Fredericksburg, Virginia · General provision

§72-51.2, §72-51.3

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin frontage 80 ftMin depth 5 ft
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.

Extracted standards

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

Lot

  • Lot frontages within the R-2, R-4, R-8, and R-12 zoning districts shall not be less than 80% of the required lot width.

  • Maximum lot depth to width ratio5 ratio

    The depth of a lot shall not exceed five times its width.

  • Maximum percentage of pipestem lots in a subdivision section10 pct

    Pipestem lots shall constitute no more than 10% of the lots in any one section of a subdivision and shall be used only for single-family, detached dwellings.

  • Maximum pipestem driveway length200 ft

    A pipestem driveway shall serve no more than three lots, shall have a width of no less than 12 feet, and shall have a length not greater than 200 feet from the street right-of-way.

  • Minimum pipestem driveway width12 ft

    A pipestem driveway shall serve no more than three lots, shall have a width of no less than 12 feet, and shall have a length not greater than 200 feet from the street right-of-way.

Other

From the ordinance

The length of a block shall be not less than 250 feet and not more than 600 feet. Lot frontages within the R-2, R-4, R-8, and R-12 zoning districts shall not be less than 80% of the required lot width. The depth of a lot shall not exceed five times its width.
§72-51.2, §72-51.3