driveway) | 12 ft. | | Minimum side or rear yard setback for accessory structures ≤150 sq. ft. and eave height ≤8 ft. (except when adjacent to a street) | 5 ft. | | Minimum side
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accessory structures
Named in 1 of this ordinance’s zoning districts.
How this ordinance defines it
The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Virginia Beach’s own text settles what this covers.
| 8 | **Setback requirements for attached or detached garages, carports and other accessory structures (in feet):** | Requirement | Feet | |---|------| | (6) Minimum front yard setback for garages and carports | N/A¹ |
Read it in the chapter →than twenty (20) percent of the floor area of the dwelling unit and accessory structures shall be used in the conduct of the activity. Provided, however, this limitation shall not have application to family day-care homes.
Read it in the chapter →and clearly incidental and subordinate to principal uses and structures and where such accessory structures do not exceed the height of the principal structure and, in all residential zoning districts, except for R-30 and R-40, do
Read it in the chapter →15 | 15 | 15 | | (4.1) Minimum side yard setback for accessory structures no larger than 150 square feet in area and with an eave height no greater than 8 feet except when adjacent
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