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Henrico County Unincorporated, Virginia · District

A-1

A-1 Agricultural District
AgriculturalAll Henrico County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

A-1 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaSide 20 ftMin width 150 ftMIN LOT AREA1 acMAX HEIGHT40 ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
150 ft

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
40 ft

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
by_right

Uses

Permitted by right4

Conditional / special use2

Extracted standards

2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Height

Setback

From the ordinance

The purpose of the A-1 Agricultural District is to reserve areas for traditional agricultural activities... Allowed uses include: Agriculture; One-family dwellings on lots of one acre or more; and Limited institutional and commercial uses in appropriate locations.
Sec. 24-3204