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Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Article XI: Definitions, Shooting range, non-commercial

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA30 ac
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.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
1,306,800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (30 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Minimum distance from property boundary300 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 property boundary.

  • Minimum distance from public road right-of-way300 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 property boundary.

  • Operating hours

    The range shall operate only during daylight, and not before 10:00 a.m.

  • Public access

    Use of the range shall not be open to the general public.

  • Weapon restrictions

    No automatic weapons shall be used. Only weapons of recreational or instructional caliber shall be used.

From the ordinance

Such range shall be located on a parcel not less than 30 acres in size. 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 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.
Article XI: Definitions, Shooting range, non-commercial