Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Town of St. Paul, Virginia

Town of St. Paul’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside St. Paul town limits

  • Zoning is in Appendix A of the town code, with a Board of Zoning Appeals, Planning Commission and Administrator.

  “Board means the board of zoning appeals of St. Paul, Virginia.”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  R-1 General Residential District inside St. Paul town

  • 10,000 sq ft with public water and sewer; 20,000 sq ft with public or individual sewage disposal; 30,000 sq ft with individual water and sewer (Sec. 100.4, not quoted).
  • Area must be approved by the health official; Administrator may require more.

  minimum lot area, public water and sewer: 10000 sq ft · minimum lot area, individual sewage disposal: 20000 sq ft

  “the minimum lot area shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet.”

  2 more reviewed findings on this topic

  • Specified — R-2 Residential District inside St. Paul town

    “the minimum lot area shall be seventy-five hundred (7,500) square feet.”

  • Specified — R-3 Manufactured Housing District inside St. Paul town

    “the minimum lot area shall be six thousand (6,000) square feet”

• SetbacksSpecified

  R-2 Residential District inside St. Paul town (main structures)

  • Front yard rules are in Sec. 12.4 (not captured here).

  minimum side yard: 10 feet · minimum rear yard: 25 feet

  “The minimum side yard for each main structure shall be ten (10) feet.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — R-3 Manufactured Housing District inside St. Paul town (main structures)

    “The minimum side yard for each main structure shall be seven (7) feet.”

• Building in a floodplainLimited

  Development in the floodway district inside St. Paul town

  • Engineering certification of no increase in base flood levels is required; review by the Wise County zoning administrator is referenced.
  • Manufactured homes prohibited in floodway except in existing parks.

  “Encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements and other developments are prohibited unless certification such as hydrologic and hydraulic analyses”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Town of St. Paul or Wise County directly.

• Building permit — Building permits inside St. Paul town
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption inside St. Paul town
• Building code adopted — Building code inside St. Paul town
• Inspections — Building inspections inside St. Paul town
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificates of occupancy inside St. Paul town

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.