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Culpeper, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 27-55

Mobile Home ParkAll Culpeper districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 20 ftRear 10 ftSide 6 ftMin width 40 ftMIN LOT AREA10 acMAX DENSITY7 du/acMIN OPEN SPACE20%
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 lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
40 ft

Density

Maximum density
7 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.
4,000 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.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
6 ft

Height & bulk

Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
20%

Uses

Permitted by right1

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Minimum park area 10 acres, max density 7 lots/acre, min lot area 4,000 sq ft, min lot width 40 ft, open space 20%, setbacks: front 20 ft, rear 10 ft, side 6 ft.
Sec. 27-55