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Staunton, Virginia · General provision

18.105.040

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETbuildable areaFront 25 ftRear 25 ftSide 25 ftStreet side 25 ftMIN LOT AREA20 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.
871,200 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (20 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

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.
25 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Required yards landscaped

    All required yards shall be landscaped and maintained.

From the ordinance

Any new cemetery shall be located on a site containing not less than 20 acres. All other structures ... shall be set back not less than 25 feet from any property line or street right-of-way line. All graves or burial lots shall be set back not less than 25 feet from any property line or street right-of-way line.
18.105.040