Gloucester County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
RC-1
Residence-Conservation 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.
Environmental
- Shoreline protection zone along Harrison Branch
The limits of the RC-1 district which parallels Harrison Branch delimits the shoreline protection zone
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
- 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-conservation RC-1 district, as shown on the zoning map of the town, the following use provisions shall apply: ...