Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
7 districts, grouped by category.
Industrial
3Industrial
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 57
General Industrial
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 53
General Industrial Conservation
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 40
Residential
4Suburban Estates District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Max density
- 2 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 16
Moderate Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 3 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 15
High Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 12,000 sq ft (0.28 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 14 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 22
R-4 Residential District
- Min lot
- 30,000 sq ft (0.69 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 14 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 22
General provisions
395 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Festivals shall be permitted up to four (4) times per year. ... an event conducted at a farm winery for up to three (3) consecutive days which is open to the general public
This use offers short-term lodging rooms and meals for paying guests looking for a rural experience on a working farm or ranch containing a minimum of ten (10) acres.
No guests or group of guests shall remain on the premises for more than fourteen (14) consecutive nights per visit or permitted more than two (2) visits during a twelve-month period.
Events shall be permitted up to twelve (12) times per year. ... attendance is allowed only by invitation or reservation up to two hundred (200) persons and for which there is no individual admission fee are charged.
the aggregate gross receipts from the ancillary activity/activities does not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the gross receipts from the agritourism activity for three (3) of the preceding five (5) operating years.
Gift shops for the sale of non-agriculturally related products such as antiques or crafts, where sales of the non-agriculturally related products do not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of gross sales of the agritourism activity
the minimum acreage for an agritourism activity is two (2) acres or more, including the primary residential use.
The minimum width for an agritourism activity within or outside of an enclosed structure, intended to attract more than an average of ten (10) vehicle trips per day in addition to the residential use on the property, shall be three hundred (300) feet at the building setback line.
Access shall be provided by an exclusive right of ingress/egress from a state maintained road.
A zoning permit shall not be issued for a nonconforming structure or use for which a permit agritourism activity is being sought until the following procedure has been completed
Density bonus: 1 du/10 ac, up to 1/5 ac; sliding scale: 20 ac for 1 division, then 1 per 40 ac.
The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements contained in this ordinance.
Conditional uses... Minimum lot area: 40,000 sq ft. Max height: 35 ft or 3 stories. Front setback: 60 ft (ROW>50ft). Side: 15/35 ft. Rear: 35 ft.
The following general standards shall apply to all cluster developments in the RR District... minimum lot 40,000 sq ft, density options 1/10, 1/8, 1/5 acre per unit.
Permitted uses... Conditional uses... Max height: 35 ft or 3 stories. Max density: 2 du/acre. FAR: 0.25. Front setback: 30 ft (ROW>50ft). Side: 15/30 ft. Rear: 30 ft.
Maximum density: Two (2) dwelling units per acre. Floor area ratio for nonresidential: One-fourth (.25). Side yard: 15 ft one side, 30 ft both. Rear: 30 ft.
Permitted uses... Conditional uses... Min lot width: 100 ft. Min frontage: 100 ft. Max height: 35 ft or 3 stories. Max density: 2 du/acre. FAR: 0.25. Front setback: 35 ft (ROW>50ft). Side: 10/20 ft. Rear: 25 ft.
Permitted uses... Conditional uses... Min lot area: 20,000 sqft. Min width: 100 ft. Max height: 35 ft or 3 stories. FAR: 0.35. Front setback: 35 ft. Side: 5 ft. Rear: 5 ft. Max lot coverage: 60%. Min OSR: 25%.
Min lot area: 20,000 sq ft. Width: 100 ft. Height: 35 ft or 3 stories (up to 50 ft/5 stories with conditions). FAR: 0.35. Setbacks: front 35, side 5, rear 5. Coverage: 60%. OSR: 25%.
The following uses are specifically excluded from all districts: A. Unless otherwise expressly permitted, the use of a recreational vehicle as a temporary or permanent residence. B. Unless associated with a bona fide agricultural use, the use of a motor vehicle permanently parked on a lot as a structure...
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.