Dayton, Virginia · District
A-2
A-2 Agricultural District
Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
- 217,800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
- Minimum lot depth
- 300 ft
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right15
Conditional / special use24
- schools
- churches
- public parks
- playgrounds
- golf courses
- swimming pools
- tennis courts
- wide-area public utilities
- childcare centers
- telecommunications towers
- telecommunications antennas
- kennels
- animal hospitals
- riding stables
- equestrian centers
- bed and breakfast establishments
- farm markets
- roadside stands
- commercial kennels
- commercial riding stables
- sawmills
- wood processing facilities
- agricultural processing facilities
- packaging facilities
Accessory1
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from adjoining dwelling50 ft
No agricultural building or structure shall be located within 50 feet of any dwelling unit on an adjoining lot.
- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. buildings exempt from yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. requirements
Agricultural buildings and structures shall be exempt from yard requirements, provided that no agricultural building or structure shall be located within 50 feet of any dwelling unit on an adjoining lot.
From the ordinance
A-2 Agricultural District: general agricultural. Min lot area 5 acres (217,800 sq ft), front yard 50 ft, max height 35 ft, max coverage 15%.