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Chesapeake, Virginia · General provision

§ 6-901, § 6-902

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 30 ftRear 30 ftSide 10 ftMin width 90 ftMIN LOT AREA12,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE72 ftMAX HEIGHT35 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE35%
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.
12,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.28 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
90 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
72 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.
30 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
30 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

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
35%

From the ordinance

This district is intended to allow some lots within a development to be less than 15,000 square feet in size, with a minimum lot size of 12,000 square feet, provided that the average lot size in the development is at least 15,000 square feet.
§ 6-901, § 6-902