James City County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
12 districts, grouped by category.
Industrial
3Limited Business/Industrial District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 60 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 19
General Industrial District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 60 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 54
Residential
7Limited Residential District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 4
General Residential District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 2
Residential Redevelopment District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Max density
- 4 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 14
Residential Planned Community District
- Max height
- 60 ft
- Permitted uses
- 72
Multifamily Residential District
- Min lot
- 130,680 sq ft (3 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 12 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 19
Low-Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 16
Rural Residential District
- Min lot
- 871,200 sq ft (20 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 12
General provisions
208 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Existing viable trees, preserved on the site in accordance with the tree protection standards outlined in section 24-88 (b), may provide tree credits which shall reduce the number of new trees required to be installed.
All required landscape areas, other than landscape areas adjacent to buildings and within parking lots as required in sections 24-97 and 24-99, shall contain at least a minimum number of trees and shrubs as specified in the following chart.
A landscape area which is a minimum of ten feet wide shall be provided adjacent to buildings.
A landscape area which is a minimum of ten feet wide shall be provided adjacent to buildings. Up to one-half of this area may be transferred elsewhere on the site.
In no case shall any portion of any landscape area located more than 125 feet from the right-of-way of a Wooded Community Character Corridor outside the Primary Service Area, 65 feet from the right-of-way of all other Community Character Corridors or 45 feet from the right-of-way along all other roads be counted toward meeting the requirements.
In no case shall any portion of any landscape area located more than 125 feet from the right-of-way of a Wooded Community Character Corridor outside the Primary Service Area, 65 feet from the right-of-way of all other Community Character Corridors or 45 feet from the right-of-way along all other roads be counted toward meeting the requirements of this paragraph.
Parking areas, accessory or otherwise, containing ten or more parking spaces shall contain landscaping and landscape areas in accordance with all of the following.
The required trees shall be spaced no more than 99 feet apart throughout the parking lot. ... all parking lots shall be visually screened from public road rights-of-way by evergreen plantings or berms that create a screen a minimum of three feet in height.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.