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Roanoke, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 36.2-420

All Roanoke districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA40,000 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.
40,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.92 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Height & bulk

Minimum landscaping
8%

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Landscaping strip depth along street8 ft

    A landscaping strip of a minimum depth of eight (8) feet shall be provided along any adjacent street right-of-way.

  • Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. of display area from side/rear property line5 ft

    Under no circumstances shall a display area be located closer than five (5) feet to a side or rear property line.

  • Shrub spacing in landscaping strip3 ft

    A minimum of one (1) evergreen or deciduous shrub, spaced at a rate of no greater than three (3) feet on center and having a minimum height at planting of twenty-four (24) inches, shall be planted in the required landscaping strip.

From the ordinance

A new motor vehicle sales and service establishment shall require a minimum lot area of forty thousand (40,000) square feet designated for such use.
Sec. 36.2-420