zoneoptics
Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 21.0, 24.1, 24.3, 24.4

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin frontage 150 ftMAX HEIGHT65 ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
150 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
65 ft

Extracted standards

4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Design

  • Stepback

    Minimum stepback requirements for any story that begins above 40 feet in height or for each story above the third story, whichever is less, as provided in section 4.20.

Other

  • Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.150 ft

    Minimum frontage required on a public street for the establishment of an HC district shall be 150 feet.

  • Underground utilities

    All utility lines are to be placed underground where practical.

  • Use buffer20 ft

    No construction activity including grading or clearing of vegetation shall occur closer than 20 feet to any residential or rural areas district.

From the ordinance

HC districts permit commercial establishments oriented to highway locations; minimum frontage 150 ft; requirements of section 21.0 apply.
Sec. 21.0, 24.1, 24.3, 24.4