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South Boston, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 58-656, Sec. 58-657

Manufactured Home ParkAll South Boston districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA5 acMAX DENSITY6 du/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.)

Density

Maximum density
6 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
5,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Uses

Permitted by right2

From the ordinance

Minimum site size. Five contiguous acres. Maximum density. Six units per acre. Minimum area of manufactured home space. Five thousand square feet.
Sec. 58-656, Sec. 58-657