South Boston, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 58-770
Neighborhood ConservationAll South Boston districts0
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Neighborhood Conservation OverlayOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. Districts designated by the town council on the official zoning map
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure location
Locate a garage, deck or patio to the rear of the house where they are not visible from the street
- Addition size ratio0.33
Maintain the scale of the addition so that it does not overwhelm or compete with the main building (a good rule of thumb is to limit the addition to approximately one-third the size of the original structure)
- Building orientation
Position and orient buildings so that they face the primary street and are set back consistent with other buildings on the street
- Parking location
Locate parking to the side or rear of the main building, if possible.
From the ordinance
No new building, structure, or addition to an existing building shall be undertaken unless it is reviewed by the zoning administrator and found to be compatible with the existing scale and character of the district, and in conformance with the design standards adopted for the district.