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Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right5
Conditional / special use18
- Rental of bedrooms in a single-family detached dwelling to roomers
- Bed and breakfast establishments
- Amusement arcades
- Automobile rental agencies with storage of vehicles on the premises
- Bus and railroad stations
- Convenience stores with gasoline sales
- Farmers' markets
- Hotels/motels and timeshare units with more than ten bedrooms
- Lighted athletic fields owned and/or operated by the City of Williamsburg
- Private Club or Lodge
- Private Plaza
- Offices in buildings with a gross floor area exceeding 50,000 square feet
- Parking garages
- Public or private elementary, middle and high schools, colleges and universities
- Radio communication towers and antennae
- Retail sales establishments in buildings with a gross floor area exceeding 50,000 square feet
- Service stations
- Tourist or visitor information centers
Accessory1
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for cupolas, spires and steeples90 ft
Cupolas, spires and steeples may be erected to a height of 90 feet above grade.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public or semipublic buildings45 ft
A public or semipublic building such as a school, church or library may be erected up to 45 feet from grade.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.0 prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No accessory building shall be located in a front yard.
- Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on Lafayette Street15 ft
For lots fronting on Lafayette Street, there shall be a front yard of not less than 15 feet.
- Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. on Richmond Road25 ft
For lots fronting on Richmond Road, there shall be a front yard of not less than 25 feet.
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when adjoining residential or Colonial Williamsburg Historic DistrictHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character.25 ft
There shall be a rear yard of not less than 25 feet when adjoining a lot in a residential district or a lot in the Colonial Williamsburg Historic District CW.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when adjoining residential or Colonial Williamsburg Historic DistrictHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character.5 ft
There shall be a side yard of not less than five feet when adjoining a lot in a residential district or a lot in the Colonial Williamsburg Historic District CW.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. contiguous to Richmond Road and Lafayette Street15 ft
For lot contiguous to Richmond Road and Lafayette Street, there shall be a side yard contiguous to the street line of not less than 15 feet.
From the ordinance
There shall be a maximum density of 14 dwelling units per net acre