Northampton County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
§ 154.2.103
AgriculturalAll Northampton County Unincorporated districts0
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. density bonusDensity bonusExtra units allowed above the base cap in exchange for something — usually affordable homes.0.1 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
The maximum residential density of development in the A District under the open space density bonus option shall be one dwelling unit per ten acres of buildable area if the minimum open space preserved from the base parcel is at least 85%
Environmental
- Buildable area excludes wetlands
In no case shall any wetlands be considered in the calculation of the buildable area of any base parcel for density determination purposes.
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. under open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. bonus30,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Lots no less than 30,000 square feet may be divided from the base parcel under this option.
Other
- Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for density bonusDensity bonusExtra units allowed above the base cap in exchange for something — usually affordable homes.85 pct
if the minimum open space preserved from the base parcel is at least 85%
From the ordinance
The maximum residential density of conventional development in the A District shall be one dwelling unit per 20 acres of buildable area. Lots no less than one acre in size may be divided from the base parcel as provided herein.