zoneoptics
Frederick County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

§ 165-204.03

All Frederick County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA5 acMAX 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.
217,800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Density

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

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Campground buffer category

    Where campgrounds are allowed, zoning district separation buffers and screens, Category C as described by this chapter, shall be provided in relation to surrounding properties containing residential uses.

  • Campground max residences1 count

    No more than one permanent residence shall be allowed in a campground, which shall only be occupied by the owner, manager or an employee.

  • Campground perimeter setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.100 ft

    The perimeter setback from the boundary of the campground for all structures and campsites shall be 100 feet.

From the ordinance

The minimum lot size for a campground shall be five acres. The maximum allowed density for a campground shall be 10 campsites or cabins per acre. The perimeter setback from the boundary of the campground for all structures and campsites shall be 100 feet.
§ 165-204.03