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Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 83-438(t)

All Powhatan County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 35 ftMAX FAR1MIN UNIT SIZE200 sq ft
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 floor areaMinimum floor areaThe smallest dwelling the district permits, in square feet of living space.
200 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
35 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
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Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Roadside stands are allowed as accessory to an agriculture use... No more than one roadside stand per farm or other agricultural unit is allowed. Sales shall be limited to agricultural products grown or produced on the site. A roadside stand shall not exceed 200 square feet in area. No roadside stand shall be located within 35 feet of any street right-of-way.
Sec. 83-438(t)