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Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 5-5001

TownhouseAll 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%

Extracted standards

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

Other

Setback

From the ordinance

Townhouses are permitted as indicated in zoning district(s) regulation(s). Maximum density: Fourteen (14) dwelling units per acre. Each parcel utilized for townhouse development shall have a minimum frontage of at least one hundred (100) feet upon a public street and shall have a minimum depth of not less than one hundred (100) feet. The maximum lot coverage shall be sixty (60) percent of the total tract area. Individual townhouse lots shall contain no less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet. The front yard of a townhouse lot which fronts on a public or private street shall be twenty (20) feet. Side yards shall be required only for end unit lots of a townhouse structure and shall be ten (10) feet in width. A rear yard of twenty (20) feet shall be provided for each townhouse lot. Individual townhouse units shall contain at least nine hundred (900) square feet of livable floor area.
Sec. 5-5001