Williamsburg
Zoning districts
14 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
5Downtown Business District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Max density
- 14 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 5
Corridor Business District
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 14 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 32
Urban Business District
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 14 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 33
Culinary Arts District
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 14 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 24
Limited Business Corridor District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 12
Mixed use
3Economic Development District 2
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 12 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 32
Limited Business Neighborhood District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 19
Limited Business Mixed-Use District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 14 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 20
Residential
5Multifamily Dwelling District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 10
Multifamily Dwelling District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 14 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 10
Single-Family Dwelling District
- Min lot
- 17,500 sq ft (0.4 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 2.49 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
Single-Family Dwelling District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 4.36 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
Single-Family Dwelling District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 9
General provisions
250 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Temporary family health care structures... shall be a permitted accessory use in any single-family residential zoning district... only one such structure shall be permitted... has no more than 300 gross square feet...
Temporary family health care structures... shall be a permitted accessory use in any single-family residential zoning district on lots zoned for single-family detached dwellings; provided, however, that only one such structure shall be permitted on any lot or parcel of land.
Except as otherwise provided... helicopter landings are generally not permitted in the City of Williamsburg. A single landing and departure of a non-commercial helicopter for personal use may be made in the B-2 Corridor Business District, the ED Economic Development District and ED-2 Economic Development District, and the MS Museum Support District... repeated helicopter landings and departures... only with the issuance of a special use permit.
Except as otherwise provided in section 21-257.4, and the provisions of this section, helicopter landings are generally not permitted in the City of Williamsburg.
The operation of food trucks and mobile food units, when permitted by a specific zoning districts shall be permitted by an administrative permit... Food trucks may operate in residential districts... limited to not more than two times per calendar year... Food trucks are prohibited in the Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area CW... Food trucks are permitted at 100 Visitor Center Drive in the Museum Support District MS...
The operation of food trucks and mobile food units, when permitted by a specific zoning districts shall be permitted by an administrative permit approved by the zoning administrator subject to the following provisions...
These regulations are established to allow duplex dwellings existing in residential districts prior to January 1, 2004 to continue to be used as duplex dwellings... contingent upon approval of a special exception for such use by the Board of Zoning Appeals...
These regulations are established to allow duplex dwellings existing in residential districts prior to January 1, 2004 to continue to be used as duplex dwellings notwithstanding the owner's ability to demonstrate the existence of a legal nonconforming use, so long as the owner meets certain conditions.
Small cell facilities when co-located on an existing structure or utility pole on private property are permitted within all zoning districts of the City of Williamsburg with an administrative permit... Within ten days... The zoning administrator shall approve or disapprove the application within 60 days...
Small cell facilities when co-located on an existing structure or utility pole on private property are permitted within all zoning districts of the City of Williamsburg with an administrative permit approved by the zoning administrator.
Solar energy systems are not permitted in the Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area CW... a solar energy system may be installed on the roof... may extend up to five feet above the highest point of the roof... No ground-mounted solar energy generation facilities shall be permitted... shall not itself exceed a height of 15 feet...
The following requirements apply to solar energy systems: ...
City Council may approve encroachments on slopes in excess of 30 percent not qualifying for a waiver pursuant to Section 21-788, with a special use permit... No encroachment into a Resource Protection Area (RPA) is permitted... Submission of a mitigation plan...
City Council may approve encroachments on slopes in excess of 30 percent not qualifying for a waiver pursuant to Section 21-788, with a special use permit.
If a protest or protests be filed with city council, signed by the owners of 20 percent or more of the area of the land included in the proposed change, or by the owners of 20 percent or more of the area of the land immediately adjacent to the land included in the proposed change, or by the owners of 20 percent or more of the land within 100 feet from the land in the proposed change, or by the owners of 20 percent or more of the area of the land directly opposite across any street or streets from the land included in the proposed change, within a distance of 100 feet from the street lines directly opposite, then no such change shall be made except by the favorable vote of four-fifths of all members of the council, or, in the event that one or more members of the council do not vote, then by the unanimous vote of all members voting, but in no event less than three.
Every use or building instituted, constructed, erected, enlarged or structurally altered after the effective date of this chapter shall provide off-street parking and loading facilities in accordance with the provisions of this article.
The off-street parking facilities required by this article shall be located on the same lot or parcel of land that they are intended to serve.
The parking and storage of the following types of vehicles on lots in residential districts (RS-1, RS-2, RM-1, RM-2, RDT and PDR) shall be prohibited, except while loading or unloading on the premises: a. Tractor trucks and semitrailers. b. Trucks exceeding a registered gross weight of 7,500 pounds.
Parallel spaces shall have minimum dimensions of eight feet by 22 feet. All other parking spaces shall have minimum dimensions of nine feet by 18 feet, except as follows: Spaces in a parking garage shall have minimum dimensions of eight and one-half feet by 18 feet.
Every parking space shall afford satisfactory ingress and egress for a motor vehicle without requiring another motor vehicle to be moved, except for the following: Parking spaces for single-family detached, duplex and townhouse dwellings where the parking spaces are located on the same lot as the dwelling unit.
Source documents
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