Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Frontage
- Cul-de-sac exception
Lots which front on a cul-de-sac shall not be required to meet the minimum frontage requirement, provided that the frontage is sufficient to permit the construction of a state department of transportation standard residential entrance, including required radii; the front building restriction line is moved toward the rear of the lot a sufficient distance to provide the full lot width requirement for the zoning district; the rear and side yard requirements are maintained; and the lot meets the minimum area requirement for the zoning district.
- Minimum public street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.50 ft
abut a public street for a minimum of 50 feet
- Private street exception
Lots may front on private streets within condominium and multifamily apartment complexes and in other types of developments as set forth in the city's subdivision ordinance and the design criteria for subdivision streets set forth in the VDOT Road Design Manual — Subdivision Street Design Guide, except that no right-of-way shall be required.
From the ordinance
No residential building shall be erected on a lot which does not abut a public street for a minimum of 50 feet, unless it meets one of the following exceptions: ...