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South Boston, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 58-1032

All South Boston districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 25 ftRear 25 ftSide 20 ftMin frontage 100 ftMIN LOT AREA10,000 sq ftMIN OPEN SPACE20%
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.
10,000 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.
100 ft

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 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.
20 ft

Height & bulk

Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
20%

Uses

Permitted by right1

Extracted standards

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

Other

Signage

From the ordinance

The minimum lot required for a multifamily dwelling shall be 10,000 square feet. A multifamily dwelling shall have a minimum of 100 feet of frontage on a public street.
Sec. 58-1032