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Craig County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 58-418

All Craig County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSide 15 ftMin width 50 ftMIN LOT AREA5 acMAX DENSITY6 du/ac
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.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
50 ft

Density

Maximum density
6 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
5,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
15 ft

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Anchorage required

    Every parking space for manufactured homes shall be provided with devices for anchoring the unit to prevent overturning or uplift.

  • Electrical service required

    Each travel trailer or manufactured home shall be provided with electric service having a grounded-type supply receptacle.

  • Gas supply compliance

    Installations for use of natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas shall comply with all laws and ordinances.

  • Permanent markers required

    Every manufactured home lot shall be clearly defined on the ground by permanent markers.

  • Minimum distance between manufactured homesManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site.25 ft

    No manufactured home shall be placed within 25 feet of another.

  • Minimum distance from park boundary15 ft

    In no case shall any manufactured home park be placed less than 15 feet from the manufactured home park boundary.

  • Minimum distance from public street35 ft

    shall be located 35 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width or 60 feet or more from the center of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.

  • Minimum number of spaces8 spaces

    Minimum number of spaces completed and ready for occupancy before first occupancy is permitted shall be eight.

  • Minimum yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. from common areas20 ft

    The distance from the line or corner of the manufactured home stand to a private access drive, a common parking area, a common walk, or other common area shall be 20 feet minimum.

  • Mobile units for accessory usesAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.

    Mobile units ... may not be used for accessory uses in connection with any park except upon special permission in writing from the building official.

  • Motor fuel service station location

    Motor fuel service stations shall be located adjacent to a public street and shall be not less than 30 feet from spaces for parking of travel trailers or manufactured homes or other buildings.

  • Service buildings must meet building code

    Office buildings and structures housing sanitary or similar equipment shall be constructed to meet the applicable requirements of the Basic Code.

  • Sewer system required

    Sanitary facilities ... shall be located so as to be connected to the public sewer system or to the other approved disposal plant.

  • Water supply required

    An approved water supply system shall be installed with adequate water taps and connections for each travel trailer or manufactured home parking space.

From the ordinance

Minimum area for each manufactured home park shall be five acres. Maximum density of units per acre shall not exceed six units per gross acre. Minimum area for an individual manufactured home space shall be 5,000 square feet.
Sec. 58-418