New Kent County Unincorporated

For lots served by public water and sewer systems, the minimum lot area shall be 12,000 square feet.

On any street right-of-way which is less than 50 feet in width all buildings shall be set back 60 feet or more from the centerline of the street right-of-way.

An approved site plan is required.

Yard requirements for multifamily housing are as follows: (1) Buffers. A landscaped buffer area at least 25 feet in width shall be maintained surrounding all apartment and condominium developments, and no parking areas or structures shall be located within such 25-foot buffer area. (2) Side. The minimum side yard width for any structure shall be 30 feet. If a side yard abuts a residential or agricultural zoning district, the side yard shall be increased to a minimum of 75 feet. (3) Rear. Each structure shall have a rear yard of not less than 50 feet. If the rear yard abuts a residential or agricultural zoning district, the minimum rear yard shall be 75 feet.

All buildings, structures, signs or other uses of property shall be started, reconstructed, enlarged or altered only after a zoning permit has been obtained from the zoning administrator.

All buildings, structures, signs or other uses of property shall be started, reconstructed, enlarged or altered only after a zoning permit has been obtained. ... Every building hereafter erected, reconstructed, converted, moved or structurally altered shall be located on a lot of record, and in no case shall there be more than one principal building or use on one lot unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter. ... Accessory buildings or uses as defined by this chapter are only permitted on lots with existing permitted principal buildings.

Minimum Lot Area: None; Minimum Lot Width: None; Minimum Side Yard: Minimum allowed under the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code.

Economic opportunity district intended to provide mixed-use commercial and employment centers. All development requires site plan approval. Special standards: building exteriors facing public street shall not consist of barren, unfinished, or uncoated materials; outside display permitted but not encroach into public right-of-way, required landscaping or parking; outside storage permitted behind principal structure if screened.

No fence shall be erected of barbed wire, topped with metal spikes or constructed of any material in a manner which may be dangerous to persons or animals except that these provisions shall not apply to farms and that fences for industrial uses may be topped by barbed wire protective barriers. All barbed wire fences shall be faced into the property. A tennis court area may be surrounded by a fence a maximum of 12 feet in height.

Lands subject to flooding and land deemed topographically unsuitable shall not be platted for use which would increase danger to health, life or property or aggravate erosion or flood hazard.

The light intensity provided at ground level shall be a minimum of one-half foot candle over the entire area and shall be provided by fixtures with a mounting height of more than 25 feet or the height of the building whichever is less, measured from the ground level to the centerline of the light source. Light standards shall be spaced a distance not to exceed five times the mounting height.

Certain uses have been determined to be entirely inconsistent with the comprehensive plan and for which no acceptable conditions can be established that would reduce the inconsistency. These uses, enumerated below, are prohibited in the county.

Any residential, commercial, industrial use, or combination thereof, or application for a special use permit, where the anticipated traffic generation equals or exceeds the lesser of 100 vehicle trips in any peak hour or the thresholds established in 24 VAC 30-155, as amended.

All existing or planned intersections, commercial entrances, median breaks, pavement markings, driveways, or other roadway features potentially affecting traffic flow located within 500 feet of the proposed development as well as all intersections and driveways internal to the development shall be considered and either shown or clearly noted on a scaled plan submitted with the traffic impact statement.

Signs, plantings, structures, or other obstructions which obscure or impede sight lines between three feet and six feet in height above grade shall be prohibited within the sight triangle.

The minimum parcel size shall be 25 acres for the location and maintenance of a mobile home.

A communication tower structure shall be set back from any property line a distance equal to 120 percent of the tower height.

The original dwelling unit shall be required to have not less than 1,300 square feet of livable floor area exclusive of attic, cellars, garages, porches or sheds

A minimum of 100 acres shall be required for sporting clays.

Steeplechase tracks to be located on no less than 200 acres.