Goochland County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
R-1
Residential, Limited
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right6
- Dwelling, manufactured home
- Dwelling, single-family
- Assisted living facility; group home for eight or fewer
- Family day home, four children or fewer
- Park, playgrounds
- Utility distribution facility, public, and all accompanying appurtenances and structures
Conditional / special use3
- School
- Utility - Gas transmission lines, compressor stations, measurement station, regulator station
- Utility transmission substation; transmission line, other than normal distribution facility
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Accessory structures
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
Accessory structures: Less than main building height
Other
Exceptions to the height requirement include: church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennas and radio aerials. Parapet walls may rise up to six feet above the finished roof surface.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. with individual water and sewerage systems65,340 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot size for lots with individual water and sewerage systems is 1.5 acres.
The area in roads and existing utility rights-of-way are not included in the required open space. The area in lakes, ponds and floodplains cannot exceed 50% of the required open space. There is no open space requirement for developments of six or fewer lots.
From the ordinance
Minimum lot size for lots with individual water and sewerage systems is 1.5 acres. Minimum lot size for lots connected to public utilities is 24,000 square feet (1.8 units per acre).