Spotsylvania County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 23-6.12.4
Uses
Permitted by right33
- Dwelling, multiple-family
- Dwelling, single-family, attached
- Dwelling, single-family, detached
- Personal service establishment
- Quasi-public park, playground, athletic field and related facility
- Accessory uses as permitted by article 5, division 2
- Adult day care center
- Assisted living facility
- Bed and breakfast I
- Bus station/depot/terminal
- Business service and supply service establishment
- Child care center
- Civic, social or fraternal facility
- Community center
- Country club
- Eating establishment
- Financial institution
- Garden center
- Golf course and club house
- Home occupation in accordance with division 23-5.4
- Indoor commercial recreation/athletic facility
- Marina, dock and boating facility, commercial
- Nursing home
- Office
- Place of worship
- Private school
- Public facility/use
- Public school
- Public utility, light
- Railroad station/depot/terminal
- Repair service establishment
- Retail sales establishment
- Wetland mitigation bank
Accessory1
- Accessory uses as permitted by article 5, division 2
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum commercial area per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
PDH-1 through PDH-4: Four hundred (400) square feet of commercial/dwelling unit.
- Maximum commercial area per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.300 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
PDH-5 through PDH-16: Three hundred (300) square feet of commercial/dwelling unit.
- Minimum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. size5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Land shall be classified in the PDH district only on a parcel of five (5) acres or larger.
From the ordinance
Minimum district size: 5 acres. No lot area or width requirements. Bulk and density set by approved GDP. Secondary commercial uses limited to 400 sqft/du (PDH-1-4) or 300 sqft/du (PDH-5-16).