Sec. 21-362, 21-365, 21-367, 21-368, 21-369, 21-370
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 20%
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
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right34
- Duplex dwellings and attached duplex dwellings
- Townhouses in accordance with Section 21-370
- Multifamily dwellings
- Planned retirement communities and/or continuing care communities
- Senior housing
- Residential uses located in buildings used for other permitted uses
- Banks and financial institutions
- Conference centers
- Convenience service establishments
- Convenience stores
- Day care centers
- Fitness studios
- Fitness centers
- Mobile food units
- Freestanding automatic teller machines
- Hotels/motels and associated meeting facilities
- Indoor entertainment facilities
- Medical uses including diagnostic centers, hospitals, medical offices, etc.
- Offices
- Parking garages
- Playgrounds, parks and unlighted athletic fields owned and/or operated by the City of Williamsburg
- Printing, photocopying and publishing establishments
- Public art approved through the City's public arts program
- Public buildings owned and/or operated by the City of Williamsburg
- Research and development facilities
- Restaurants, bake shops, and other food service establishments
- Service stations
- Storage of materials and supplies incidental to the conduct of a permitted use
- Theaters and assembly halls, but excluding drive-in theaters
- Off-street parking and loading areas for permitted uses
- Signs
- Accessory uses
- Home occupations
- Medical cannabis dispensaries
Conditional / special use8
- Manufacture or assembly of electronic instruments, components and devices
- Manufacture or assembly of medical, drafting, metering, marine, photographic or mechanical instruments
- Manufacture or assembly of musical instruments, toys and novelties
- Other manufacture/assembly operations of similar scale and intensity
- Lighted athletic fields owned and/or operated by the City of Williamsburg
- Retail sales establishments exceeding a gross floor area of 100,000 square feet for an individual tenant
- Warehouses, storage and distribution centers
- Wholesale businesses
Accessory1
Extracted standards
17 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Accessory usesAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. per section 21-603
Accessory uses in accordance with section 21-603.
- Greenbelt width along designated streets50 ft
Along streets designated by the comprehensive plan as greenbelts, a greenbelt of at least 50 feet shall be provided along the street line; except that at least 75 feet shall be required along Route 199.
- Greenbelt width along Route 19975 ft
At least 75 feet shall be required along Route 199.
- Home occupationsHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. per section 21-606
Home occupations in accordance with section 21-606.
- Maximum residential area percentage40 pct
Not more than 40 percent of the gross area of contiguous land in an economic development district ED, whether under the same or different ownership, may be devoted exclusively to residential uses.
- Maximum unrelated persons per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.3 persons
The permitted dwelling unit occupancy in the economic development district ED is as follows: (1) A family; or (2) No more than three unrelated persons.
- Storage screening wall/fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Storage of materials and supplies incidental to the conduct of a permitted use, provided that such storage is screened from view by a six-foot high wall or fence with the finished side facing the exterior of the property.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. buildings
No accessory buildings shall be permitted, except for detached garages.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. architectural variation
The façades of townhouses in a group shall be varied by changed setbacks or variations in materials or design so that no more than three abutting townhouses will have the same or essentially the same architectural treatment of façades and roof lines.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.0 ft
No front yard shall be required for an individual townhouse lot. However, all buildings in the townhouse development shall be located at least five feet from any street or highway right-of-way.
- Minimum townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.20 ft
The minimum lot width for each townhouse shall be 20 feet.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.7.5 ft
Each townhouse shall have a rear yard of not less than seven and one-half feet, or five feet when adjacent to a public or private street or alley.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. end unit side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.7.5 ft
Each townhouse located at the end of a group of townhouses shall have a side yard of at least seven and one-half feet, or five feet when adjacent to a public or private street or alley.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. sidewalk width4 ft
Sidewalks of at least four feet in width, constructed of concrete, brick or other material of reasonable durability and approved by the planning commission, shall be constructed to provide a pedestrian circulation system for the townhouse project.
- Transitional screening open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. width35 ft
A landscaped open space for transitional screening at least 35 feet in width shall be provided along side and rear property lines when adjacent to a lot in a residential zoning district.
Parking
- Off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. per Article V
Off-street parking and loading areas for permitted uses in accordance with Article V.
Signage
- Signs per Article VI
Signs in accordance with Article VI.
From the ordinance
The uses permitted in the economic development district ED are as follows: ... Residential uses ... Not more than 40 percent of the gross area ... may be devoted exclusively to residential uses.
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"permitted_uses": [
"Retail sales establishments provided that the gross floor area of any individual tenant shall not exceed 100,000 square feet",
"Veterinary hospitals and clinics, provided that there are no outdoor activities"
]
}
}