Louisa County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
A-2
Agricultural (A-2) district
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right33
- Agricultural activity passive
- Agricultural operation
- Agricultural operation intensive
- Animal waste treatment system
- Brewery, limited
- Dairy
- Distillery, farm
- Farm employee housing
- Farm sales
- Forestry use
- Sawmill, temporary
- Sawmill, temporary non-commercial
- Stable, private
- Wayside stand
- Winery, farm
- Accessory dwelling unit
- Group home
- Guest home
- Guestroom
- Manufactured home
- Single-family dwelling, detached
- Temporary family health care structure
- Utility service, minor
- Day care
- Family day care home
- Food truck
- Home occupation, class A
- Short-term rental of dwelling
- Motor vehicle towing services
- Amateur radio tower
- Cemetery, private
- Kennel, private
- Solar generation facility, small-scale
Conditional / special use59
- Abattoir
- Brewery, major
- Distillery, major
- Livestock market
- Stable, commercial
- Winery, major
- Cottage
- Dormitory
- Two-family dwelling
- Civic use
- Club
- Correction facility
- Cultural services
- Educational facility, college/university
- Educational facility, primary/secondary
- Emergency shelter
- Post office
- Public assembly
- Public maintenance and service facility
- Public park and recreational area
- Public recreation assembly
- Recycling center
- Refuse collection site
- Religious assembly
- Utility service, major
- Assisted living facility
- Automobile repair service
- Bed and breakfast
- Boardinghouse
- Business or trade school
- Camp
- Campground
- Cemetery
- Commercial outdoor entertainment
- Commercial outdoor sports and recreation
- Communications service
- Contractor's offices and shops
- Custom manufacturing
- Day care center
- Farmers market
- Gasoline station
- General offices
- Golf course
- Home occupation, class B
- Kennel, commercial
- Restaurant
- School, private
- Shooting range, indoor
- Shooting range, outdoor
- Specialty shop
- Special occasion facility
- Store, neighborhood convenience
- Studio, fine arts
- Veterinary hospital/clinic
- Broadcasting or communication tower
- Outdoor gathering
- Solar generation facility, minor scale
- Solar generation facility, utility scale
- Temporary conditional uses permitted under section 86-91
Accessory1
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side/rear property line10 ft
Accessory structures shall be no closer than ten feet to any side or rear property line.
- Animal waste treatment system setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line200 ft
Animal waste treatment systems for either livestock or poultry shall be located no closer than 200 feet from any property line and 500 feet from any adjacent residence, domestic water supply, school, church or public recreation area off the property.
- Density bonusDensity bonusExtra units allowed above the base cap in exchange for something — usually affordable homes. for affordable housing3 lots
A density bonus of three additional lots for a subdivision when at least three lots are dedicated for affordable housing.
- Maximum lots per parent parcel7 lots
Lot density shall be limited, except where specifically stated otherwise herein, to a maximum of seven lots per parent parcel.
From the ordinance
The minimum lot area in the agricultural (A-2) district shall be not less than 1.5 acres... The minimum side yard setback, measured from the main structure, shall be 20 feet. Each main building shall have a rear yard setback of 35 feet or more. Residences: 50 feet maximum.