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Radford, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 120.1-155 to 120.1-158

Single FamilyAll Radford districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin frontage 50 ftMIN LOT AREA4,500 sq ftMIN OPEN SPACE15%
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.
4,500 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
50 ft

Height & bulk

Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
15%

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
by_right
Two-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Three-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Four-plus family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

Uses

Permitted by right2

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Minimum lot size: 4,500 square feet. Minimum frontage: 50 feet. Open space: Minimum of 15 percent of development size, or one square foot of open space for each square foot of reduction in lot size below 9,000 square feet, whichever is greater.
Sec. 120.1-155 to 120.1-158