Altavista, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 86-517

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.

Extracted standards

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

Fencing & walls

Other

From the ordinance

The minimum front yard setback shall be 35 feet. No security fencing, security gate or other obstruction to vehicle access shall be permitted in the required front yard setback or in any buffer yard required pursuant to section 86-573. All interior driveways shall be at least 26 feet wide when cubicles open onto one side only and at least 30 feet wide when cubicles open onto both sides to accommodate loading and unloading at individual cubicles. Adequate turning radiuses shall be provided, where appropriate, for a 30-foot long single unit truck or moving van. All driveways and any other vehicle use or storage area shall be constructed of a hard surface such as asphalt bituminous concrete. No door openings for any cubicle shall be constructed facing any residentially zoned property. If openings for cubicles face property not zoned residential, or face public rights-of-way, buffer and landscape standards may be required as determined by the zoning administrator. The following uses shall be prohibited: a. The servicing, repair or fabrication of motor vehicles, boats, trailers, lawn mowers, appliances or other similar equipment. b. The operation of power tools, spray-painting equipment, table saws, lathes, compressors, welding equipment, kilns, or other similar equipment. c. The storage of flammable, highly combustible, explosive or hazardous materials shall be prohibited. Outdoor storage areas shall be used for the storage of motor vehicles, trailers, and recreational vehicles only. All outdoor storage areas shall be thoroughly screened from adjoining properties. Accommodations for a live-in manager's quarters shall be permitted.
Sec. 86-517