Galax, Virginia · District
R-1
Residential Low-Density R-1 District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right2
Conditional / special use6
Extracted standards
6 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. structure side and rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
The side yard and rear yard for an accessory structure shall be five feet.
- Corner lot minimum width at setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. line125 ft
For subdivisions platted after the enactment of this chapter, each corner lot shall have a minimum width at the setback line of 125 feet.
- Guest parking for bed-and-breakfast1 space per guest bedroom
there shall be provided for a bed-and-breakfast service, one space for each guest bedroom available.
- Maximum freestanding sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for bed-and-breakfast3 ft
The freestanding sign shall not exceed three feet in height.
- Maximum guest sleeping rooms for bed-and-breakfast8 rooms
No more than eight guest sleeping rooms shall be utilized for any one bed-and-breakfast service.
- Maximum sign area for bed-and-breakfast4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
a bed-and-breakfast use may be identified by a sign of no more than four feet square.
From the ordinance
The area for a single-family dwelling shall be 14,000 square feet. The setback line for a structure shall be 35 feet or more from any street right-of-way... The maximum height for structures shall be 35 feet. The maximum lot coverage shall be 35%.