Front Royal, Virginia · General provision

Article 16, Design Standards

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin frontage 50 ftMin depth 1 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

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

Environmental

Other

  • Curb and gutter required

    Curbs and gutters shall be required for the purpose of drainage and safety and delineation and protection of the pavement edge.

  • Maximum block length1,200 ft

    Blocks should not normally exceed one thousand two hundred (1,200) feet

  • Maximum cul-de-sac turnaround grade4 pct

    The grade of cul-de-sac turnarounds shall not exceed four percent (4%).

  • Maximum cul-de-sac length800 ft

    Cul-de-sac streets shall not exceed eight hundred (800) feet in length

  • Maximum dead-end street length800 ft

    Such dead-end streets shall not exceed eight hundred (800) feet in length from the centerline of the nearest road intersection.

  • Maximum lot depth to width ratio4 ratio

    The depth of residential lots shall not be less than one (1) nor more than four (4) times the width

  • Maximum number of lots on a cul-de-sac25 lots

    and shall not furnish access to more than twenty-five (25) individual lots.

  • Maximum street centerline grade10 pct

    Centerline grades for all streets shall not exceed ten percent (10%).

  • Maximum streetlight spacing300 ft

    Streetlights shall be spaced at a maximum of three hundred (300) feet apart

  • Minimum lot depth to width ratio1 ratio

    The depth of residential lots shall not be less than one (1) nor more than four (4) times the width

  • each lot shall have a minimum frontage of fifty (50) feet on said street

  • Minimum sidewalk width when abutting curb6 ft

    The minimum design standards for sidewalks shall be at least six (6) feet in width when abutting the curb

  • Minimum sidewalk width when offset from curb5 ft

    and a minimum of five (5) feet when offset from the curb.

  • Minimum street intersection angle80 deg

    All streets shall approach each other at an angle of not less than eighty degrees (80°)

  • Minimum street jog centerline offset125 ft

    Street jogs with a centerline offset of less than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet shall not be permitted.

  • A solid wood or masonry fence at least six (6) feet in height shall be provided on three (3) sides

  • Minimum turnaround radius40 ft

    All dead-end and cul-de-sac streets shall be provided at the closed end with a turnaround whose minimum radius shall be forty (40) feet.

  • Minimum utility easement width for overhead electric20 ft

    and twenty (20) feet for overhead electric facilities

  • Minimum utility easement width for underground electric10 ft

    Utility easements with a minimum width of ten (10) feet for underground electric facilities

  • Sidewalk required

    Sidewalks shall be installed by the applicant along both sides of all new streets.

  • Stormwater peak rate control

    The ten-year post-development peak rate of runoff from the land development shall not exceed the ten-year predevelopment peak rate of runoff.

  • Underground wiring required

    All electric, telephone, television and other communication lines, both main and service connections, installed for new subdivisions or developments shall be made by underground wiring.

From the ordinance

The design standards and regulations of this Article shall be required as minimum requirements for all subdivisions and developments within the Town.
Article 16, Design Standards