Spotsylvania County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 23-5.2.3

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 15 ftRear 10 ftSide 10 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.

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

No accessory structure, except a statue, basketball standard or flagpole, shall be located (a) in any minimum required front yard on any lot or (b) in any front yard on any lot containing less than two (2) acres ... When located in a front yard, these exempt structures shall not be located closer than fifteen (15) feet to a front lot line or twelve (12) feet to a side lot line. Any residential accessory structure may extend into required rear and side yards but shall be located no closer than ten (10) feet from the rear and side yard lot lines or in cluster subdivisions no closer than five (5) feet from the rear and side yard lot lines. Any commercial or industrial accessory structures must meet minimum yard requirements as set forth in the underlying zoning district, except for accessory structures that are less than or equal to two hundred fifty (250) square feet where a ten (10) foot rear yard is required.
Sec. 23-5.2.3