zoneoptics
Manassas, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 130-99

All Manassas districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA20,000 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.
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.)

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Maintenance in enclosed building

    All accessory vehicle maintenance or service shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.

  • Minimum distance from residential50 ft

    No portion of the use, excluding required screening and landscape buffers, shall be located within 50 feet of a 'R' district or structure containing a dwelling unit.

  • Outdoor display prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. areas

    Outdoor display shall be designated on an approved site plan, and prohibited in any off-street parking or loading areas used to meet the minimum requirements of this chapter, fire lanes, travelways, sidewalks five feet or less in width, buffers, yards, and landscaped areas. The use of outdoor display ramps and stands is prohibited.

From the ordinance

Notwithstanding any other requirement of this chapter, motor vehicle sales and rental or heavy equipment sales and rental, where permitted, shall conform with the following requirements: (a) Each sales or rental office shall have a minimum lot area of 20,000 square feet. (b) No portion of the use, excluding required screening and landscape buffers, shall be located within 50 feet of a 'R' district or structure containing a dwelling unit. (c) Outdoor display shall be designated on an approved site plan, and prohibited in any off-street parking or loading areas used to meet the minimum requirements of this chapter, fire lanes, travelways, sidewalks five feet or less in width, buffers, yards, and landscaped areas. The use of outdoor display ramps and stands is prohibited. (d) Outdoor display shall be limited to the vehicles or equipment sold on the property. No other outdoor display of any other goods or merchandise shall be permitted. (e) All accessory vehicle maintenance or service shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building. Outdoor storage, including temporary storage of vehicles on-site for maintenance, repair, or service, shall be permitted in accordance with the requirements of the zoning district.
Sec. 130-99