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Frederick County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

§165-403.02-§165-403.04

Mobile HomeAll Frederick County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 20 ftSide 5 ftMIN LOT AREA4,000 sq ftMAX DENSITY8 du/acMIN OPEN SPACE15%
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.
4,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Density

Maximum density
8 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
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
5 ft

Height & bulk

Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
15%

Parking

Minimum spacesMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open.
2

Uses

Permitted by right16

Conditional / special use1

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Common area requirements

    All mobile home parks and subdivisions shall have a common area of at least 4,000 square feet in area. In addition, at least 15% of the total gross area of all mobile home parks or subdivisions shall be in common areas. There shall be at least 50 square feet of common area for each dwelling unit.

  • Dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

    All dwelling units shall be set back at least 20 feet from any street right-of-way, at least 10 feet from all common areas, parking lots and sidewalks. All accessory uses shall be set back at least five feet from any lot line or property boundary. All structures shall be set back at least 50 feet from the perimeter boundary of the mobile home park.

  • Mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. spacing20 ft

    No mobile home shall be placed within 20 feet of another.

  • Private street requirements

    Private streets in existing mobile home parks: minimum right-of-way width 30 feet, dead-end streets with culs-de-sac min radius 40 feet, pavement width 20 feet, shoulder width 6 feet, paved radius for cul-de-sac 30 feet.

  • Recreation unit requirement30 dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.

    All mobile home parks and subdivisions shall contain at least one recreational unit as described by §165-402.08. One recreational unit shall be provided for each 30 dwelling units.

  • Sewer and water requirement

    It must be certified by the Virginia Department of Health that each mobile home lot will be provided with an approved source of water supply and an approved means of sewage disposal. Water and sewer service must be provided through the use of public or community systems.

From the ordinance

The gross density of any mobile home park or subdivision shall not exceed eight units per acre.
§165-403.02-§165-403.04

Parking requirements

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  "mobile home": "2 spaces per dwelling unit"
}