King William County Unincorporated

Accessory dwelling unit means a smaller, independent residential dwelling unit located on the same parcel as a separate single-family dwelling.

Accessory structure means a subordinate building or a portion of the main building, the use of which is clearly incidental to or customarily found in connection with, and (except as otherwise provided in this chapter) located on the same lot as the main building or principal use of the land.

Base parcel means the remaining acreage of a parcel after the subtraction of the acreage of perennial water features. The base parcel is comprised of the land acreage of a parcel. All development standards, density requirements, and submission requirements will be applied to the acreage of the base parcel.

Building height means the vertical distance from the average established road grade or from the average level of the finished grade at the front building line, if higher, to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or to the deck line of a mansard roof, or to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip, shed, and gambrel roofs.

Building coverage (lot coverage) means that percentage of a lot which when viewed from above would be covered by a structure or structures or any part thereof, excluding roof eaves.

Carport means a roofed space having one or more sides open to the weather, primarily designed or used to park motor vehicles. In no case shall a carport be located in any required front or side yard.

Density means the number of dwelling units or residential lots permitted on a given unit of land. Density is determined by dividing the total number of residential units or lots to be located on the parcel by the area of the base parcel itself.

Family means two or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption, or a group of not more than four persons not related by blood, marriage, or adoption, occupying a dwelling unit as an individual housekeeping organization. Does not include group homes.

Garage, accessory, means an accessory building used for storage purposes only and having a capacity of not more than four automobiles and a floor area of not more than 900 square feet or not more than two automobiles per family housed in the building to which the garage is accessory, whichever is the greater.

Group home means a licensed residential facility in which no more than eight mentally ill, intellectually disabled, mentally impaired, or developmentally disabled persons or no more than eight aged, infirmed or disabled persons reside, with one or more resident counselors or other staff persons, shall be considered a residential occupancy by a single family.

Height means the vertical distance of a structure measured from the average elevation of the finished grade within 20 feet of the structure to the highest point of the structure.

Home occupation, Type I means an accessory use of a dwelling unit for gainful employment involving the provision of goods or services and which does not generate any additional employees or more than five customers daily.

Home occupation, Type II means an accessory use of a dwelling unit for gainful employment involving the provision of goods and/or services and which generates employees and/or more than five customers daily.

Impervious cover means a surface composed of any material that significantly impedes or prevents natural infiltration of water into the soil. Impervious surfaces include, but are not limited to; roofs, buildings, streets, parking areas, and any concrete, asphalt, or compacted gravel surface.

Junkyard means any area of land lying within 100 feet of a state highway or more than 200 square feet of land area in any location used as an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated or used for storing, keeping, buying or selling junk, and the term includes garbage dumps and sanitary fills.

Yard means an open space other than a court, on a lot, and unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

Yard, front means a yard lying between the front lot line and the nearest part of the building or use not excepted in this chapter, and extending across the full width of the lot.

Yard, rear means a yard lying between the rear lot line and the nearest part of the building not excepted in this chapter, and extending across the full width of the lot.

Yard, side means a yard lying between a side lot line and the nearest part of the building or use not excepted in this chapter, and extending from the front yard to the rear yard, or if there is no front or rear yard, to the front or rear lot lines.

Yard measurement means, in measuring a yard, the building line shall be deemed to mean a line parallel to the nearest lot line drawn through the point of a building or the point of a group of buildings nearest to such lot line, and the measurement shall be taken at right angles from the building line to the nearest lot line.