Land use · Williamsburg, Virginia

accessory building

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 Williamsburg’s own text settles what this covers.

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words "firm," "association," "organization," "partnership," "trust," "company," or "corporation" as well as "individual." ** Accessory building ** means a building subordinate to the main building on a lot and used for purposes customarily incidental and subordinate to those

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of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings , such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure. For a substantial improvement,

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subject to such reductions as may be allowed under subsection 21-142(1)a. c. No accessory building shall be located in a front yard. d. Front yards for cluster subdivisions shall be regulated by section 21-144. (2) **Side.**

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No. 2-94, § 11, 1-13-94; Ord. No. 21-15, 10-14-21) ### Sec. 21-603. - Accessory buildings . (a) In all districts, accessory buildings shall not be located in a front yard area, unless specifically allowed by the provisions

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detached or duplex dwellings exceeding 250 square feet in footprint area. (4) Residential accessory buildings exceeding 250 square feet in footprint area. (5) Enlargement of a building otherwise requiring a site plan, but which does not

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