James City County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
R-3
Residential Redevelopment District
Dimensional standards
Density
- Maximum density
- 4 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 10,890 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.25 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right14
- accessory buildings
- apartments
- group homes (8 or fewer)
- multifamily dwellings (up to 4 units)
- multifamily dwellings (more than 4 units)
- single-family dwellings
- adult day care centers
- child day care centers
- coin laundries (accessory)
- community recreation facilities
- places of public assembly
- rental of one room
- retail shops accessory to community recreation
- schools, libraries, fire stations
Conditional / special use16
- group homes (9 or more)
- independent living facilities
- assisted living facilities
- barber and beauty shops
- business/professional/governmental offices
- continuing care retirement facilities
- hospitals and mental health facilities
- photography studios
- professional offices in multifamily
- rental of two or three rooms
- skilled nursing facilities
- tourist homes
- railroad facilities
- telephone exchanges
- transmission pipelines
- water facilities
Accessory1
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. of accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. buildings35 ft
In no case shall an accessory building be more than 35 feet in height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for dwellings with increased side yards45 ft
The height limit for dwellings may be increased to 45 feet and to three stories
Other
- Perimeter buffer20 ft
In all other circumstances the minimum buffer shall be 20 feet
- Right-of-way buffer on Community Character Corridor roads150 ft
The minimum right-of-way buffer on community character corridor roads as defined in the Comprehensive Plan shall be 150 feet
- Right-of-way buffer on non-Community Character Corridor roads75 ft
The minimum right-of-way buffer on all non-community character corridor roads shall be 75 feet
From the ordinance
No project shall have a net density (including bonuses) of more than four units per acre.