Sec. 200 (Lots)

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• Lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. measurement method

  The width of such a lot shall be determined by the following method. First, a straight line is drawn between the two (2) points where the side lot lines intersect the right-of-way line; second, a straight line is drawn from the center of curvature through the midpoint of the first line into the lot; third, a straight line is drawn perpendicular to the second line and a distance back from the right-of-way line equal to the required front yard in the applicable district. The length of this third line between the side lot lines is the width of the lot.

• Maximum dwellings per lot1 unit

  there shall be no more than one (1) single-family detached dwelling, semidetached dwelling or duplex erected on a lot

• Minimum street line frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.15 ft

  In no case shall the length of the first line, which shall be deemed the street line frontage, be less than fifteen (15) feet.

• Unusual depth subdivision

  When an existing lot is of sufficient area to permit the creation by subdivision of more than one (1) building lot in residential districts, one (1) additional building lot may be permitted through resubdivision of the lot, provided that the lot can be resubdivided in accordance with applicable zoning requirements and subdivision regulations, and that a fifteen-foot easement of right-of-way meeting the requirements of subdivision regulations is provided and duly recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Virginia Beach.

• SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from permanent body of water5 ft

  the setback for any such dwelling from a permanent body of water shall be no less than five (5) feet, as measured from the mean high water mark of tidal bodies of water and from the normal water level of nontidal bodies of water