zoneoptics
Madison, Virginia · General provision

14-18-3

All Madison districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA10 acMAX HEIGHT48 ftMIN OPEN SPACE50%
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.
435,600 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (10 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
48 ft
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
50%

Uses

Conditional / special use1

Extracted standards

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

Other

Parking

  • Parking requirements

    Parking and lodging at event venues will be subject to the requirements set forth in article 14-9 and 14-10.

From the ordinance

The minimum lot area for event venue use shall be ten acres in A1 (General Agriculture) zoning district and ten acres in the C1 (Conservation) zoning district.
14-18-3