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Dinwiddie County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 22-83 through 22-89

ConservativeAll Dinwiddie County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETRear 75 ftSide 35 ftStreet side 75 ftMin frontage 300 ftMIN LOT AREA5 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 frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
300 ft

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

RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
75 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
35 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
75 ft

Housing

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

Uses

Permitted by right16

Conditional / special use10

Accessory2

Prohibited3

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Minimum lot area five acres; setback 105 feet from centerline; side yards 35 feet, rear 75 feet.
Sec. 22-83 through 22-89