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Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 4-16001 through 4-16007

Manufactured Home ParkAll Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETFront 20 ftRear 20 ftSide 10 ftMin width 60 ftMIN LOT AREA6,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE60 ftMAX HEIGHT30 ft / 2 storiesMAX LOT COVERAGE35%MAX FAR0.25MAX DENSITY6 du/acMIN OPEN SPACE40%
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.
6,000 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.
60 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
60 ft

Density

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

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
30 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
2
Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
0.25
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
35%
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
40%

Uses

Permitted by right12

Conditional / special use3

Extracted standards

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

Density

  • Maximum number of spaces or lots200 spaces

    Maximum number of spaces or lots: Two hundred (200).

  • Minimum number of spaces or lots15 spaces

    Minimum number of spaces or lots: Fifteen (15).

Other

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from common areas10 ft

    No part of any manufactured home shall be located within ten (10) feet of any common driveway, pedestrian walkway, vehicle parking area or other common area within the manufactured home development.

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from service buildings40 ft

    No manufactured home shall be located closer than forty (40) feet to any service building within the manufactured home development.

  • Visual buffer from street right-of-way70 ft

    All structures, including accessory structures, shall be located at least seventy (70) feet from the right-of-way of any existing street, which abuts or borders the development.

From the ordinance

Minimum lot area: Six thousand (6,000) square feet. Maximum building height: Thirty (30) feet or two (2) stories, whichever is lesser. Manufactured home units per acre: Six (6). Front yard: Twenty (20) feet. Side yard: Ten (10) feet. Rear yard: Twenty (20) feet. Maximum building coverage: Thirty-five percent (35%). Minimum open space ratio: Forty percent (40%).
Sec. 4-16001 through 4-16007