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South Hill, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 94.1-101(2)a

All South Hill districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA20,000 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.
20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.46 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

From the ordinance

For lots containing or intended to contain a single-family dwelling not served by public water and sewerage systems, the minimum lot area shall be not less than 20,000 square feet.
Sec. 94.1-101(2)a