James City County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
R-4
Residential Planned Community District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right72
- accessory buildings
- apartments
- group homes (8 or fewer)
- multi-family dwellings (up to 4 units)
- multi-family dwellings (more than 4 units)
- single-family dwellings
- assisted living facilities
- banks and financial institutions
- barber and beauty shops
- business/professional/governmental offices
- continuing care retirement facilities
- dinner theaters
- dry cleaners and laundries
- funeral homes, cemeteries and memorial gardens
- home occupations
- horse and pony farms, riding stables, horse show areas, horse racing tracks and polo fields
- hospitals and mental care facilities
- hotels, resort hotels, motels, tourist homes and convention centers
- hunting clubs, conservation areas and preserves
- indoor theaters, museums, public meeting halls and outdoor entertainment
- medical clinics and offices
- parks, playgrounds, golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools and other recreation areas
- photographer, artist and sculptor studios
- property maintenance facilities, sheds or garages
- public billiard parlors, arcades, pool rooms, bowling alleys, dance halls and other centers of amusement
- rental of rooms to a maximum of three rooms
- restaurants, fast food restaurants, tea rooms and taverns
- retail food stores, bakeries and fish markets
- skilled nursing facilities
- fire stations
- libraries
- post offices
- places of public assembly
- schools
- public utilities: poles, lines, distribution transformers, pipes, meters and other facilities
- telephone exchanges and telephone switching stations
- Accessory buildings or structures
- Apartments
- Group homes or residential facilities for eight or fewer adults
- Multi-family dwellings (up to and including four dwelling units)
- Multi-family dwellings (more than four dwelling units)
- Single-family dwellings
- Assisted living facilities
- Banks and other similar financial institutions
- Barber and beauty shops
- Business, professional and governmental offices
- Continuing care retirement facilities
- Dinner theaters
- Dry cleaners and laundries
- Funeral homes, cemeteries and memorial gardens
- Home occupations
- Horse and pony farms, riding stables, horse show areas, horse racing tracks and polo fields
- Hospitals and mental care facilities
- Hotels, resort hotels, motels, tourist homes and convention centers
- Hunting clubs, conservation areas and preserves
- Indoor theaters, museums, public meeting halls and outdoor entertainment, other than drive-in theaters
- Medical clinics and offices
- Parks, playgrounds, golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools and other public or private recreation areas
- Photographer, artist and sculptor studios
- Property maintenance facilities, sheds or garages
- Public billiard parlors, arcades, pool rooms, bowling alleys, dance halls and other centers of amusement
- Rental of rooms to a maximum of three rooms
- Restaurants, fast food restaurants, tea rooms and taverns
- Retail food stores, bakeries and fish markets
- Skilled nursing facilities (nursing homes)
- Fire stations
- Libraries
- Post offices
- Places of public assembly
- Schools
- Public utilities: Poles, lines, distribution transformers, pipes, meters and other facilities necessary for the provision and maintenance of utilities including water and sewer facilities
- Telephone exchanges and telephone switching stations
Conditional / special use4
- vape/smoke shop and vape/smoke lounge
- Group homes or residential facilities for nine or more adults
- Independent living facilities
- Vape/smoke shop and vape/smoke lounge
Accessory1
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Easement for buildings on or within 5 feet of property line5 ft
Easements and covenants shall clearly establish the rights of two abutting properties where main buildings are to be constructed on or within five feet of a property line.
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limitation waiver conditions
A structure in excess of 60 feet in height but not in excess of 100 feet may be erected only upon the granting of a height limitation waiver by the board of supervisors.
Signage
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. signs prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Home occupation signs shall not be permitted in the residential planned community district.
From the ordinance
All development within the R-4 District shall be served by publicly owned and operated water and sewer systems. Structures may be erected up to 60 feet in height.