A-20
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right13
- minor subdivisions, conventional
- major subdivisions, conventional
- single-family detached dwellings
- modular homes
- agriculture, general farming and forestry
- boarding, rooming or lodging houses and bed and breakfast inns
- boat landings and piers
- foster care and adult family care (home-based)
- guest houses
- home occupations
- kennels, private
- preserves and conservation areas
- short-term rental dwelling
Conditional / special use7
- fire and rescue facilities
- public utilities to serve the permitted uses on the lot
- public utility booster or relay stations, transformer substations, meters and other facilities, including water and sewerage facilities
- community centers
- libraries and other similar public facilities
- group homes
- transitional homes
Accessory14
- Church spires, belfries, cupolas, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennas, radio aerials, and bona fide farm bui
- Agriculture, general farming and forestry.
- Boarding, rooming or lodging houses and bed and breakfast inns.
- Boat landings and piers.
- Cabinet-making, furniture and upholstery shops (home-based).
- Cemeteries, family or church (subject to Code of Virginia § 57-26).
- Childcare (home-based).
- Churches (less than one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet).
- Farm-based equipment sales/service.
- Foster care and adult family care (home-based).
- Garden shops, greenhouses, nurseries.
- Home occupations (refer to section 74-2).
- Hunting lodges and clubs and boat clubs.
- Kennels, private.
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.35 ft
Buildings in an A-20 district may be erected up to thirty-five (35) feet in height.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
No accessory structure, except for permitted fences, walls, and ornamental structures may occupy a required front setback.
- Corner lot requirements
Any lot or parcel fronting on two (2) or more roads must conform to the frontage, minimum lot width, and setback requirements for all such roads.
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exception to 60 feet with increased setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Any building may be erected to a height of sixty (60) feet from grade, provided that the required front, side, and rear yard setbacks must be increased by one (1) foot for each one (1) foot in height over thirty-five (35) feet.
- Structures exempt from heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. requirements
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennas, radio aerials, and bona fide farm buildings or structures as defined by Code of Virginia, § 36-97, as that section may from time to time be amended and/or recodified are exempt from height requirements.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. within 50 ft of property line1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
No accessory building which is within fifty (50) feet of any property line shall be more than one (1) story high. All accessory buildings shall be less than the primary structure in height.
From the ordinance
Buildings in an A-20 district may be erected up to thirty-five (35) feet in height, except that: ...
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"permitted_uses": [
"in home daycare"
]
}
}