Bluefield, Virginia · District
R-1
Residential Limited District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.15 ft
Accessory buildings or structures shall not exceed the height of 15 feet.
Other
- ChurchReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached. sign lighting
Church bulletin boards and identification signs which are unlighted and are designed in such a manner as not to detract from adjacent residential homes.
- Corner lot front definition
Of the two sides of a corner lot, the front shall be deemed to be the shorter of the two sides fronting on streets.
- Corner lot side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
The width of the side yard on the side facing the side street shall be the greater of the two required side yards.
- Park lighting restriction
Parks and playgrounds provided they are unlighted and a planted buffer strip of trees and hedges is present.
From the ordinance
Minimum lot size 12,000 sq ft per dwelling unit; front yard 50 ft (arterial) or 30 ft (collector); lot width 100 ft; side yards 15 ft each, total 35 ft; rear yard 35 ft; height 35 ft principal, 15 ft accessory; lot coverage 40%.