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Appomattox County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

§ 19.6-96

All Appomattox County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 50 ftMIN LOT AREA50 acMAX HEIGHT45 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE75%MIN OPEN SPACE15%
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.
2,178,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (50 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

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

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

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
45 ft
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
75%
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
15%

Uses

Conditional / special use1

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

  • Maximum spacing between streetlights75 ft

    The spacing between streetlights (on opposite sides of the street) shall not be greater than 75 feet.

Other

  • Fences not in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. except security

    Fences shall not be placed in a front yard except as necessary for security purposes.

  • Minimum alley right-of-way width20 ft

    Alleyways must have a minimum twenty-foot right-of-way.

  • Minimum separation between entrances to public right-of-way300 ft

    The minimum separation distance between entrances to the existing public right-of-way shall be 300 feet.

  • Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for density >8 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.30 pct

    For developments with an overall density greater than eight units per acre in residential areas, the minimum common open space and/or recreational areas shall be 30% of the gross area of the PUD.

  • Minimum sidewalk width in commercial/industrial areas6 ft

    In commercial and industrial areas, sidewalks may be replaced with paved trails with a minimum width of six feet.

  • Minimum sidewalk width in residential areas5 ft

    In residential areas, sidewalks shall be a minimum of five feet in width and be on both sides of the road.

  • Minimum street right-of-way width50 ft

    Streets must have a minimum fifty-foot right-of-way.

  • Utilities placed underground

    Other utilities (electric, telephone, etc.) shall be placed underground, unless the type of service necessary for normal activities prohibits underground installation.

Signage

From the ordinance

Minimum acreage required to create a PUD shall be 50 acres of contiguous land. ... Maximum lot coverage shall be established during the review and approval of the master plan but in no case shall exceed 75%. ... Buildings and structures over 45 feet in height will need to be justified in order to receive approval. ... Minimum common open space and/or recreational areas shall be 15% of the gross area of the PUD.
§ 19.6-96