York County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 24.1-273(g)
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Increased side/rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for taller accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.10 ft
shall observe a minimum side and rear yard setback of ten (10) feet rather than the normally applicable five (5) feet.
- Max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. is lesser of districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. or principal structure
no accessory building or structure shall exceed the maximum height limitation established for the district or the height of the structure to which it is accessory, whichever is less
- Max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. to single-story building1.25 x principal heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
buildings which are accessory to a single-story building may be constructed to a maximum height not exceeding 1.25 times the height of the principal building.
- Separation from principal for taller accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.20 ft
the accessory building shall be separated from the principal building by a distance of at least twenty feet (20')
From the ordinance
Except as authorized by section Nos. 24.1-231, 24.1-272, or section 24.1-274 of this chapter, no accessory building or structure shall exceed the maximum height limitation established for the district or the height of the structure to which it is accessory, whichever is less, provided, however, that buildings which are accessory to a single-story building may be constructed to a maximum height not exceeding 1.25 times the height of the principal building. In cases where this is permitted, the accessory building shall be separated from the principal building by a distance of at least twenty feet (20') and shall observe a minimum side and rear yard setback of ten (10) feet rather than the normally applicable five (5) feet.