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.
The easement or right-of-way shall contain at a minimum, one tree planted approximately every 40 feet. All trees planted to meet this requirement shall have a minimum caliper of one and one half inch (1½")
No manufactured home shall be placed within 300 feet of any of the following interstate highways... Manufactured homes shall be certified as meeting the Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards... Mobile homes shall not be located or relocated.
No manufactured home shall be placed within 300 feet of any of the following interstate highways... Manufactured homes shall be certified as meeting the Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards... Mobile homes shall not be located or relocated.
Temporary classroom trailers accessory to an existing school may be permitted upon issuance of a special use permit... Temporary manufactured homes... Temporary offices...
A special use permit issued by the board of supervisors shall be required for: (1) Any convenience store; (2) Any commercial building or group of buildings which exceeds 10,000 square feet of floor area; or (3) Any commercial building or group of buildings, not including office uses, which generates, or would be expected to generate, a total of 100 or more additional trips to and from the site during the peak hour of the operation, based on the application of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) traffic generation rates contained in the latest edition of its book entitled Trip Generation.
A special use permit issued by the board of supervisors shall be required for: (1) Any convenience store; (2) Any commercial building or group of buildings which exceeds 10,000 square feet of floor area; or (3) Any commercial building or group of buildings, not including office uses, which generates, or would be expected to generate, a total of 100 or more additional trips to and from the site during the peak hour of the operation... or (4) Automobile and gasoline service stations.
A minimum area of 5,000 square feet shall be provided for the manufactured home. ... The period for the use of any such temporary manufactured home shall not exceed the completion date of construction as submitted by the applicant or one year from the date of issue, whichever is the shortest period, except that a certificate of occupancy may be renewed one time for an additional period not to exceed six months.
A minimum area of 5,000 square feet shall be provided for each structure. The structure shall not be placed closer than 15 feet to any lot line. ... The temporary office shall be used for a period not to exceed one year.
Alternative mounting structure—CATS... shall be permitted in all zoning districts... CATS utilizing alternative mounting structures may be erected to a total height of 60 feet from grade... Camouflaged CATS... shall not exceed 120 feet in height.
Planned Unit Development, PUD | Not Permitted | All Applications
Tower-mounted communications facilities shall be allowed as shown on Table 1. ... Alternative mounting structure—CATS ... may be erected to a total height of 60 feet from grade. ... Camouflaged CATS ... permitted pursuant to Table 1.1
Multi-antenna systems are permitted in the following zoning districts: ... LB: Not Permitted, SUP Required.
Multi-antenna systems are permitted in the following zoning districts: ... PUD: Not Permitted, SUP Required.
Multi-antenna systems are permitted in the following zoning districts: ... MU: Not Permitted, SUP Required.
A PTF shall be permitted for a maximum of 90 days in any 365-day period or longer during an emergency as determined by the county administrator or his designee. The PTF shall be set back at least two times the height of the PTF from any residential or public structure. The maximum height of the PTF shall be 120 feet.
A PTF shall be permitted for a maximum of 90 days in any 365-day period... The PTF shall be set back at least two times the height of the PTF from any residential or public structure. The maximum height of the PTF shall be 120 feet.
Small Cell Facilities. CATS determined by the planning director to be small cell facilities shall be permitted in all zoning districts and shall conform to the following criteria.
CATS determined by the planning director to be small cell facilities shall be permitted in all zoning districts and shall conform to the following criteria...
Administrative Review-Eligible Projects (AREPs). CATS determined by the planning director to be AREPs shall be permitted in all zoning districts and shall be processed in accordance with section 24-128.1.
CATS determined by the planning director to be AREPs shall be permitted in all zoning districts and shall be processed in accordance with section 24-128.1.
Source documents
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