Williamsburg, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 21-382 to 21-389

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 50 ftRear 25 ftSide 15 ftMin width 100 ftMAX HEIGHT45 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.

Uses

Permitted by right16

Conditional / special use2

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • 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.

  • Stair towers, equipment penthouses, mechanical equipment and screening walls exempt from heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limits

    Stair towers, equipment penthouses, mechanical equipment and screening walls are exempt from the height limitations, provided that they shall not cover more than 30 percent of the total roof area and shall not exceed the building height by more than ten feet.

  • Transitional screening width when adjacent to residential or Colonial Parkway35 ft

    A landscaped open space area 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 or to the Colonial Parkway.

From the ordinance

Permitted uses... lot width 100 ft at building line... front yard 50 ft... side yard 15 ft... rear yard 25 ft... height 45 ft... landscaped open space 30%
Sec. 21-382 to 21-389