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Virginia Beach, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 238(II)

All Virginia Beach districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 150 ftMIN LOT AREA1 acMAX FAR10
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.
43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 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.
150 ft

Density

Maximum units
10

Height & bulk

Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
10

Uses

Conditional / special use1

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Maximum shelters per farming business10 units

    They shall not exceed ten (10) per farming business

  • Minimum distance between units20 ft

    There shall be at least twenty (20) feet distance between each unit.

  • Minimum distance from public street (except first unit)500 ft

    No such unit, excluding the first unit, shall be located closer than five hundred (500) feet from a public street.

  • Minimum individual site area43,560 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

    Each unit shall be on an individual site of at least one acre in area

  • Minimum site width150 ft

    at least one hundred fifty (150) feet in width

From the ordinance

They shall not exceed ten (10) per farming business... No such unit, excluding the first unit, shall be located closer than five hundred (500) feet from a public street. There shall be at least twenty (20) feet distance between each unit. Each unit shall be on an individual site of at least one acre in area and at least one hundred fifty (150) feet in width.
Sec. 238(II)