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Culpeper County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Article 6.1B, Sections 6.1B-2 through 6.1B-10

Village CenterAll Culpeper County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETFront 35 ftRear 12 ftSide 0 ftStreet side 20 ftMin width 50 ftMIN LOT AREA1 acMAX HEIGHT40 ft / 3 storiesMAX LOT COVERAGE60%
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.
43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 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

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.
12 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
0 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
40 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
3
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
60%

Uses

Permitted by right39

Conditional / special use7

Prohibited3

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

The Village Center District provides for neighborhood commercial areas... Minimum lot area one acre, lot coverage 60% max, lot width 50 ft, setback 35 ft from right-of-way, side yards 0 ft (15 ft adjacent to A, R, or RA), rear yard 10% of lot depth but not less than 12 ft, building height 40 ft max (3 stories).
Article 6.1B, Sections 6.1B-2 through 6.1B-10