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Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 4-10004, 4-10005

General CommercialAll Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 35 ftRear 5 ftSide 5 ftMin width 100 ftMIN LOT AREA20,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT35 ft / 3 storiesMAX LOT COVERAGE60%MAX FAR0.5MIN OPEN SPACE25%
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.
20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.46 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

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
35 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
5 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
5 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
3
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.
0.5
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
60%
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
25%

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Two-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Three-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Four-plus family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

Uses

Permitted by right73

Conditional / special use36

Extracted standards

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

Height

Setback

From the ordinance

Min lot area: 20,000 sq ft. Width: 100 ft. Height: 35 ft/3 stories (up to 50 ft/5 stories with conditions). FAR: 0.50. Setbacks: front 35, side 5, rear 5. Coverage: 60%. OSR: 25%.
Sec. 4-10004, 4-10005