Williamsburg, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 21-242 through 21-245
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 25%
Uses
Permitted by right21
- single-family detached dwelling
- duplex dwelling
- multifamily dwelling
- townhouse
- park
- playground
- public building
- public art
- bake shop
- bank
- convenience service establishment
- medical/dental office
- office
- restaurant (no drive-thru)
- retail sales establishment
- community center
- museum
- art gallery
- off-street parking
- accessory use
- home occupation
Conditional / special use7
Accessory2
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum cupola/spire/steeple heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.90 ft
Cupolas, spires and steeples may be erected to a height of 90 feet above grade
- Maximum parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above building4 ft
Parapet walls shall not exceed the building height by more than four feet.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. buildings prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No accessory buildings shall be permitted.
- Maximum abutting townhousesTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. with same facade3 count
no more than three abutting townhouses will have the same or essentially the same architectural treatment of façades and rooflines.
- Minimum sidewalk width4 ft
Sidewalks of at least four feet in width
- Transitional screening width25 ft
A landscaped open space area for transitional screening at least 25 feet in width shall be provided along side and rear property lines when adjacent to a lot in the RS-1 and RS-2 zoning districts.
From the ordinance
The density of a townhouse development shall not exceed eight townhouses per net acre... Each townhouse located at the end of a group of townhouses shall have a side yard of at least seven and one-half feet.