Gloucester County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
R-1
Residence District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right6
Conditional / special use4
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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 line10 ft
not less than ten feet from the property line
- Greenhouse setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line10 ft
not less than ten feet from any property line
no outward indication, no signs, no noise, no hazardous storage, no parking or traffic circulation problems
- Maximum accessory apartmentAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. area600 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
not exceeding 600 square feet
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building area200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One accessory building, not to exceed 200 square feet in area
- Maximum greenhouse area as percentage of living area15 pct
not more than 15 percent of the living area of the home
From the ordinance
Within a residence R-1 district, as shown on the zoning map of the town, the following use provisions shall apply: ...