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Vinton, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 5-30

All Vinton districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 75 ftMIN LOT AREA12,000 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.
12,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.28 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
75 ft

Housing

Two-family
by_right

Servicing

Geographic extent
Standards in the RB districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2..

From the ordinance

Two-family dwellings shall be located on lots of not less than 12,000 square feet and 75 feet in width
Sec. 5-30