zoneoptics
Altavista, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 86-459

All Altavista districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaSide 10 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE40%
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.

SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
40%

Servicing

Geographic extent
All zoning districts

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Maximum building coverage for attached dwellings40 pct

    Maximum building coverage: 40 percent of the lot.

  • Maximum lot size reduction for attached dwellings20 pct

    The minimum lot size, frontage and front and rear yard setbacks required in the district regulations may be reduced up to 20 percent

  • Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. opposite common lot line10 ft

    Minimum side yard opposite the common lot line between two attached dwellings: Ten feet.

From the ordinance

The minimum lot size, frontage and front and rear yard setbacks required in the district regulations may be reduced up to 20 percent
Sec. 86-459