Greene County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
C-1
Conservation District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right23
- Single family detached dwelling
- Conservation and preservation areas
- Agriculture and/or agricultural operations
- Processing, storage, and sale of low intensity agricultural products produced on-site
- Public utilities
- Home occupations
- Extraction of natural resources for household use only
- Kennel, small commercial
- Accessory uses or structures
- Public facility
- Public recreation areas including parks, playgrounds and campgrounds
- Public schools
- Residential accessory structure—768 square feet or less
- Accessory dwelling unit
- Mobile or manufactured home
- Temporary events zoning permit
- Temporary family health care structures
- Farm winery, events and activities
- Farm stands/farmers market/farm sales
- Farm brewery, events, and activities
- Events and activities at agricultural operations
- Tourist lodging (16-25-1)
- Rooftop and ground mounted solar
Conditional / special use26
- Tourist lodging (16-25-2)
- Kennel, large commercial
- Outdoor shooting preserves, shooting ranges and sporting clays
- Private recreation areas including parks, playgrounds and campgrounds
- Animal shelter
- Sawmills and planing mills
- General stores
- Antique, craft and gift shops
- Two-family dwelling units
- Ground disturbing exploratory activities
- Churches and church cemeteries
- Conference centers
- Extraction of natural resources for commercial use
- Stables, horseback riding and equestrian facilities
- Private schools
- Telecommunication antennas and towers
- Mulch production facility
- Group home or home for developmentally disabled persons
- Residential accessory structure—greater than 768 square feet
- Farm winery uses, events and activities
- Farm brewery uses, events, and activities
- Events and activities at agricultural operations
- Water or sewer treatment facilities
- Solar energy generation facilities
- Power generating plants
- Gas and oil facilities
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public or semi-public buildings60 ft
A public or semi-public building such as a school, church, or library may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade.
- Parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side and rear lot lines5 ft
Accessory structures shall be located five feet or more from the side and rear lot lines.
- Corner side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.40 ft
The corner side yard shall be 40 feet from edge of right-of-way.
Structures except signs shall be located 50 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width, or 100 feet or more from the center line of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.
From the ordinance
The minimum lot area for permitted uses shall be eight acres (348,480 square feet)... Structures except signs shall be located 50 feet or more from any street right-of-way... The minimum required frontage for permitted uses shall be 300 feet... The minimum side yard for each main structure shall be 30 feet... Each main structure shall have a rear yard of 100 feet or more... Buildings may be erected up to 40 feet in height...