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Washington County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 66-221 to 66-228

HighlandAll Washington County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETFront 50 ftRear 50 ftSide 25 ftMin frontage 150 ftMIN LOT AREA2 ac
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.
87,120 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (2 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
150 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.
50 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
50 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft
Side, combinedSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
50 ft

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
by_right

Servicing

Applies near
National Recreation Area
Geographic extent
National recreation area within the county

Uses

Permitted by right9

Conditional / special use14

Accessory2

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Min lot area 2 acres (1 acre with public water); setback 50 ft from ROW or 100 ft from centerline; side yard 25 ft, rear 50 ft; frontage 150 ft.
Sec. 66-221 to 66-228