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Roanoke County Unincorporated, Virginia · District

AG-3

Agricultural/Rural Preserve District
AgriculturalRural PreserveAll Roanoke County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

AG-3 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 50 ftRear 35 ftSide 25 ftMin width 200 ftMIN LOT AREA3 acMIN FRONTAGE200 ftMAX HEIGHT45 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE20%
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
130,680 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (3 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
200 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
200 ft

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
50 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
35 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
45 ft
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
20%

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
by_right
Two-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Three-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Four-plus family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

Uses

Permitted by right36

Conditional / special use26

Extracted standards

1 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • Maximum building coverage10 pct

    Building coverage: 10 percent of the total lot area.

From the ordinance

Minimum lot requirements: Area: 3 acres (130,680 square feet). Frontage: 200 feet. Setbacks: front 50, side 25, rear 35. Height: 45 feet. Coverage: building 10%, lot 20%.
Sec. 30-32-3