Sec. 24.1-404
Dimensional standards
Density
Extracted standards
17 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Buffer type
landscaped, in accordance with the provisions of article II, division 4 of this chapter, to meet the Type 50 Transitional Buffer standards.
- Maximum building length200 ft
The maximum length of any continuous multi-family structure shall be two hundred feet (200').
- Maximum contiguous townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. units6 units
Where units are arranged to resemble individual townhouses, no more than six (6) such units may be in any one (1) contiguous grouping or structure.
- Maximum distance to hydrant600 ft
Fire hydrants shall be installed within the project at locations such that no building or portion thereof within the development shall be further than six hundred feet (600') from a hydrant.
- Maximum recreation area in setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.25 pct
Up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the total required open space may be included within the required perimeter setback area
- Maximum units per building12 units
No single apartment building shall contain more than twelve (12) dwelling units.
- Minimum access points for 25+ units2 points
All such projects of twenty-five (25) units or more shall have at least two (2) points of access to the existing public street system
- Minimum building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.25 ft
Front, side and rear yards shall be provided around each building in the development in a manner which provides a minimum of twenty-five feet (25') of open landscaped space surrounding each building.
- Minimum building spacing30 ft
No two buildings within the project shall be located closer to one another than thirty feet (30').
- Minimum recreation area dimension25 ft
No individual recreational area may be less than twenty-five feet (25') in any linear dimension
- Minimum recreation area distance from building75 ft
nor located closer than seventy-five feet (75') to any building.
- Minimum recreation area per unit400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A minimum of four hundred (400) square feet of common recreation area shall be provided for each dwelling unit in the development.
- Minimum reduced buffer width25 ft
provided that the buffer width is not reduced below twenty-five feet (25').
- Perimeter buffer width50 ft
The development shall be surrounded by a perimeter buffer area of at least fifty feet (50') 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
Parking
- 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
The density of multi-family development projects shall not exceed ten (10) units per acre