Sec. 24.1-403
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum units per contiguous grouping6 units
There shall be no more than six (6) units in any contiguous grouping of townhouse or multiplex units.
Other
- Common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. percentage15 pct
A minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the gross acreage in the development shall be set aside as common open space.
- 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... may occupy up to sixty (60) square feet of the required rear or side yard area.
- Maximum distance to fire 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.
- Minimum development size5 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
- 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 stop requirement
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 planting ratio in buffer1 tree per 500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
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
- Parking space dimensions
Parking spaces located on individual dwelling unit lots shall be a minimum of nine feet by eighteen feet (9' × 18') in dimension.
Setback
required fifteen foot (15') setback
From the ordinance
The following standards shall be required of all single-family attached developments.