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Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 5.1.47

All Albemarle County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 35 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.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
35 ft

Uses

Permitted by right2

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

  • No lighting at farmers' markets

    No lighting shall be permitted at farmers' markets.

Noise

  • No amplified sound at farmers' markets

    No amplified sound shall be permitted at farmers' markets.

Other

  • Maximum farm stand structure size1,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

    Any permanent structure established on and after May 5, 2010 used for a farm stand shall not exceed 1,500 square feet gross floor area.

  • Farmers' market maximum frequency2 times per week

    A property may not host a farmers' market more than twice in any week.

  • Farmers' market structure size unlimited

    Any new or existing permanent structure may be used for a farmers' market without limitation to its size.

Parking

  • Parking distance from street right-of-way10 ft

    No parking space shall be located closer than ten feet to any public street right-of-way.

From the ordinance

The minimum front yard on an existing public road in the rural areas (RA) district shall be 35 feet. Each use shall provide one parking space per 200 square feet of retail area.
Sec. 5.1.47

Parking requirements

{
  "farm stand": "1 per 200 sq ft retail",
  "farmers' market": "1 per 200 sq ft retail"
}