Dinwiddie County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 22-154, 22-156, 22-157, 22-158, 22-159, 22-161, 22-163

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA7,500 sq ftMAX HEIGHT35 ftMAX DENSITY8 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.

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Density

Other

  • The gross area of the tract of land to be developed under the planned residential district shall be 50 contiguous acres.

  • Perimeter buffer

    Buffer space along the perimeter of a planned residential development district shall be in substantial compliance with yard and setback standards applicable in other zoning districts in which comparable land uses are commonly found.

  • Whenever any nonresidential use is established in this district on a lot which adjoins any other lot proposed to be residentially developed, a transitional yard shall be provided on such lot by the nonresidential use along such common boundary to a depth of ten feet, and screening shall be provided within such yard.

  • Underground utilities required

    Underground utilities, including telephone and electrical systems, are required within the limits of all planned residential developments.

From the ordinance

A minimum of 20 percent of the net land area of the development shall be reserved for common open space.
Sec. 22-154, 22-156, 22-157, 22-158, 22-159, 22-161, 22-163