Williamsburg, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 21-483.1

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETFront 35 ftRear 15 ftSide 10 ftMin width 50 ftMIN FRONTAGE25 ftMAX HEIGHT45 ftMIN OPEN SPACE20%
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

Extracted standards

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

Height

Other

  • Maximum number of adaptive housing facilities5 facilities

    the total number of adaptive housing facilities allowed shall be limited to no more than five in the Planned Development Housing District (PDH)

  • Maximum adaptive housing units citywide400 units

    No more than a total of 400 adaptive housing units shall be permitted in the city

  • Maximum adaptive housing units per facility100 units

    there shall be no more than 100 units in an individual adaptive housing facility

  • Maximum Area Median Income for affordability80 pct

    Rents must be affordable to households with incomes at or below 80% of Area Median Income (AMI)

  • Maximum persons in 2+ bedroom unit5 persons

    No more than five persons in a two or more bedroom unit

  • Maximum persons in efficiency/1BR unit3 persons

    No more than three persons in an efficiency or one bedroom unit

  • Maximum rent as percentage of income30 pct

    rents may not exceed 30% of income calculated using 80% of AMI

  • At least 20 percent of the total land area of the lot shall be landscaped open space.

  • Minimum percentage of studio units75 pct

    Allows seventy-five percent (75%) of units, post conversion, to be studio and the remaining a mix of one and two-bedroom units.

  • Transitional screening width35 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

  • Transitional screening width for Second Street10 ft

    A landscaped open space area for transitional screening at least ten feet in width shall be provided along side and rear property lines when adjacent to a lot in a residential zoning district for lots fronting on Second Street between Page Street and Parkway Drive.

From the ordinance

Buildings may be erected up to 45 feet from grade except that stair towers, equipment penthouses, mechanical equipment and screening walls are exempt from the height limitations...
Sec. 21-483.1