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Bowling Green, Virginia · General provision

Article 10, Section 10.16

Mixed UseAll Bowling Green districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA5 acMAX HEIGHT35 ftMAX DENSITY10 du/acMIN OPEN SPACE50%
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.
217,800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Density

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

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
50%

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
by_right
Two-family
by_right
Three-family
by_right
Four-plus family
by_right

Uses

Permitted by right15

Conditional / special use2

Accessory1

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Maximum commercial area5 pct

    Not more than 5% of the gross area of the PUD project shall be devoted to commercial uses.

  • Open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. management

    The developer shall establish a nonprofit association, corporation, trust or foundation of all individuals or corporations owning residential property within the planned development to ensure the maintenance of open space.

  • Private streets prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

    Private streets shall not be permitted in a PUD development.

  • Site plan required

    Before a zoning permit shall be issued or construction begun on any permitted use in this district, detailed site plans indicating compliance with the substantive provisions of Article 10.28 of this chapter shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator for study.

  • Underground utilities required

    All utilities, including telephone cable and electrical systems, shall be installed underground.

Parking

  • Commercial vehicle parking limitations

    No garbage, truck, tractor and/or trailer of a tractor-trailer truck, dump truck with a gross weight of 12,000 pounds or more, cement-mixer truck, wrecker with a net weight of 12,000 pounds or more or similar such vehicles or equipment shall be parked on any public street in any residential district. Any commercial vehicle parked in any residential district shall be owned and/or operated only by the occupant of the dwelling unit at which it is parked.

From the ordinance

The minimum permitted size for any PUD District shall be five contiguous acres. The permitted density for dwelling units in a PUD District shall not be more than 10 units per gross acre.
Article 10, Section 10.16