Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 30%
Uses
Permitted by right13
- Single-family detached dwellings
- Churches and other permanent buildings used for religious worship
- Expansion of existing hotels/motels and timeshare units (max 25% increase)
- Expansion of existing restaurants (max 25% increase)
- Pastures
- Playgrounds, parks and unlighted athletic fields owned/operated by City
- Public art
- Public buildings owned/operated by City or Historic Triangle Recreational Facilities Authority
- Public or private schools, colleges, universities
- Support facilities for Colonial Williamsburg historic area (various)
- Off-street parking and loading areas
- Signs
- Accessory uses
Conditional / special use10
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. 35 ft on Bypass Road, Capitol Landing Road, Colonial Parkway, Lafayette Street, North Henry Street/Route 132, Route 132Y35 ft
For lots fronting on Bypass Road, Capitol Landing Road, the Colonial Parkway, Lafayette Street, North Henry Street/Route 132 and Route 132Y, there shall be a front yard of not less than 35 feet.
- 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.
- Public/semipublic buildings up to 45 ft with increased yards45 ft
A public or semipublic building such as a school, church or library may be erected up to 45 feet from grade; provided that the required front, side and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot of height over 35 feet.
- Transitional screening width when adjacent to residential or Colonial Parkway (except single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.)35 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, except that no transitional screening shall be required for single-family detached dwellings.
From the ordinance
Permitted uses... single-family lot area 10,000 sq ft... lot width 50 ft... front yard 15 ft (35 ft on certain roads)... side yard 5 ft (10 ft for single-family)... rear yard 25 ft... height 35 ft... landscaped open space 30% for other uses