Sec. 24.1-404
Dimensional standards
Density
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum density10 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
The density of multi-family development projects shall not exceed ten (10) units per acre
Other
- Maximum building length200 ft
The maximum length of any continuous multi-family structure shall be two hundred feet (200').
- Maximum distance to fire 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 units per building12 units
No single apartment building shall contain more than twelve (12) dwelling units.
- Minimum building separation30 ft
No two buildings within the project shall be located closer to one another than thirty feet (30').
- Perimeter buffer width50 ft
The development shall be surrounded by a perimeter buffer area of at least fifty feet (50') in width
- 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
Setback
- Building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line25 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.
From the ordinance
All multi-family development shall comply with the following standards.