Washington County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 66-581 to 66-589

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 35 ftRear 35 ftSide 15 ftMin width 100 ftMIN FRONTAGE100 ftMAX HEIGHT35 ft / 3 stories
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.

Uses

Permitted by right9

  • Churches and schools
  • Parks and playgrounds
  • Single-family dwellings
  • Two-family dwellings
  • Manufactured homes (not for business purposes except home occupations)
  • Utility poles, overhead and underground lines, distribution transformers, meters, street lighting and related appurtenances
  • Telecommunication towers and antennas used exclusively by public or private schools for educational purposes
  • Underground pipes and lines, manholes, pumping and booster stations, meters and related appurtenances for water, wastewater, and natural gas
  • Solid waste disposal convenience station operated by the county after public hearing

Conditional / special use6

  • Day care center
  • Electrical power substations and telecommunication switching facilities
  • Fire department offices and facilities, emergency medical rescue squad offices and facilities, law enforcement offices and facilities, other governmental offices and facilities
  • Horses and related uses
  • Permanent manufactured home parks (special exception, subject to sections 66-969 through 66-989)
  • Water and wastewater treatment plants

Accessory5

Extracted standards

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

Other

Setback

From the ordinance

Structures in the MHR district shall be located 35 feet or more from any street right-of-way that is 50 feet or greater in width.
Sec. 66-581 to 66-589