White Marsh

1. Confirm parcel zoning district with Gloucester County Planning & Zoning (~5d)
   White Marsh parcels span B-1 Business (Route 17 frontage near the White Marsh Shopping Center), SC Suburban Countryside, and RC Rural Countryside; ADU rules differ by district.
2. VDOT US Route 17 entrance permit check (~14d)
   Many White Marsh parcels front US Route 17, a state primary highway; any new or modified driveway needs a VDOT Land Use Permit.
3. Submit combined zoning/building permit application (~1d)
   Gloucester uses a paper-based combined zoning + building permit application at pub.gloco-sitedocs.com.
4. Owner-occupancy attestation (~1d)
   Required under the accessory-apartment provisions of Appendix B.
5. Septic / well capacity review by Virginia Department of Health (~30d)
   White Marsh parcels outside the limited public-utility corridor are on private well and septic; VDH must certify bedroom-load capacity.
6. Building plan review by Gloucester County Building Inspection (~21d)
   Plan review for compliance with the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code and Appendix B accessory-apartment dimensional standards.
7. Construction inspections and Certificate of Occupancy (~90d)
   Foundation, framing, MEP rough, insulation, final, and CO issuance.

• Long-term rental: with-restrictions Permitted subject to the county's owner-occupancy requirement.
• Short-term rental: with-restrictions Gloucester regulates STR through a separate transient lodging permit. White Marsh's inland Route 17 location lacks the waterfront draw of Guinea Neck or Mathews but proximity to Abingdon Church and the historic corridor supports modest STR demand.
• Office rental: with-restrictions Route 17 frontage parcels in B-1 Business may permit commercial office accessory uses; back-of-lot parcels in SC/RC do not.
• Home office: with-restrictions Home occupation permitted in residential districts subject to standard county conditions.
• Studio / workshop: yes Personal artist/studio is a normal accessory use.
• Agriculture: yes RC Rural Countryside parcels east and west of Route 17 permit agricultural accessory uses.
• Relative support: yes Family-occupancy ADU is the canonical use case for the Appendix B accessory-apartment provision.

• Water: Mix of Gloucester County public water along the Route 17 corridor near the White Marsh Shopping Center and private well in surrounding rural areas
• Sewer: Mix of public sewer along the Route 17 corridor and private septic in surrounding rural areas (Virginia Department of Health regulated)
• Electric: Dominion Energy Virginia
• Gas: No piped natural gas in Gloucester County; propane only

Modular pathway Virginia Industrialized Building Safety Law (IBSL)

US Route 17 through White Marsh is a 4-lane state primary with good clearance; modular delivery feasible.

Modest HOA density in newer subdivisions east of Route 17; rural parcels and pre-1980 development largely lack covenants.

• historic-district — Vicinity of Abingdon Church (NRHP #036-0001, listed 1970-04-15)
  Abingdon Church is a colonial-era National Register property in the White Marsh vicinity. Listing does not directly constrain private ADU construction nearby but design review and Section 106 considerations apply for federally-funded actions. (map)
• wetland-overlay — Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (CBPA) Resource Protection Area (RPA) - applies to tidal/non-tidal wetlands and 100-ft riparian buffers in coastal Gloucester County
  White Marsh sits well inland of the tidal shoreline but tributaries of the Ware and North Rivers run through the surrounding rural area; CBPA RPA buffer review applies to parcels adjacent to those streams.