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.
At the end of each bay, a landscape island of at least nine feet in width and 15 feet in length shall be built... When the parking bays contain double rows of parking spaces, the landscape island shall be increased to nine feet in width and 30 feet in length. A parking bay may not be constructed to a length of more than 90 feet... Parking areas shall not be located within five feet of any building.
No parking area for buses shall be located closer than 30 feet to adjacent residential uses, hotels, motels, hospitals or institutes of human care and occupancy.
No parking area for buses shall be located closer than 30 feet to adjacent residential uses, hotels, motels, hospitals or institutes of human care and occupancy. ... may reduce this buffer/setback requirement to a minimum of 20 feet. The width of aisles within bus parking lots ... shall in no case be less than 24 feet wide.
These regulations shall apply to all property located within an area designated as a floodplain area
The minimum number of off-street parking spaces required for residential uses is provided in the following table. ... Commercial and institutional uses shall be divided into various categories according to the parking demand which they generate...
Category A—High demand: ... minimum of one parking space per 200 square feet of retail and/or office floor area but not more than 120 percent of the minimum requirement. Category B—Moderate demand: ... one parking space per 250 square feet ... Category C—Uses with unique requirements: ... (various specific ratios). Industrial uses: ... one parking space per two employees on the largest shift.
Bicycle parking facilities shall be provided for all retail and office development 20,000 square feet in floor area and above.
Bicycle parking facilities shall be provided for all retail and office development 20,000 square feet in floor area and above.
Regulations for filling in flood fringe and approximated floodplain districts; watercourse modification; existing structures; variances.
On the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof erected and occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, department store, wholesale store, market, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles, materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for standing, turning, loading and unloading services.
Such loading and unloading space shall: (1) Be an area ten feet by 50 feet, with 15-foot height clearance; ... For the above uses, with gross floor areas of 2,000 to 5,000 square feet, one loading and unloading space measuring ten feet by 30 feet, with 15-foot height clearance, shall be provided.
The Airport Approach Overlay District is established for the purpose of protecting the public health, safety and general welfare by preventing obstructions that constitute a hazard to air navigation.
No structure shall be erected to a height greater than that established by the dimensions set forth in section 24-616.
Private streets may be permitted for the uses listed in Table 1 below upon approval of the board of supervisors unless otherwise specified...
Private streets may be permitted for the uses listed in Table 1 below upon approval of the board of supervisors... Table 1: Zoning districts and uses where private streets may be permitted: LB, RT, PUD, MU, PL, EO...
A nonconforming use may continue as it existed when it became nonconforming provided however, if any nonconforming use is discontinued for a period of two years, it shall lose its nonconforming status...
Electric vehicle charging stations of any level shall be permitted as an accessory use to off-street parking in all zoning districts.
Electric vehicle charging stations of any level shall be permitted as an accessory use to off-street parking in all zoning districts. ... All electric vehicle charging stations shall be screened from outside of the parking lot with landscaping, fencing or berms.
All signs associated with the nonconforming use shall be brought into full compliance with the current zoning ordinance requirements for the zoning district assigned by the zoning administrator...
In no case shall a nonconforming one-family dwelling be modified to accommodate additional dwelling units.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.