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 architecturally compatible CATS should be no taller than twice the permitted height of the replicated structure up to 70 feet; ...
Shall not exceed 120 feet in height. ... Should the CATS be taller than nearby trees, it shall be buffered with existing mature trees...
Tower-mounted communications facilities shall be allowed as shown on Table 1. Limited Business, LB: Not Permitted; All Towers SUP Required.
Tower-mounted communications facilities shall be allowed as shown on Table 1. Planned Unit Development, PUD: Not Permitted; All Towers SUP Required.
Tower-mounted communications facilities shall be allowed as shown on Table 1. Mixed Use, MU: Not Permitted; All Towers SUP Required.
Tower-mounted communications facilities shall be allowed as shown on Table 1. Economic Opportunity, EO: Not Permitted; All Towers SUP Required.
A minimum of a 100-foot, undisturbed buffer of mature trees... Shall be set back from any off-site existing residential structure no less than 400 feet. ... Shall not exceed 120 feet in height.
Limited Business, LB | Not Permitted | All Applications. For all lots in the R-4, R-5, MU, PUD-R, LB, B-1, M-1, M-3, and PUD-C districts, antennas shall be permitted in rear yards and on roofs.
Mixed Use, MU | Not Permitted | All Applications. For all lots in the R-4, R-5, MU, PUD-R, LB, B-1, M-1, M-3, and PUD-C districts, antennas shall be permitted in rear yards and on roofs.
Towers shall be gray in color unless otherwise approved by the planning director. No signage of any kind shall be displayed at or on a tower. No fence shall exceed six feet in height and it shall contain no barb wire or similar barrier. All equipment enclosures shall be screened from public view with fencing and landscaping.
Towers shall be gray in color unless otherwise approved... No signage of any kind shall be displayed... Security fencing... No fence shall exceed six feet in height...
In considering an application for a special use permit for a CATS, the planning director shall prepare a composite report identifying the extent to which the application is in compliance with the 'Performance Standards for Communications Facilities...'
The CATS shall comply with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) standards for all electromagnetic emissions.
The applicant shall ensure that the CATS will not interfere with public safety communications.
A CATS shall be considered abandoned or unused if it is not being utilized for the purpose of providing communications services for a period of six months.
The county will act on applications for an AREP-2 and proposed modifications to CATS that are not eligible facilities requests within 90 days... The county will act on any applications for an AREP-1 or new CATS within 150 days...
Pole mounted light fixtures shall not exceed 30 feet in height. Light trespass, defined as light intensity measured at 0.1 footcandle or higher extending beyond any property line or into the public right-of-way, shall be prohibited. All lighting shall be aimed, located, designed, fitted and maintained in a way that will not present a hazard to drivers.
Light trespass... 0.1 footcandle... Pole mounted light fixtures shall not exceed 30 feet in height.
Two or more principal residential uses may be located on a single lot; public utilities allowed as permitted use; individual wells and septic generally permitted.
Two or more principal residential uses may be on a lot if yard/area requirements apply to each; public utilities allowed as permitted use; individual water wells and septic drainfields generally permitted.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.