Sussex County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
A-1
A-1 General Agricultural District
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 0.5 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.
- 87,120 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (2 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
- Maximum units
- 1
Height & bulk
Uses
Permitted by right20
- Reservoir, preserve and watershed conservation areas
- Wildlife refuges, game preserves, sanctuaries and forest preserves
- General farming. Livestock, dairy and poultry operations
- Agriculture
- Single-family dwellings, including modular units
- Forestry operation, silvicultural and/or timbering
- Public parks, play fields, playgrounds, schools and outdoor recreational facilities owned and operated by the county
- Country general store
- Intensive livestock, dairy, and poultry operations
- Home occupations conducted by the occupant
- Public telecommunication facilities approved by the state public telecommunication board
- Manufactured/mobile homes, single- and double-wide, designed for single-family residential use, on individual lots with permanent foundations
- Federal, state, and local government office buildings and their associated facilities
- Wayside stand, roadside stand, farmers market
- Volunteer fire or rescue squad
- Churches and their associated facilities
- Public schools
- Mobile home or travel trailer as a temporary use during the period of construction of a commercial, industrial or public structure of development, public facility or public utility
- Group homes for up to eight mentally ill or disabled persons with staff
- Licensed farm distilleries, breweries and wineries per Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2288.3
Conditional / special use35
- Lodges, cabins, groups of cabins, camps, and travel trailers for seasonal occupancy
- Hunting clubs, fishing clubs, yacht clubs and small boat docks (with repair)
- Cemeteries and airports
- Mass gathering
- Tire storage
- Sporting clays field and pistol range
- Processing plant for agricultural and forestry products
- Processing plant for fertilizer and chemicals for agricultural uses
- Sawmills
- Planning mills
- Extraction of natural resources and storage of salt, sand and minerals
- Sanitary landfill
- Livestock market
- Farm supplies, agricultural equipment sales and services
- Commercial horse and pony farms, riding stables, horse show area and horse racing tracks
- Towing/wrecker service with storage of inoperable and/or damaged vehicles
- Garage apartment accessory to a single-family dwelling
- Trucking operation
- Organics recycling facility
- Two-family dwelling
- Commercial kennels
- Commercial child/adult care centers
- Commercial greenhouses
- Retreat centers
- Private schools and training facilities
- Corporate training facility with overnight accommodations
- Golf driving range, miniature golf course
- Animal hospital, animal boarding place, veterinary service
- Assembly hall
- Day camps and summer camps, outdoors
- Community center
- Bed and breakfast
- Mud bog
- Materials recycling/sorting facility
- Asphalt plant facility
Accessory2
- Accessory uses/structures provided there is an existing primary use/structure already existing on the subject property
- Private kennels, accessory to a single-family residence, not for compensation to the owner/resident
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- 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. near property line1 story
No accessory building which is within 20 feet of any property line shall be more than one story high.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.35 ft
An accessory structure may be erected up to a height of 35 feet when located at least 150 feet from the main building and at least 100 feet from any property line.
- Corner lot side street setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.35 ft
The minimum side yard on the side facing the side street shall be 35 feet for both main and accessory buildings.
- General livestock property line setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.500 ft
Any new general livestock, dairy and poultry operations shall be at least 500 feet from any property line.
- General livestock street setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.1,000 ft
Any new general livestock, dairy and poultry operations in the A-1 district shall be located 1,000 feet from any primary street, secondary street, road or highway right-of-way.
- Intensive livestock property line setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.1,000 ft
Any new intensive livestock, dairy and poultry operations shall be at least 1,000 feet from any property line.
- Intensive livestock street setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.1,500 ft
Any new intensive livestock, dairy and poultry operations in the A-1 district shall be located at least 1,500 feet from any primary street, secondary street, road or highway right-of-way.
From the ordinance
In the A-1 district, any structure to be erected or land to be used shall be for one or more of the following uses... The minimum lot area for permitted uses in an A-1 district shall be two acres (87,120 square feet)... structures shall be located 100 feet or more from any street right-of-way... The permitted density in the A-1 district shall not be more than one dwelling per lot.
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"permitted_uses": [
"Public utility generating, booster or relay stations, transformer substations, transmission lines and towers, television and radio towers and structures not necessary to house electronic apparatus, pipes, meters and other facilities for the provision and maintenance of public utilities, including railroads and facilities, and water and sewage installations"
],
"conditional_uses": [
"Private utility generation, booster or relay stations, transformer substations, transmission lines and towers, television and radio towers and structures not necessary to house electronic apparatus, pipes, meters and other facilities for the provision and maintenance of public utilities, including railroads and facilities, and water and sewage installations"
]
}
}