West Point, Virginia · District
R-4
R-4 Downtown Residential District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right7
- Single-family detached dwellings
- Churches (with plan of development)
- Propagation and cultivation of crops, flowers, trees and shrubs not offered for sale on premises
- Rights-of-way, easements and appurtenances for public utilities and public transportation
- Home occupations
- Signs as regulated by Article XXI
- Accessory uses and structures (excluding truck bodies, vans, trailers, tanks and other vessels)
Conditional / special use6
- Funeral homes
- Public schools and private schools having substantially the same curriculum as public schools
- Parks, recreational facilities, libraries and museums owned or operated by a governmental agency
- Private wells not exclusively serving the property on which they are located
- Homestay
- Child care centers licensed by the state
Accessory1
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for child careDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day. outdoor play areas4 ft
shall be enclosed with continuous fencing not less than four feet in height
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. with on-site sewage/water15,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
permitted uses for which on-site sewage disposal or water supply are provided shall be located on lots of not less than 15,000 square feet
- Outdoor play area location
Outdoor play areas shall not be located within any yard between the main building and a street or within any required side yard
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures
excluding the use of truck bodies, vans, trailers tanks and other vessels, as an accessory structures
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for churches, schools, public buildings abutting residential25 ft
churches, schools and public buildings shall have side yards of not less than 25 feet abutting properties in residential districts
From the ordinance
Single-family detached dwellings permitted. Lot area 5,750 sq ft with public sewer/water. Front yard 15 ft, side 7.5 ft, rear 25 ft. Height 35 ft. Living area 1,200 sq ft.