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Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 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.
- 43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right12
- Agriculture (excluding livestock on lots less than two acres)
- Single family dwelling
- Church, parish hall, and rectory
- Public park and playground
- Public school
- Library
- Public Service Corporation transmission lines, poles, pipes, meters, transformers and other facilities necessary for the transmission and maintenance of public service utilities
- Accessory use and building
- Home occupation
- Small wind energy system
- Solar energy system
- Short-Term Lodging Unit
Conditional / special use15
- Livestock on lots less than two acres (special use permit required, except for child's education/4-H/FFA/Scouting with zoning administrator approval)
- Wayside stand
- Cemetery
- Lodge, inn, or hotel with interior eating facilities or overnight lodging
- Private school and day care center
- Water and sewage treatment or distribution facilities
- Private park and playground
- Public or community building
- Two family dwelling (duplex)
- Golf course
- Golf driving range
- Country club
- Professional office (limited)
- Rooming or boarding house
- Antique, craft, or gift shop in a structure under 2,500 square feet
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Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.35 ft
Buildings may be erected up to 35 feet in height from the average adjacent ground elevation
- Maximum dwelling heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. with increased side yards45 ft
The height limit for dwellings may be increased up to 45 feet and up to three stories provided each of the two side yards is ten feet, plus one foot or more for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public/semi-public buildings60 ft
A public or semi-public building such as a school, church, library, or hospital may be erected to a height of 60 feet provided that required front, side, and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 35 feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. buildings near lot lines15 ft
No accessory building which is within 20 feet of any party lot line shall be more than 15 feet high.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for churchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached. spires, belfries, etc.60 ft
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, fire towers, flues, flagpoles, television antennae, and radio aerials may exceed the height limit by no more than 25 feet.
- Maximum parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above building4 ft
Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line10 ft
All accessory structures must be located ten feet or more from any property line.
- Minimum distance between entrances on Virginia primary roads600 ft
The centerline of any entrance onto a Virginia primary road shall be 600 feet or more from the centerline of any adjacent entrance
- Minimum distance between entrances on US Route 29900 ft
The centerline of any entrance onto U. S. Route 29 shall be 900 feet or more from the centerline of any adjacent entrance
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street right-of-way or centerline35 ft
Structures shall be located 35 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width, or 60 feet or more from the center line of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street centerline for narrow streets60 ft
Structures shall be located 35 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width, or 60 feet or more from the center line of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.
From the ordinance
The minimum lot area for permitted uses shall be 1.5 acres (65,340 square feet) without public water and sewer systems, and one acre (43,560 square feet) with public water and sewer systems.