Dinwiddie County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
R-1
Residential, Limited District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right15
Conditional / special use3
Accessory2
Prohibited3
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Dwelling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase up to 45 feet45 ft
The height limit for dwellings may be increased up to 45 feet and up to three stories.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line5 ft
No accessory building may be closer than five feet to any property line.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for non-septic lots20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All other lots, 20,000 square feet or more.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street centerline65 ft
Structures shall be located 65 feet or more from the centerline of any street right-of-way.
From the ordinance
Minimum lot area 1.5 acres for septic lots, 20,000 sq ft otherwise; setback 65 feet from centerline; side yards 15 feet, rear 35 feet; height up to 35 feet.