York County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 24.1-272(a)
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Commercial and industrial districts
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Finished side orientation
when a fence is designed/constructed such that the rails, boards, wire mesh or other nonstructural coverings are attached to only one side of the structural supports (i.e., posts, cross rails, etc.), that side shall be considered the "finished" side and shall face any adjacent public right-of-way or residential zoning districts.
- Maximum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
fences or walls located in front yards shall not exceed six feet (6') in height
- Maximum side/rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft
fences or walls located in side or rear yards shall not exceed eight feet (8') in height
From the ordinance
Fences or walls provided that: (1) fences or walls located in side or rear yards shall not exceed eight feet (8') in height; (2) fences or walls located in front yards shall not exceed six feet (6') in height provided that corner visibility standards, as established in section 24.1-220 shall be observed; (3) the above standards shall not be deemed to prohibit any fences or walls which may be required for screening, security or safety purposes by other sections of this chapter and, furthermore, the zoning administrator may authorize the installation of fences exceeding the above height limits when it is determined that such additional fence height would be appropriate for providing screening and buffering benefits to adjoining properties; and (4) when a fence is designed/constructed such that the rails, boards, wire mesh or other nonstructural coverings are attached to only one side of the structural supports (i.e., posts, cross rails, etc.), that side shall be considered the "finished" side and shall face any adjacent public right-of-way or residential zoning districts.