Sec. 24.1-403
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
26 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Additional access units increment24 units
For each additional increment of twenty-four (24) units, an additional point of connection to a public street or an authorized private collector street shall be required.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. shed area60 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Accessory storage sheds, fences, walls or other structures, designed and constructed at the time of development as an architecturally compatible addition to the dwelling unit, may occupy up to sixty (60) square feet of the required rear or side yard area.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. shed depth10 ft
Such sheds shall not exceed six feet (6') in width nor ten feet (10') in depth
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. shed width6 ft
Such sheds shall not exceed six feet (6') in width nor ten feet (10') in depth
- Maximum contiguous units6 units
There shall be no more than six (6) units in any contiguous grouping of townhouse or multiplex units.
- Maximum distance between accessways200 ft
The maximum distance between such accessways shall be two hundred feet (200').
- Maximum distance to hydrant600 ft
Fire hydrants shall be installed within the project at locations such that no structure, or portion thereof, within the project shall be further than six hundred feet (600') from a hydrant.
- Maximum rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. extension10 ft
there may be, as a part of the original construction, or as a later addition, a single-story attached room, storage shed, patio enclosure, screened porch, awning, or other similar structure which projects into the required fifteen foot (15') setback by as much as ten feet (10').
- Maximum units with single access24 units
Not more than twenty-four (24) units shall be served by a group parking area or private drive having only one point of connection with a public street
- Maximum units with two access points48 units
Up to forty-eight (48) units may be served by a group parking area or private drive having two points of connection with a public street
- Minimum access points for 25+ units2 points
All such projects containing twenty-five (25) or more units shall have at least two (2) points of access or connection to the existing public street system
- Minimum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure distance from principal5 ft
Detached single-story storage sheds or similar structures may be located within the required fifteen foot (15') rear yard area and along a side or rear property line provided that they do not exceed sixty (60) square feet in area, are located at least five feet (5') from the principal structure
- Minimum active recreation percentage of open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.50 pct
At least fifty percent (50%) of this required common open space shall be suitable by reason of location, topography, and configuration for the development of active recreation facilities.
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.15 pct
A minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the gross acreage in the development shall be set aside as common open space.
- Minimum project area5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
A single-family attached dwelling unit development or project shall consist of at least five (5) acres
- Minimum rear access width10 ft
Pedestrian and emergency access to the rear of individual lots shall be available via a common open space strip or access way of at least ten feet (10') in width
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. variation3 ft
Variations in the setback of building faces shall be at least three feet (3').
- Perimeter buffer width25 ft
The single-family attached development shall be surrounded by a perimeter buffer area of at least twenty-five feet (25') in width.
- Transit proximity1,000 ft
Where an existing or planned transit route is located in proximity (1,000 feet) to the development, provision shall be made for a transit stop
- Tree ratio500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000./tree
trees shall be planted in sufficient numbers to achieve a landscaping ratio of at least one tree, either existing or newly planted, for each five hundred (500) square feet of buffer area.
Parking
- Maximum adjacent parking pads2 pads
The location of parking pads on the individual dwelling unit lots shall be varied in order that not more than two (2) two-car pads (4 spaces) are located side by side without an intervening landscaped strip at least eight feet (8') in width.
- Minimum landscaped strip width8 ft
not more than two (2) two-car pads (4 spaces) are located side by side without an intervening landscaped strip at least eight feet (8') in width.
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. space dimensions
Parking spaces located on individual dwelling unit lots shall be a minimum of nine feet by eighteen feet (9' × 18') in dimension.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. green area400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
a minimum of 400 square feet of setback green area having a minimum dimension of ten feet (10') in any direction shall be provided in front of the single-family attached unit.
- RV parking ratio10 spaces per unit
recreational vehicle parking spaces of twelve feet by thirty feet (12' × 30') shall be provided at a ratio of one (1) space per ten (10) dwelling units.
- RV parking space dimensions
recreational vehicle parking spaces of twelve feet by thirty feet (12' × 30')
From the ordinance
A single-family attached dwelling unit development or project shall consist of at least five (5) acres