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Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 5-5002.R

All Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETFront 20 ftRear 20 ftSide 10 ftMin width 20 ftMin depth 100 ftMIN LOT AREA1,500 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE100 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE60%MAX DENSITY14 du/acMIN UNIT SIZE900 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.
1,500 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.
20 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
100 ft
Minimum lot depth
100 ft
Minimum floor areaMinimum floor areaThe smallest dwelling the district permits, in square feet of living space.
900 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Density

Maximum density
14 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 lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
60%

Uses

Permitted by right1

Extracted standards

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

Other

Setback

  • Distance to interior driveway20 ft

    No townhouse structure shall be closer than twenty (20) feet to any interior driveway

  • Distance to off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open.15 ft

    or closer than fifteen (15) feet to any off-street parking area

  • Minimum distance between unattached structures30 ft

    The minimum distance between any two (2) unattached townhouse structures shall be thirty (30) feet.

  • Minimum distance face-to-face50 ft

    The setback shall be increased to fifty (50) feet if the townhouse structures are face to face.

From the ordinance

Townhouses are permitted as indicated in zoning district(s) regulation(s).
Sec. 5-5002.R