Amherst County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Article IV, Section 407.06
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Carport front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. (half of required front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.)
located at a distance from the front lot line equal to at least half of the required front yard setback in Section 804 for the district in which the lot is located
- Maximum carport size256 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A single carport with a maximum size of two hundred fifty-six (256) square feet
located no closer than fifteen (15) feet to the rear lot line
From the ordinance
A single carport with a maximum size of two hundred fifty-six (256) square feet provided that such carport (i) is located no closer than fifteen (15) feet to the rear lot line, (ii) is located at a distance from the front lot line equal to at least half of the required front yard setback in Section 804 for the district in which the lot is located, and (iii) no other carports are located on the subject parcel.