Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
A-20
Agricultural-20 District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right18
- Animal production (other than an animal confinement facility)
- Crop production
- Dairy (other than an animal confinement facility)
- Forestry and logging
- Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production
- Agricultural support (direct)
- Agricultural support (indirect)
- Farm winery
- Horse boarding and equestrian training
- Dwelling, manufactured home
- Dwelling, single-family detached
- Telecommunications facility, collocated
- Community garden
- Park or greenway
- Utility use, minor
- Marina, noncommercial
- Farmers' market
- Taxidermy shop
Conditional / special use26
- Farm winery, special impact
- Horse racetrack or show grounds
- Livestock market
- Telecommunications tower
- Cemetery
- Airport
- Airstrip
- Helicopter landing facility
- Utility use, major
- Animal shelter
- Pound
- Kennel, commercial
- Veterinary clinic
- Conference or training center
- Country club
- Fairground
- Golf course
- Marina, commercial
- Recreation facility, nonprofit
- Recreation facility, public
- Shooting range, commercial
- Rural event venue
- Auction facility
- Campground/recreational vehicle park
- Place of worship
- Minor meat processing
Accessory30
- Accessory apartment
- Accessory dwelling unit (detached)
- Amateur radio antenna
- Bed and breakfast inn
- Eating establishment (as accessory to an agricultural use)
- Electric vehicle (EV) level 1 or 2 charging station
- Electric vehicle (EV) level 3 charging station
- Family day care home
- Fuel oil or bottled gas distribution or storage, limited
- Home garden
- Home occupation
- Home-based landscaping business
- Kennel, private
- Office (as accessory to multifamily dwelling or commercial use)
- Open space, park, playground, or recreational facility
- Outdoor storage (as an accessory use)
- Parking or storage of major recreational equipment on residential lots
- Parking or storage of large vehicles
- Rainwater cistern
- Residential care facility
- Private recycling bins
- Retail sales (as accessory to an agricultural use)
- Roadside stand
- Satellite dish
- Shipping containers as storage
- Shooting range, non-commercial
- Small wind energy system
- Solar energy collection system
- Swimming pool, spa, or hot tub
- Television or radio antenna
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures (other than those housing animals)10 ft
Ten ft. for accessory structures (other than those housing animals).
- Rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for structures housing animals40 ft
Forty ft. for principal structures, accessory dwelling units, or accessory structures housing animals.
- Side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for structures housing animals25 ft
Twenty-five ft. for principal structures, accessory dwelling units, or accessory structures housing animals.
- Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage. for farm and accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures5 pct
Five percent for all farm structures and accessory structures.
Thirty-five ft. for flag lots.
From the ordinance
The Agricultural-20 (A-20) District is a voluntary district whose purpose is to conserve and protect active farmlands and forestlands within areas designated as rural preservation areas in the comprehensive plan.