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Page County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

§ 125-18C

All Page County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 100 ftRear 50 ftSide 50 ftMIN LOT AREA5 acMAX HEIGHT35 ft / 2 storiesMAX LOT COVERAGE25%
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.
217,800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
100 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
50 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
50 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
2
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
25%

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Lot size: the area for development shall be a minimum of five acres. Lot coverage: 25% maximum. Building height: two stories or 35 feet maximum. Front yard: 100 feet minimum. Side yards: 100 feet minimum on each side when truck loading space is provided; 50 feet on each side when no truck loading spaces are provided. Rear yard: One hundred feet minimum when truck loading spaces are required and 50 feet when no truck loading spaces are required.
§ 125-18C