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Manassas, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 130-205(b)

All Manassas districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaSide 1 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.

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

SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
1 ft

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Additional driveway area allowed200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

    In order to provide additional vehicle maneuvering, off-street parking, or access to a side yard, additional driveway area, not to exceed 200 square feet, may be installed contiguous to an approved driveway and shall not be counted against the maximum driveway width requirements of this section.

  • Driveway orientation

    Any improved surface used for off-street parking or driveways and which is located in any required yard abutting a street shall be limited to a driveway or access installed generally perpendicular to the abutting street.

  • Maximum total area in yards devoted to parking/driveways20 pct

    In no event shall the total area within all front, side, and rear yards devoted to off-street parking or driveways exceed 20 percent of the total lot area.

  • Maximum number of side yards containing parking/driveways1 yards

    A maximum of one side yard shall contain off-street parking or driveways.

  • Surfacing material for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. driveways

    Surfacing of off-street parking or driveways shall be designed to maintain proper drainage, shall consist of an improved dustless surface, and shall not include dirt or sand. The use of gravel for surfacing shall also be prohibited, except for single-family detached dwellings located in a Historic Overlay District (HOD) and approved in accordance with the requirements of the HOD and DCSM.

Setback

  • Driveway setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side and rear lot lines2 ft

    At no time shall off-street parking or driveways be located closer than two feet to a side or rear lot line, except where a shared driveway between two single-family detached dwellings is proposed, and shared access and maintenance easements have been approved by the city.

From the ordinance

For any single-family detached dwelling, off-street parking or driveways shall be located and designed in compliance with the following requirements.
Sec. 130-205(b)