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Independence, Virginia · General provision

§ 151.11(B)(3)(b)

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 100 ftMIN LOT AREA15,000 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.
15,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.34 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
100 ft

Servicing

Geographic extent
Residential lots served by only one of public water or public sewer systems

From the ordinance

residential lots served by only one of public water or public sewer systems shall be 100 feet or more in width and 15,000 square feet or more in area.
§ 151.11(B)(3)(b)