Spotsylvania County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
A-3
Agricultural 3 (A-3) District
AgriculturalAll Spotsylvania County Unincorporated districts0
Dimensional standards
Density
- Maximum density
- 0.1 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 435,600 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (10 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Uses
Permitted by right20
- accessory uses as permitted by article 5, division 3
- agriculture
- antique shop, limited to parcels fronting and/or whose chief point of ingress/egress is upon state maintained roads limited to State Route number 1 through State Route number 712
- art and craft studio, limited to parcels fronting and/or whose chief point of ingress/egress is upon state maintained roads limited to State Route number 1 through State Route number 712
- bed and breakfast I
- dwelling, manufactured home, on permanent foundations
- dwelling, manufactured home for farm hand
- dwelling, single-family, detached
- equestrian facility
- expansion of a place of worship, but not expansion of the seating capacity in the sanctuary of such place of worship
- expansion of a public school
- game preserves, wildlife sanctuary, fish hatchery
- garden center
- golf driving range
- home enterprise in accordance with division 23-5.4A
- home occupation in accordance with division 23-5.4
- miniature golf
- public facility/use
- quasi-public park, playground, athletic field and related facility
- repair service establishment limited to parcels fronting and/or whose chief point of ingress/egress is upon state maintained roads limited to State Route number 1 through State Route number 712
Conditional / special use52
- abattoir
- adult day care center
- airport, public or private
- animal shelter
- antique shop, inconsistent with the use allowed by-right herein
- art and craft studio, inconsistent with the use allowed by-right herein
- assisted living facility
- bed and breakfast II
- camp or recreation ground
- cemetery
- child care center
- civic, social or fraternal facility
- civic and sports arena
- community center
- contractor's offices and shop
- convent, monastery, seminary, and nunnery
- convenience store
- country club
- cultural center, museum or similar facilities
- equestrian event facility
- farm equipment and supplies sales establishment
- feed mill
- feed yard
- fuel dispensing service
- funeral home adjacent to a perpetual care cemetery
- golf course and clubhouse
- heavy equipment and specialized vehicle sale, rental and/or service establishment
- hospital
- indoor commercial recreation/athletic facility
- kennel
- livestock exchange
- lumber yard
- nursing home
- open air market
- outdoor sports and recreation, commercial
- place of worship
- private school
- public school
- public utility, light
- religious retreat center
- repair service establishment, inconsistent with the use allowed by-right herein
- sawmill
- solar energy facility
- summer camp
- tannery
- telecommunication tower
- transportation facilities
- vehicle, light service establishment
- vehicle, major service establishment
- veterinary hospital/services
- wetland mitigation bank
- wood by-products recycling center
Accessory1
- Accessory uses as permitted by article 5, division 3
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Annual division density0.33 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Residential (annual division): One (1) dwelling unit per three (3) gross acres, and the residential lot yield from any parent parcel which existed on February 12, 2002 shall not exceed six (6) lots.
- Family division density0.5 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Residential (family division): One (1) dwelling unit per two (2) gross acres.
Height
- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. buildings heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
Agricultural buildings and structures: None
Other
- Certain uses limited to State Routes 1-712
Antique shop, art and craft studio, and repair service establishment limited to parcels fronting and/or whose chief point of ingress/egress is upon state maintained roads limited to State Route number 1 through State Route number 712.
From the ordinance
Residential: One (1) dwelling unit per ten (10) gross acres and the lot yield from any parent parcel existing as of February 12, 2002 shall not exceed ten (10) lots including the parent parcel. Non-residential: Floor area ratio of 0.1.