower not to exceed 200 feet in height
- Kennel, private on parcel with minimum lot size of three acres
- Country inn
- Temporary second dwelling for hardship, handicapped, or elderly family member
- Rural event venue
Accessory5
- Accessory buildings, uses, or structures
- Accessory apartment
- Home occupation
- Family day care home
- Accessory dwelling unit (detached), up to 50 percent of the square footage of the main dwelling
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Side and rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. buildings, uses, or structures10 ft
Accessory Buildings, Use or Structures — 10 feet (Side and Rear Yards)
- Rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for structures housing animals40 ft
Structure housing animals — 40 feet (Rear)
- Side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for structures housing animals25 ft
Structure housing animals — 25 feet (Side)
- Minimum lot size for shooting/archery range30 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Such range shall be located on a parcel not less than 30 acres.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from road and property boundary for shooting range300 ft
No part of such use shall be located any closer than 300 feet to the public road right-of-way, or 300 feet from any other property boundary.
Signage
- Sign approval by planning commission
All signs in this district must be approved by the planning commission with the exception of those advertising the sale of property.
From the ordinance
There are areas unique to Powhatan County which blend the character of rural, agricultural lifestyle with the demand and density for large lot development. The Rural Residential District is intended to meet the demand for large lot residential development while preserving the rural character and agricultural lifestyle in certain areas of the county.
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"permitted_uses": [
"Shooting or archery ranges permitted by property owner for benefit of non-profit, non-commercial or community service organizations, provided that the owner participates in the operation of the range. Such range shall be located on a parcel not less than 30 acres. Adjoining parcels may be treated as combined to satisfy the 30 acre requirement, provided all other requirements of this subsection are satisfied. No part of such use shall be located any closer than 300 feet to the public road right-of-way, or 300 feet from any other property boundary. Use of the range shall not be open to the general public. The range shall operate only during daylight, and not before 10:00 a.m. No automatic weapons shall be used. Only weapons of recreational or instructional caliber shall be used"
],
"conditional_uses": [
"Home based businesses which do not meet the conditions for a home occupation as a permitted use, provided that the principal operator of the business shall own the property and reside on it",
"More than one dwelling unit provided that the minimum lot size per dwelling unit for the district is met"
]
}
}