Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 25-427, 25-428

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 25 ftMAX HEIGHT45 ftMAX DENSITY8 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.

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Pedestrian entryway required

    For any new principal building with an exterior façade facing a public right-of-way, there shall be a pedestrian entryway opening installed onto at least one adjoining public right-of-way.

  • If either of the following standards are met, the minimum front building setback shall be twenty-five (25) feet; if neither of these standards are met, the minimum building setback shall be eighty (80) feet, plus the distance covered by impervious surfaces.

  • If neither of these standards are met, the minimum building setback shall be eighty (80) feet, plus the distance covered by impervious surfaces.

  • Minimum sidewalk width5 ft

    Required sidewalks shall be a minimum of five (5) feet in width.

  • Transparent windows/doors on street-facing facades20 pct

    The façade shall contain transparent windows or door openings covering a minimum of twenty (20) percent to a maximum of seventy (70) percent of the wall area on all floors.

From the ordinance

Uses permitted by-right: ... Dwelling, multi-family, up to eight (8.0) dwelling units per acre. ... Maximum height of buildings and structures: Forty-five (45) feet, up to sixty (60) feet by SEP.
Sec. 25-427, 25-428