Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 4.16
Dimensional standards
Lot
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all residential developments requiring recreational areas
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Basketball court requirement
One-half court for basketball shall be provided for each 100 units
- Basketball court size900 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
consisting of a 30-foot by 30-foot area
- Maximum recreational area as percentage of gross site area5 pct
this requirement not to exceed five percent of the gross site area
- Maximum slope in active recreation areas10 pct
Slope in active recreation areas shall not exceed ten percent
- Minimum recreational area per unit200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A minimum of 200 square feet per unit of recreational area shall be provided
- Minimum tot lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.2,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each tot lot shall consist of at least 2,000 square feet
- Tot lot requirement
One tot lot shall be provided for the first 30 units and for each additional 50 units
From the ordinance
A minimum of 200 square feet per unit of recreational area shall be provided in common area or open space on the site, this requirement not to exceed five percent of the gross site area.