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Appomattox County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

§ 19.6-84

All Appomattox County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin frontage 50 ftMIN LOT AREA5 acMAX DENSITY7 du/acMIN OPEN SPACE8%
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 lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
217,800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
50 ft

Density

Maximum density
7 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
5,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Height & bulk

Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
8%

Parking

Minimum spacesMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open.
2

Extracted standards

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

Lot

Other

  • Anchoring required

    All manufactured homes shall be anchored to the pad in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.

  • Buffer yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. width along side and rear50 ft

    A fifty-foot buffer yard shall be installed along the side and rear perimeter of the park.

  • Cul-de-sac minimum diameter80 ft

    Culs-de-sac: shall have a minimum diameter of 80 feet.

  • Maximum street gradient12 pct

    Maximum gradient: 12%.

  • Minimum recreation area percentage8 pct

    Minimum usable space for recreational areas: 8% of the gross area of the manufactured home park.

  • Minimum contiguous recreation area5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

    Minimum countable area: 5,000 contiguous square feet.

  • Pad required for manufactured homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site.

    Each manufactured home lot shall have a pad constructed for the placement of a manufactured home in full compliance with the area, lot, and setback requirements of this section.

  • Private street width20 ft

    Street width: 20 feet.

  • Refuse area screening required

    All refuse areas shall be screened with a solid, durable material meeting the requirements of this article.

  • Skirting required

    Each manufactured home shall be skirted with a durable material.

  • Walkway minimum width3 ft

    Such pathway shall be constructed of a hard surface, or gravel material, and shall have a minimum width of three feet.

Parking

  • Off-lot parking distance150 ft

    Provided within 150 feet of the manufactured home to be served

  • Parking spaces per lot2 spaces

    Each manufactured home lot shall have the equivalent of two parking spaces. At least one of these spaces shall be provided on the lot.

From the ordinance

Minimum tract size for any new or expanding park: five contiguous acres. Minimum frontage for any new or expanding park: 50 feet on a publicly owned and maintained street. Maximum density for any new or expanding park served by a community water and/or sewer system: seven dwelling units per gross acre.
§ 19.6-84

Parking requirements

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  "manufactured_home_lot": "2 spaces, at least 1 on lot"
}