King William County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
10 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
2Commercial
2Local Business District
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
General Business District
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
Residential
6Suburban Residential District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 150 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
General provisions
254 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Store, grocery: entrances to the site shall be minimized and located in such a way as to maximize safety, ensure efficient traffic circulation, and minimize the impact upon the surrounding neighborhood.
Entrances to the site shall be minimized and located in such a way as to maximize safety, ensure efficient traffic circulation, and minimize the impact upon the surrounding neighborhood.
Temporary construction structure: temporary building or structure may be placed on construction site as accessory if incidental and necessary; only after building permit issued; removed when construction completed or permit expires.
A temporary building or structure, including a manufactured home, recreational vehicle, or other highway vehicle, may be erected or placed on a construction site in any district as an accessory structure... When such construction work is completed or abandoned, when the building permit expires or is revoked, whichever comes first, such temporary building, structure, or vehicle shall be removed.
Tent or tent-like structures: shall not be erected as buildings; may be erected for temporary events accessory to primary use or related to permitted use for no longer than ten days; permits subject to conditions.
Tents or tent-like structures shall not be erected as buildings. Tents may be erected for temporary events accessory to the primary use or related to a permitted use for the zoning district to last no longer than ten days.
Wholesale sales: loading areas sited to minimize impact; parking shall be located behind the front line of the principal building.
Loading areas shall be sited in such a way to minimize the impact on any surrounding neighborhood. Parking shall be located behind the front line of the principal building.
Generally: finished or semi-finished products manufactured on premises may be stored in open if screened from residence district by landscaping, fences or walls; all fencing/walls uniform and durable.
Finished or semi-finished products manufactured on the premises may be stored in the open if screened from a residence district by landscaping, fences or walls. All fencing and/or walls shall have a uniform and durable character and shall be properly maintained.
Junk, salvage, and auto wrecking yards: no portion within 500 ft of public street; screened with opaque structural screen/fence/wall not less than 8 ft high; inoperative vehicles not collected outside fence or in piles more than 6 ft high; no dangerous explosives.
No junkyard, salvage yard or automotive wrecking yard or graveyard shall hereafter be established with any portion of its area within 500 feet of a public street, road, or highway. All such yards shall be screened effectively... surrounded by an opaque structural screen, fence, or wall not less than eight feet in height. Inoperative vehicles or parts thereof shall not be collected or stored outside the required fence or in piles more than six feet in height. The collection or storage of any material containing or contaminated with dangerous explosives, chemicals, gases, or radioactive substances is prohibited.
A variance shall be granted if the evidence shows that the strict application of the terms of the ordinance would unreasonably restrict the utilization of the property...
Kennel, private: setback at least 100 ft from property lines; setback at least 200 ft from any residence not on associated parcel; screening approved by zoning administrator; kennels located behind primary residence.
All private kennels must: Provide a setback of at least 100 feet from the property lines; Provide a setback of at least 200 feet from any residence not on the associated parcel; Provide screening that is approved by the zoning administrator that visually blocks the front and closest side property lines.
Parking facility: no motor vehicle work except emergency; parking shall be principal use; spaces may be rented but no other business except county sanctioned farmer's markets or permitted mobile restaurants.
No motor vehicle work shall be permitted in association with a parking facility except under emergency service work. Parking shall be the principal use of all parking facilities. Spaces may be rented for parking but no other business of any kind shall be conducted in the structure except county sanctioned farmer's markets or permitted mobile restaurants.
Resource extraction: excavations at least 50 ft from adjoining property lines, 100 ft from residential/business district, 200 ft from dwelling or platted subdivision; 200 ft from right-of-way; buildings with machinery 600 ft from residential/business district; access not from minor residential street; plan of operation and rehabilitation required.
Excavation or filling, borrow pits, extraction, processing, and removal of sand or gravel and stripping of topsoil and other major excavations in a district where listed as a conditional use permit and subject to the following conditions for major borrow pits, clay pits, mines, quarries, sand, and gravel mining and similar operations:
the lawful use of land or buildings existing at the effective date ... may be continued ... may not be enlarged, extended, reconstructed, or structurally altered except in compliance
Source documents
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