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Virginia Beach, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 206

All Virginia Beach districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETbuildable areaFront 10 ftRear 5 ftSide 5 ftStreet side 10 ftMin width 40 ftMIN LOT AREA1,600 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.
1,600 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
40 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.
10 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
5 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
5 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft

Servicing

Geographic extent
Applies in all districts where such facilities are permitted

Uses

Permitted by right3

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Ingress easement width when not adjacent to street15 ft

    When a facility covered by this section is not located adjacent to a public street, a right-of-way or easement for ingress of minimum width of fifteen (15) feet shall be provided.

  • Lot restricted to described uses

    Each lot for which these reduced requirements apply shall be restricted to the uses described in this section, and this restriction shall be noted on any plat or other document describing such lot.

From the ordinance

Individual district requirements for minimum lot area, lot width and yard spacing requirements notwithstanding, the following requirements for public and private pump stations, water tanks, and other unmanned utility facilities shall apply in all districts where they are permitted:
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