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Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 83-432(d)(3)a

All Powhatan County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA5 ac
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.)

Extracted standards

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

Lot

Other

  • Front or direct access to arterial or collector street

    Located on a site that has an area of at least five acres and fronts on or has direct access to an arterial or collector street;

  • Safe and separate emergency vehicle access

    Include vehicular access and circulation systems and exterior signage that provides safe and separate emergency vehicle access to the hospital, with minimal conflicts with pedestrian or other vehicular traffic in the area.

  • Served by public water and wastewater system

    Served by a public water and wastewater system;

  • Comply with state regulations

    In compliance with all applicable state regulations regarding the licensing and operation of a hospital;

From the ordinance

Hospitals shall be in compliance with state regulations; located on a site of at least five acres and front on or have direct access to an arterial or collector street; served by public water and wastewater system; include safe and separate emergency vehicle access.
Sec. 83-432(d)(3)a