Article 13, Section 13-10
Dimensional standards
Density
- Maximum density
- 0.5 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 87,120 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (2 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to Intentional Communities in Nelson County
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum distance between clustered dwellings50 ft
dwellings must be at least fifty (50) feet apart
- Fire protection requirement
Where public water is available, the developer shall install fire hydrants... Where public water is not available and the Intentional Community contains fifteen (15) or more dwellings, the Intentional Community shall provide both dry hydrant with a natural or manmade water source meeting the specifications contained in the National Fire Code and an all-weather access road to the same.
- Private road standard for 3-20 dwellings
each private street must be constructed to the Class 1 road standards described in the Subdivision Ordinance of Nelson County
- Private road standard for more than 20 dwellings
each private street must be constructed to the Class 2 road standards described in the Subdivision Ordinance of Nelson County
From the ordinance
Intentional Communities shall have a density of no greater than one (1) dwelling per two (2) acres, unless there is central water or sewer. Clustering will be allowed... dwellings must be at least fifty (50) feet apart. At least sixty (60) percent of the property must be unimproved land.