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Bedford, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 811.03

All Bedford districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA12,000 sq ftMAX DENSITY16 du/ac
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.
12,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.28 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Density

Maximum density
16 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.

From the ordinance

Minimum site area for a multifamily development shall be 12,000 square feet and with a density of no more than 16 units per acre.
Sec. 811.03