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Purcellville, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 3.4(16)

All Purcellville districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 35 ftRear 25 ftSide 25 ftMIN LOT AREA2 acMAX LOT COVERAGE40%MAX DENSITY15 du/acMIN UNIT SIZE600 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.
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.)
Minimum floor areaMinimum floor areaThe smallest dwelling the district permits, in square feet of living space.
600 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Density

Maximum density
15 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Maximum units
12

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
35 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
40%

Uses

Permitted by right1

Extracted standards

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

Other

Setback

  • Minimum distance from private drive15 ft

    No apartment building shall be located closer than 35 feet from any public right-of-way or closer than 15 feet from a private drive, access road or open common parking area.

From the ordinance

The minimum area requirement for a dwelling, apartment building shall be two acres. Overall project density shall not exceed 15 dwelling units per acre, exclusive of public rights-of-way. No apartment building shall contain more than 12 dwelling units. No apartment building shall be located closer than 35 feet from any public right-of-way or closer than 15 feet from a private drive, access road or open common parking area. No apartment building shall be located closer than 25 feet from a side or rear property line. The maximum lot coverage shall be 40 percent. At least 400 square feet of commonly usable open space shall be provided for each dwelling unit. Each apartment dwelling unit shall contain at least 600 square feet of livable floor area.
Sec. 3.4(16)