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Roanoke County Unincorporated, Virginia · District

R-3

Medium Density Multi-Family Residential District
ResidentialMulti FamilyAll Roanoke County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

R-3 lot requirementsSTREETMin width 90 ftMIN LOT AREA32,670 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE90 ft
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.
32,670 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.75 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.
90 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
90 ft

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
by_right
Two-family
by_right
Three-family
by_right
Four-plus family
by_right

Uses

Permitted by right23

Conditional / special use13

Extracted standards

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

Lot

From the ordinance

Minimum lot requirements: All lots served by private well and sewage disposal systems: Area: 0.75 acre (32,670 square feet). Frontage: 90 feet.
Sec. 30-45-3