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Bristol, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 50-120

All Bristol districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 35 ftRear 25 ftMin frontage 50 ftMIN LOT AREA10 acMIN OPEN SPACE25%
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.
435,600 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (10 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.
50 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

Height & bulk

Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
25%

Uses

Accessory5

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from internal street15 ft

    Any accessory structure shall be at least 15 feet from the edge of any internal street.

  • Campsite width25 ft

    Each site shall be a width of at least 25 feet.

  • Cul-de-sac pavement radius30 ft

    All dead end streets/drives shall be designed with a cul-de-sac having a minimum pavement radius of 30 feet.

  • Fire hydrants at each entrance

    Fire hydrants shall be located at each entrance of the development.

  • Maximum fire pit size3 ft x ft

    Any fire pits for recreational use and cooking shall be no more than a three-foot by three-foot in size.

  • Minimum one-way street width10 ft

    Be a minimum ten feet in width if one-way streets are utilized.

  • Minimum two-way street width16 ft

    Be a minimum 16 feet in width if two-way streets are utilized.

  • Maximum continuous occupancy30 days

    Continuous occupancy beyond 30 days in any 12-month period shall be presumed to be permanent occupancy and is prohibited.

  • Minimum green space percentage25 pct

    A minimum of 25 percent of the overall overnight recreational development must be green space including the required landscaping and buffering areas.

  • Peripheral boundary width when abutting non-residential10 ft

    Shall be a minimum width of ten feet along the length of property lines which abut non-residentially used or zoned property and along public roadways.

  • Peripheral boundary width when abutting residential25 ft

    Its width shall be a minimum of 25 feet along the length of property lines that abut residentially used or zoned property.

  • Public water service required

    The development shall be provided with public water service with adequate fire flow.

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from adjoining property boundary25 ft

    All campsites and cabins shall be designed to provide a setback of at least 25 feet from any adjoining property boundary.

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public right-of-way35 ft

    All campsites and cabins shall be designed to provide a setback of at least 35 feet from a public right-of-way.

From the ordinance

Minimum total contiguous lot area of ten acres. Setback of at least 35 feet from public right-of-way and 25 feet from adjoining property boundary. Minimum 25% green space. Public water service required.
Sec. 50-120