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Dayton, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 30-734

All Dayton districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA1,600 sq ftMAX DENSITY10 du/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.
1,600 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Density

Maximum density
10 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.

Servicing

Geographic extent
TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. projects

From the ordinance

Minimum lot area for any townhouse project or development shall be calculated at 1,600 square feet per townhouse... The maximum number of units per gross acre of the development shall not exceed ten units per acre.
Sec. 30-734