Amherst County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Article III, Section 302
Dimensional standards
Lot
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Corner lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for alternative heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. measurement20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
on corner lots exceeding twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in area, the height of the building may be measured from either adjoining curb grade
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for alternative heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. measurement35 ft
in the case of a building set back from the street line thirty-five (35) feet or more, the building height is measured from the average elevation of finished ground surface
From the ordinance
Building, height of. The vertical distance measured from the level of approved street grade opposite the middle of the front of the building to the highest point of roof surface of a flat roof; to the deck line of a mansard roof; and to the mean height level between eaves and ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof; in the case of a building set back from the street line thirty-five (35) feet or more, the building height is measured from the average elevation of finished ground surface along the front of the building; and on corner lots exceeding twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in area, the height of the building may be measured from either adjoining curb grade.