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Spotsylvania County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 23-6.20

Resort CommercialAll Spotsylvania County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 100 ftMIN LOT AREA20,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT35 ftMAX FAR0.5
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 lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.46 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
100 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft
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.
0.5
Minimum landscaping
15%

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Two-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Three-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Four-plus family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

Uses

Permitted by right52

Conditional / special use12

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Maximum above ground fuel storage tank size1,000 gallons

    Tanks larger than one thousand (1,000) gallons for the storage of fuel for sale shall be permitted only if the fuel is stored underground. In no case shall above ground storage exceed one thousand (1,000) gallons on-site.

  • Outdoor storage only ancillary to permitted or special useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.

    Outdoor storage and display areas shall be permitted only on the same lot with and ancillary to a permitted or special use.

  • Screening of outdoor storage and loading areas

    All outdoor storage and loading areas, parking of construction equipment, construction vehicles, tractors and/or trailers of tractor-trailer trucks shall be screened from the public view by site design, enclosure, or vegetation.

From the ordinance

Minimum lot area: 20,000 sq ft; max height 35 ft; FAR 0.5; open space 15%.
Sec. 23-6.20