Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 83-436(b)
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure in easement
No accessory use or structure shall be located within any platted or recorded easement or over any known utility.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure in fire lane
No accessory use or structure shall be allowed in an area designated as a fire lane or emergency access route on an approved site plan.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
No accessory structure shall be located in a required front yard except as allowed with Article XII, Interpretation.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure coverage in rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.40 pct
Accessory structures may be located in a required side yard or rear yard, subject to any limitations in Article XII, Interpretation, provided that they shall occupy no more than 40 percent of the area of a required rear yard.
From the ordinance
No accessory structure shall be located in a required front yard except as allowed with Article XII, Interpretation. Accessory structures may be located in a required side yard or rear yard... they shall occupy no more than 40 percent of the area of a required rear yard.