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Bluefield, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 74-701 through 74-710

Manufactured HousingAll Bluefield districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 40 ftMIN LOT AREA3,000 sq 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.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
3,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
40 ft

Uses

Permitted by right1

Conditional / special use1

  • manufactured housing subdivision (requires conditional use permit)

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Distance between manufactured homesManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site.15 ft

    Parking spaces for manufactured homes in the MHS district shall be arranged so as to provide a distance of 15 feet or more between individual units, but in no case closer than five feet to the individual lot line of the mobile home space.

  • Drainage and cleanliness

    All plots of ground in a manufactured home subdivision shall be well-drained and kept in a clean and orderly manner by the owner or operator thereof.

  • Electrical outlets

    Each manufactured home space in the MHS district shall be provided with electrical outlets installed in accordance with the building code.

  • Individual water and sewer connections

    Each manufactured home space in the MHS district shall be provided with individual water and sewer connections to a public system.

From the ordinance

For each manufactured home space in the MHS district, within a subdivision having a central water and sewer system, there shall be provided 3,000 square feet of area or more.
Sec. 74-701 through 74-710