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New Kent County Unincorporated, Virginia · District

C-1

Conservation District
OtherEnvironmentalAll New Kent County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

C-1 lot requirementsSTREETSTREETFront 125 ftRear 50 ftSide 25 ftStreet side 125 ftMin width 150 ftMIN LOT AREA1.5 acMAX HEIGHT35 ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
65,340 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1.5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
150 ft

Density

Maximum density
0 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
125 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
50 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
125 ft
Side, combinedSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
50 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Two-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Three-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Four-plus family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

Uses

Permitted by right4

Conditional / special use11

Prohibited1

Extracted standards

1 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

From the ordinance

No dwelling units of any type are permitted. Minimum lot area 65,340 sq ft. Setback 125 ft from street right-of-way. Side yard 25 ft, rear yard 50 ft. Height max 35 ft.
Article VI, Sec. 98-171 through 98-178

Use details

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  "dropped_conditions": {
    "conditional_uses": [
      "Public or private transmission pipelines, including pumping stations and accessory storage for natural gas, propane gas, petroleum products, chemicals, slurry coal and any other gases, liquids or solids, except that private connections to existing pipelines which are intended to serve an individual residential or commercial customer and which are accessory to existing or proposed development are permitted generally and without a conditional use permit",
      "Public or private water and sewer facilities including, but not limited to, treatment plants, pumping stations, storage facilities and transmission mains, except that private connections to existing mains which are intended to serve an individual residential or commercial customer and which are accessory to existing or proposed development are permitted generally and without a conditional use permit",
      "Railroad facilities including tracks, bridges, switching yards and stations, except that spur lines which are to serve and are accessory to existing or proposed development adjacent to existing railroad rights-of-way and track and safety improvements in existing railroad rights-of-way are permitted generally and without a conditional use permit"
    ]
  }
}