Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum slope for building15 pct
slopes of less than 15 percent
- Minimum usable building area10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
less than 10,000 useable square feet of contiguous building area with slopes of less than 15 percent
- Wetlands development prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Wetlands, as defined in the Virginia Wetlands Zoning Act, or any land subject to periodic flooding shall not be developed for residential occupancy
From the ordinance
Land is topographically unsuitable for building sites if it possesses steep slopes which will require extensive grading or unusual construction practices in order for development to take place, or which would provide less than 10,000 useable square feet of contiguous building area with slopes of less than 15 percent.