Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 83-350, 83-351, 83-352, 83-353
Single FamilyAll Powhatan County Unincorporated districts0
Dimensional standards
Lot
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right9
Conditional / special use26
- Dwelling, manufactured home
- Dwelling, multifamily
- Dwelling, three- or four-family
- Dwelling, townhouse
- Museum
- Adult day care center
- Child day care center
- College or university
- Private school
- Vocational or trade school
- Government administrative offices
- Law enforcement facility
- Post office
- Hospital
- Massage clinic
- Medical or dental clinic
- Public square or plaza
- Club or lodge
- Place of worship
- Professional offices
- Country club
- Golf course
- Recreation facility, nonprofit
- Recreation facility, public
- Conference or training center
- Hotel
Accessory20
- Accessory apartment
- Amateur radio antenna
- Electric vehicle (EV) level 1 or 2 charging station
- Family day care home
- Home garden
- Home occupation
- Kennel, private (for parcel 2 acres or more in size)
- Open space, park, playground, or recreational facility
- Parking or storage of major recreational equipment on residential lots
- Private garage
- Private recycling bins
- Rainwater cistern
- Residential care facility
- Satellite dish
- Small wind energy system
- Solar energy collection system
- Storage shed for lawn and garden tools
- Swimming pool, spa, or hot tub
- Television or radio antenna
- Accessory dwelling unit (detached), up to 35 percent of square footage of the main dwelling
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for duplexTwo-family dwellingTwo dwelling units in one building — a duplex. dwellings130,680 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Three ac for duplex dwellings.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for individual townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. lots1,800 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
individual townhouse lots have a minimum lot size of 1,800 s.f.
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for flag lots35 ft
Thirty-five ft. for flag lots.
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for individual townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. lots18 ft
a minimum lot width of 18 ft.
Setback
- 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. structures (other than those housing animals)10 ft
Ten ft. for accessory structures (other than those housing animals).
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for principal or accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures housing animals (15 ft)15 ft
Fifteen ft. for principal or accessory structures housing animals.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for principal or accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures housing animals25 ft
Twenty-five ft. for principal or accessory structures housing animals.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for principal or accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures housing animals (40 ft)40 ft
Forty ft. for principal or accessory structures housing animals.
Use
- ConditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. accessory useAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.: private kennelKennelBoarding or breeding animals above the number kept as household pets. on parcels less than 2 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Kennel, private (for parcels less than two acres in size) requires conditional use permit.
From the ordinance
The purpose of the Residential Utility (R-U) District is to accommodate single-family and duplex residential development, plus limited institutional development.