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Chesapeake, Virginia · General provision

§ 6-601

Single FamilyAll Chesapeake districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA25,000 sq ft
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.
25,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.57 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Housing

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

Uses

Permitted by right1

From the ordinance

This district is intended for single-family development with a minimum lot size of 25,000 square feet in areas of transition where the area is designated for rural development but is surrounded by suburban development densities.
§ 6-601