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Blacksburg, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 3201-3202

All Blacksburg districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETFront 20 ftRear 15 ftSide 10 ftStreet side 20 ftMin frontage 75 ftMIN LOT AREA1 acMAX HEIGHT60 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE70%
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.
43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 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.
75 ft

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
15 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
60 ft
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
70%

Uses

Permitted by right27

Conditional / special use3

Extracted standards

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

Height

Other

  • Multi-establishment building requirement

    Permitted by right only as part of a multi-establishment building.

  • Street elevation requirements

    The street elevation of principal structures shall have at least one (1) street-oriented entrance, and contain the principal windows of the structure, with the exception of structures in a court-yard style.

  • Utilities underground

    All utility lines, electric, telephone, cable television lines, etc., shall be placed underground.

From the ordinance

Permitted uses in Sec. 3201(a). Site development: min lot 1 acre, frontage 75 ft, yards 20/15/10, coverage 70%, height 60 ft.
Sec. 3201-3202