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Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 5.1.45

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 25 ftRear 25 ftSide 25 ftMIN LOT AREA1 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.
43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

  • Outdoor lighting

    The country store shall comply with the requirements of section 4.17 regarding outdoor lighting.

Noise

  • Noise

    The country store shall comply with the requirements of section 4.18 regarding noise.

Parking

  • Parking requirements

    The country store shall comply with the parking requirements of section 4.12.

From the ordinance

The country store shall be located on a lot of not less than 1 acre. The country store shall be located not less than 25 feet from any lot line.
Sec. 5.1.45