This residential district is composed chiefly of single-family
dwellings, two-family dwellings, together with necessary recreational,
religious, and educational facilities. Home occupations should be
permitted along with transient residential uses such as boarding houses
and tourist homes. Certain types of commercial uses are permitted
upon obtaining a conditional use permit from the governing body.
[Amended 9-22-2015; 10-25-2016]
The following uses shall be permitted subject to all the other
requirements of this chapter as a matter of right in the Residential-2
District (R-2):
B.
Agriculture, including the growing of fruit, forest, field, vegetable
crops and, for personal and home occupation uses only, fowl and animal
handling and containment, excluding hogs; grain dryers, feeder lots,
dairy barns, agricultural lagoons, poultry and hog houses and other
structures or areas involving the concentrated handling or containment
of animals and fowl are excluded.
C.
Cemeteries.
D.
Churches.
E.
Cluster development of single-family dwellings.
F.
Drainage, erosion and flood control facilities.
G.
Dwelling, single-family.
I.
Forestry.
K.
Libraries.
L.
Manufactured homes, individual, where:
(1)
The minimum lot size and width as well as the front, side and
rear yards setback shall be doubled for the respective zoning districts
and the maximum height allowed will be 25 feet measured from the bottom
to the top of the manufactured home.
(2)
The electricity meter base shall not be attached to the manufactured
home.
(3)
All manufactured homes shall be skirted with some type of uniform
durable weatherproof material, and installed with a set of permanent
steps at each exit.
M.
Museums.
N.
Recycling location (dropoff) with a total capacity of 10 cubic yards
or less.
O.
Schools.
Q.
Signs, subject to Article 13.
R.
Subdivisions, major.
S.
Subdivisions, minor.
T.
Utility use, minor.
[Amended 2-23-2021]
U.
Wayside stands, roadside stands, and wayside markets.
[Amended 9-22-2015; 10-25-2016; 7-28-2020]
The following uses shall be permitted in the Residential-2 District
(R-2), subject to all the other requirements of this chapter, only
upon obtaining of a conditional use permit from the Board of Supervisors.
A.
Aviation
facility.
B.
Bed-and-breakfast
establishment.
C.
Community-operated
playgrounds, parks and similar community recreational facilities.
D.
Conditional sewage disposal permits granted by the Virginia Department
of Health for less than year-round occupancy.
E.
Country clubs, golf courses and tennis clubs.
F.
Day-care centers.
G.
Governmental offices.
H.
Farmer's market.
I.
Fire, rescue squad and police stations.
L.
Manufactured homes, individual, which are not permitted by § 175-7.2, where:
(1)
The minimum lot size and width as well as the front, side and
rear yards setback shall be doubled for the respective zoning districts
and the maximum height allowed will be 25 feet measured from the bottom
to the top of the manufactured home.
(2)
The electricity meter base shall not be attached to the manufactured
home.
(3)
All manufactured homes shall be skirted with some type of uniform
durable weatherproof material, and installed with a set of permanent
steps at each exit.
M.
Office buildings.
N.
Post offices.
O.
Professional offices in occupant's dwelling.
P.
Recycling location (dropoff) with a total capacity in excess of 10
cubic yards.
R.
Retail stores and shops, including storage facilities and neighborhood
grocery stores.
S.
Schools.
T.
Sewage treatment systems (private) where the subject lot or parcel
shall be located outside the area identified by the Floodplain Management
Ordinance of Mathews County[2] as being subject to inundation by waters of the one-hundred-year
flood event.
U.
Travel trailers (licensed), located outside of travel trailer parks, which are to be occupied for habitation on a temporary basis, other than allowed by § 175-15.3B, if the Board of Supervisors grants a temporary conditional use permit and if the applicant agrees in writing to remove the travel trailer on or before the period specified in the permit.
W.
Youth center, private.
A.
Lot size. The minimum lot area for each principal permitted uses
shall be:
(1)
Twenty-five thousand square feet if central sewer or both central
water and sewer are provided and other requirements of the Health
Department and this chapter are met; or
(2)
Thirty-five thousand square feet if individual on-site facilities
for sewer only or both water and sewer are provided and other requirements
of the Health Department and this chapter are met.
B.
Setback regulations. Buildings on all public or private rights-of-way
shall be set back 50 feet or more from the edge of right-of-way.
C.
Frontage and lot width regulations. The minimum frontage for permitted
uses shall be 24 feet on any street or right-of-way and 100 feet at
the setback line.
D.
Yard regulations.
(1)
Side: The minimum side yard for each main building shall be
10 feet, and the total width of the two required side yards shall
be 20 feet or more. The minimum side yard for accessory buildings
shall be five feet.
(2)
Rear: Each main building shall have a rear yard of 50 feet or
more. Each accessory building shall have a rear yard of five feet.
A.
Buildings and accessory buildings and structures may be erected up
to 50 feet in height.
B.
Public utility buildings, church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments,
water towers, chimneys, flues, flag poles, television antennae and
radio aerials are exempt. Parapet walls may be up to four feet above
the height of the building on which the walls rest.
Sign regulations shall conform to Article 13 of this chapter.
Off-street parking shall be provided in conformance with Article
12 of this chapter.