zoneoptics
Spotsylvania County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 23-7.5.4, Sec. 23-7.5.5

Reservoir ProtectionAll Spotsylvania County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 200 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.

Lot

Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
200 ft

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Land application of biosolids prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

    Land application of biosolids.

  • Buildings in buffer area limited to gazebos etc.

    Construction of buildings other than gazebos, picnic shelters or similar structures without restroom facilities.

  • Feed lots limited to 50 animals50 animals

    Feed lots for more than fifty (50) animals.

  • Hazardous waste storage/production prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

    Storage or production of hazardous waste as defined in applicable state or federal regulations.

  • Minimum lot dimension along mean high water line200 ft

    Lots shall have a minimum dimension of two hundred (200) feet along the mean high water line or county acquisition line, where applicable.

  • Transmission pipelines prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

    Transmission pipelines for liquefied natural gas, liquid petroleum products, slurry coal, or any other solids or liquids, except water lines, sewer lines and storm sewers.

  • Septic within 100 ft of floodwater easement prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

    No septic tanks or septic tank drainfield shall be allowed within one hundred (100) feet of the floodwater easement of the reservoir or on less than one and one-fourth (1¼) acres of land, if within two hundred (200) feet of the flood easement.

  • Septic within 250 ft of mean high water line prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

    On-site sewerage system drainfield or reserve drainfield spaces or septic tanks located within two hundred fifty (250) feet of the mean high water lines; provided, however such drainfields and septic tanks for lots approved prior to August 14, 1990 shall be permitted in the proximate area to the minimum extent necessary, as determined by the zoning administrator, to accommodate a reasonable use of the property.

  • Sewage lift station restriction

    No sewage lift station shall be allowed within eight hundred (800) feet of any floodwater easement without having a tank or seep-proof lagoon with a storage capacity sufficient to hold all sewage coming into such lift station for a twelve-hour period.

From the ordinance

Lots shall have a minimum dimension of two hundred (200) feet along the mean high water line or county acquisition line, where applicable. ... No septic tanks or septic tank drainfield shall be allowed within one hundred (100) feet of the floodwater easement of the reservoir or on less than one and one-fourth (1¼) acres of land, if within two hundred (200) feet of the flood easement.
Sec. 23-7.5.4, Sec. 23-7.5.5