Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Frontage
- New subdivisions for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. and duplexTwo-family dwellingTwo dwelling units in one building — a duplex. must front on public streets1 boolean
Lots in new subdivisions for single-family detached and duplex dwellings shall front on public streets.
- Street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. requirement
Every building must have frontage on a public street or certain approved private streets.
From the ordinance
Every building that is erected shall be located on a lot having its principal frontage on a public street; on a private street which existed prior to January 1, 1966, and which has been recorded in the clerk's office of the circuit court of the city and the County of James City; or on a private street which is shown on a subdivision plat for a planned development or townhouse development which has been duly approved by the city and which has been recorded in the aforesaid clerk's office.