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Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 25-39(2)

RuralAll Botetourt County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 35 ftRear 25 ftSide 10 ftMin frontage 100 ft
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 frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
100 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.
35 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft
Side, combinedSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft

From the ordinance

In the AR district, the minimum frontage shall be one hundred (100) feet on public roads. Lots fronting on private roads or highways shall have one (1) side width of at least one hundred (100) feet. ... buildings shall be located no less than thirty-five (35) feet from any street right-of-way fifty (50) feet or greater in width, or no less than sixty (60) feet from the center line of any street right-of-way less than fifty (50) feet in width. ... The minimum side yard shall be ten (10) feet and the total width of the two (2) required side yards shall be twenty-five (25) feet or more. Each main building shall have a rear yard of twenty-five (25) feet or more.
Sec. 25-39(2)