Williamsburg

The rental of one bedroom to one roomer shall be allowed by right... The rental of bedrooms to more than one roomer shall be contingent upon approval as a special exception use...

The bed and breakfast establishment shall not have more than one full-time live-in manager and one non-resident employee at any time, regardless of the number of bedrooms rented or the type of approval (special exception or special use permit) obtained.

Bed and breakfast establishments shall be approved as either a special exception use by the board of zoning appeals... or as a special use permit by the city council...

Bed and breakfast establishments shall be approved as either a special exception use by the board of zoning appeals... or as a special use permit by the city council... No more than four bedrooms... With a special use permit... no more than six bedrooms... minimum lot size of one acre...

Rental of a room to transient visitors shall be permitted only in owner-occupied single-family detached dwellings.

Rental of a room to transient visitors shall be permitted only in owner-occupied single-family detached dwellings. ... not more than 104 nights per calendar year, and shall be contingent upon approval as a special exception use by the Board of Zoning Appeals.

Small inns shall be approved as a special use permit by the city council ... No more than ten bedrooms in a small inn may be rented to visitors with a special use permit approved by the city council, with a minimum lot size of one acre (43,560 square feet).

A home occupation is an accessory use of a dwelling unit for gainful employment ... conducted in a dwelling unit or in an accessory building on the same lot as the dwelling unit by not more than two members of the family residing on the premises

Except as specified in this section, and except for permitted accessory buildings, a required yard shall be open and free from any building.

Every building that is erected shall be located on a lot having its principal frontage on a public street; on a private street which existed prior to January 1, 1966, and which has been recorded in the clerk's office of the circuit court of the city and the County of James City; or on a private street which is shown on a subdivision plat for a planned development or townhouse development which has been duly approved by the city and which has been recorded in the aforesaid clerk's office.

In residential and non-residential zoning districts, satellite dishes shall be allowed as follows: ... Satellite dishes with a diameter of one meter (39.37 inches) or less shall be permitted by right.

Ground- and roof-mounted equipment shall be screened from view from a public street or other public place, from adjacent lots in a residential district, and from an adjacent lot containing a residential use, by one or more of the following: an element of the building; a separate permanently installed screen; or a landscape buffer.

Fences or walls located in front yards shall not exceed four feet in height. Fences or walls located in side and rear yards shall not exceed six feet in height. However, in nonresidential districts open fences may be constructed to a height not to exceed eight feet.

On a corner lot in any residential district, and in the LB-2, LB-3, LB-4, B-2, B-3, ED, ED-2 and MS Districts, no visual obstruction shall be maintained that blocks a driver's view of potentially conflicting vehicles traveling on the adjacent roadways.

The following public utilities shall be permitted uses in all zoning districts: electric distribution facilities ... The following public utilities may be permitted with a special use permit approved by the city council ...

No tree with a diameter at breast height (DBH) of 12 inches or greater shall be removed unless diseased, dead, dying or a hazard tree; unless the removal is needed for a use allowed to be constructed in an RPA in accordance with Article VIII, Chesapeake Bay Preservation; or unless a modification to the width of the buffer is granted.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep any inoperative motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer on any lot or parcel of land, other than on land zoned Limited Industrial District I, except within a fully enclosed building or structure or otherwise shielded or screened from view.

The exterior of all buildings and accessory buildings or structures shall be maintained in accordance with the following standards, whether or not the building is occupied.

Model homes in new single-family detached, duplex and townhouse subdivisions may be constructed following the approval of the development plan, but prior to the recordation of the final plat, subject to the following...

The residential occupancy in a single-family detached dwelling may be increased from three unrelated persons to four unrelated persons with administrative approval by the zoning administrator or his/her designee, and subject to the following...