Goochland County Unincorporated

Microbrewery. A facility for the production and packaging of malt beverages with alcohol content as defined by federal or Virginia law, and distribution, retail, wholesale, or both, for consumption on or off premises, with capacity that does not exceed 15,000 barrels per calendar year.

Farm brewery. A commercial manufacturer of beer which produces no more than 15,000 barrels of beer per calendar year, is located on agriculturally zoned land which is owned or leased by the brewery or the brewery's owner, and uses, in the beer manufacturing, agricultural products, including barley, other grains, hops, or fruit grown on the property.

Driveway. An access that is a private road, and provides access to no more than two lots.

Manufactured home park. Any property designed to accommodate two or more manufactured homes.

Apartment. A building containing dwelling units for more than three families.

Dwelling, multiple family. A structure arranged or designed to be occupied by more than three families.

Dwelling, four-family. A structure with four dwelling units arranged or designed to be occupied by four families.

Dwelling, three-family. A structure with three dwelling units arranged or designed to be occupied by three families.

Dwelling, two-family. A structure with two dwelling units arranged or designed to be occupied by two families, but not including a single-family dwelling with an accessory family housing unit.

Dwelling, single-family. A structure with one dwelling unit arranged or designed to be occupied by one family; it may also an accessory family housing unit through a conditional use permit.

Accessory family housing unit, attached. A second dwelling unit established in conjunction with, and clearly subordinate to, the principal dwelling unit on a lot, and contained within or attached as part of the same structure as the principal dwelling unit.

Accessory family housing unit, detached. A second dwelling unit established in conjunction with, and clearly subordinate to, the principal dwelling unit on a lot, and located in a separate or detached structure.

Structure, accessory. A subordinate structure customarily incidental to and located upon the same lot as the main building or structure. No accessory structure may be used as a separate dwelling unless in compliance with the use standards or with a conditional use permit.

Travel trailer or camper. A vehicular, portable structure, built on a chassis, and designed to be used for temporary human habitation for travel, recreational, and vacation uses. Use of these vehicles as permanent dwelling units is prohibited.

Cellar. The lowest level of a structure that has more than ½ of its height below grade and which may not be occupied for dwelling purposes.

Basement. The lowest level of structure which has not more than ½ of its height below grade. A basement is a story for height regulation.

Building height. The height of a building is measured from the average elevation of the ground surface along a building's front. For a flat roof, the measurement goes to the roof's highest point; for a mansard roof, the measurement is taken to the deck line; and for a gable, hip, or gambrel roof, the measurement goes to the mean height between the eaves and ridge of a gable, hip, or gambrel roof.

Lot width. The distance between the two side lot lines at the minimum setback line. The average lot width is determined by measuring the shortest distance between the two side lot lines at the minimum setback line.

Lot, corner. A lot abutting two or more streets at their intersection. Of the two sides of a corner lot, the front is deemed to be the shortest of the two sides that abut the streets.

Lot, double frontage. A lot which abuts more than one street or right-of-way but is not a corner lot.