Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
RR-5
Rural Residential-5 District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right10
Conditional / special use12
Accessory22
- Amateur radio antenna
- Bed and breakfast inn
- Electric vehicle (EV) level 1 or 2
- Family day care home
- Home garden
- Home occupation
- Kennel, private (see section 83-438(n))
- Open space, park, playground, or recreational facility
- Agricultural uses and buildings on lots 20 acres or greater in size
- Parking or storage of major recreational equipment on residential lots
- Parking or storage of large vehicles
- Private garage
- Private recycling bins
- Rainwater cistern
- Residential care facility
- Satellite dish
- Small wind energy system
- Solar energy collection system
- Storage shed for lawn and garden tools
- Swimming pool, spa, or hot tub
- Television or radio antenna
- Accessory dwelling unit (detached), up to 35 percent of square footage of the main dwelling
Extracted standards
6 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).
- Maximum ADUAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. size as percentage of main dwelling35 pct
Accessory dwelling unit (detached), up to 35 percent of square footage of the main dwelling.
- Rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for structures housing animals40 ft
Forty ft. for principal 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 or accessory structures housing animals.
Thirty-five ft. for flag lots.
- Horse/pony keeping rule
The keeping of one horse or pony for lots of five acres or more; one additional horse or pony may be kept for each additional acre, for parcels 20 acres or less.
From the ordinance
The purpose of the Rural Residential-5 district is to maintain the moderately low-density rural/suburban development patterns that define the rural character of the county's rural residential areas. Specifically, the district is intended to accommodate single-family detached homes at densities of one home per five or more acres.
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"accessory_uses": [
"Accessory apartment (pursuant to section 83-438(a)(4))"
]
}
}