Chincoteague, Virginia · District
R-3
Mixed Use Residential District
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right22
- single-family dwelling
- two-family dwelling
- home occupation
- tourist home/tourist rental home
- vacation rental cottages
- boardinghouse
- bed and breakfast
- rest home
- beauty/barber shop
- professional office
- day care facilities
- nursing homes
- municipal facilities
- public utilities
- recreational parks and playgrounds
- schools
- churches
- public piers
- public boat ramps
- pony penning sales
- yard sales
- construction site trailer
Conditional / special use10
Accessory2
Prohibited1
- semi-trailers, trailers or other types of vehicles or parts of vehicles as storage or accessory structures
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Maximum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.4 ft
All fences to be located from a point even with the rear of the main structure ... shall have a maximum height of four feet and shall be at least 30 percent open space.
- Maximum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in rear/side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.6 ft
Any fence on the remainder of the property shall have a maximum height of six feet and may be of solid construction.
Other
- Additional lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. per additional dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.3,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For each additional attached family or dwelling unit permitted above one, the lot size required shall increase by 3,000 square feet.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.25 ft
No accessory building or structure shall be more than 25 feet in height.
Signage
- Maximum business sign area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Only one sign, limited to four square feet, will be allowed on each lot.
From the ordinance
The minimum lot size for permitted uses shall be 10,500 square feet. For each additional attached family or dwelling unit permitted above one, the lot size required shall increase by 3,000 square feet.