Blacksburg, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 3161, 3162

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin frontage 75 ftMIN LOT AREA2 acMAX HEIGHT60 ftMIN OPEN SPACE25%
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.

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • A maximum of two (2) curb cuts shall be allowed per street frontage.

  • Maximum residential area25 pct

    Residential uses shall be limited to no more than twenty-five (25) percent of the total site area.

  • A minimum of thirty (30) percent of the portion of the site devoted to residential use shall be set aside as open space...

  • Outside storage must be screened

    Except where specifically excepted, outside storage of materials... shall be screened in compliance with the requirements of Article V, Division 3.

  • Rooftop equipment must be enclosed

    All roof-top equipment shall be enclosed in building materials that match the structure...

  • Street-oriented entrance required

    The street elevation of principal structures shall have at least one (1) street-oriented entrance...

  • Underground utilities

    All utility lines, electric, telephone, cable television lines, etc., shall be placed underground.

Parking

  • Parking must be behind front building line

    Parking facilities shall be located behind the front building line.

From the ordinance

Minimum district size: Two (2) acres of contiguous land. Minimum frontage: Seventy-five (75) feet... Minimum open space requirement: Twenty-five (25) percent. Maximum height of structures... sixty (60) feet
Sec. 3161, 3162