Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 83-314
Planned DevelopmentAll Powhatan County Unincorporated districts0
Dimensional standards
Density
Housing
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Must be utilized in areas denoted economic opportunity in the Powhatan County Long Range Comprehensive PlanComprehensive planThe long-range policy document zoning is meant to implement; it is not itself binding law.; Route 711 Village Special Area Plan has max density of 9 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Uses
Permitted by right92
- Dwelling, multifamily
- Dwelling, single-family detached
- Dwelling, townhouse
- Data center
- Warehouse, distribution or storage
- Educational, scientific, or industrial research and development
- Assisted living facility
- Business service establishment
- Telecommunications facility, collocated
- Community center
- Library
- Museum
- Adult day care center
- Child day care center
- Private school
- Vocational or trade school
- Radio or television broadcast studio
- Winery
- Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production
- Law enforcement facility
- Post office
- Massage clinic
- Medical or dental clinic
- Medical or dental lab
- Medical treatment facility
- Community garden
- Park or greenway
- Club or lodge
- Place of worship
- Surface transportation passenger station/terminal
- Utility use, minor
- Utility use, major
- Veterinary clinic
- Newspaper or magazine publishing
- Bar or lounge
- Brewpub
- Micro-distillery
- Nightclub
- Restaurant with drive-through service
- Restaurant without drive-through service
- Specialty eating or drinking establishment
- Contractor's office
- Professional offices
- Other office facility
- Auditorium or stage theater
- Motion picture theater
- Recreation facility, commercial indoor
- Recreation facility, nonprofit
- Recreation facility, public
- Recreation facility, commercial outdoor
- Antique store
- Art gallery
- Arts, crafts, music, dance, photography, or martial arts studio/school
- Auction facility
- Bank or financial institution with drive-through service
- Bank or financial institution without drive-through service
- Animal grooming
- Convenience store
- Drugstore or pharmacy with drive-through service
- Drugstore or pharmacy without drive-through service
- Farmers' market
- Manufacturing, assembly, or fabrication, light
- Grocery store
- Large retail sales establishment
- Lawn care, pool, or pest control service
- Liquor store
- Personal services establishment
- Shopping center
- Tattoo or body piercing establishment
- Wholesale trade establishment
- Other retail sales establishment
- Automotive painting or body shop
- Automotive repair and servicing
- Automotive wrecker service
- Car wash or auto detailing
- Gas station
- Parking lot or parking structure (as a principal use)
- Taxi or limousine service facility
- Tire sales and mounting
- Vehicle/equipment sales or rental
- Hotel or motel
- Hospice facility
- Recycling drop-off center
- Conference or training center
- Fire or EMS station
- Artisan food and beverage production
- Micro-brewery
- Metal-working, welding, pipe fitting, or woodworking
- Commercial industrial services
- General industrial services
- Printing or other similar reproduction facility
- Bottling plant
Conditional / special use13
Accessory22
- Amateur radio antenna
- Automatic teller machine (ATM)
- Canopy, nonresidential drive-through
- Clubhouse
- Parking or storage of large vehicles
- Electric vehicle (EV) level 1 or 2 charging station
- Electric vehicle (EV) level 3 charging station
- Family day care home
- Fuel oil or bottled gas distribution or storage, limited
- Home garden
- Office (as accessory to multifamily dwelling or commercial use)
- Open space, park, playground, or recreational facility
- Outdoor display and sale of merchandise
- Outdoor storage (as an accessory use)
- Rainwater cistern
- Residential care facility
- Private recycling bins
- Satellite dish
- Small wind energy system
- Solar energy collection system
- Swimming pool, spa, or hot tub
- Television or radio antenna
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum density for Route 711 Village Special Area Plan9 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
The maximum density for the Route 711 Village Special Area Plan is 9 dwelling units per acre.
Other
- Residential phasing limit west of State Route 288
No more than 30 percent of the overall parcel(s) acreage(s) dedicated to residential units constructed west of State Route 288. Prior to any residential development receiving a certificate of occupancy, 30 percent of the total gross square footage of commercial/industrial must be completed with a certificate of occupancy.
From the ordinance
The purpose of the planned development district is to create large, cohesive master-planned developments that incorporate commercial and light industrial uses, with complementary residential uses.