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Amherst, Virginia · District

A-1

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Dimensional standards

A-1 lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA15,000 sq 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.
15,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.34 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Uses

Permitted by right1

Conditional / special use1

Accessory2

From the ordinance

| **R-1** | Single-family | 15,000 | 20,000 | 43,560 | | 100 | 120 |
Sec. 24-464. - Minimum lot area and lot width.