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Dinwiddie County Unincorporated, Virginia · District

A-1

Agricultural, Limited District
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Dimensional standards

A-1 lot requirementsSTREETSTREETbuildable areaFront 105 ftRear 75 ftSide 35 ftStreet side 75 ftMin frontage 400 ftMIN LOT AREA3 ac
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 frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
400 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.
105 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
75 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
35 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
75 ft
Side, combinedSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
70 ft

Housing

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

Uses

Permitted by right23

Conditional / special use6

Accessory1

Prohibited2

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Minimum lot area 3 acres; setback 105 ft from centerline; side yards 35 ft each, total 70 ft; rear yard 75 ft; frontage 400 ft.
Sec. 22-58 to 22-66