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Bluefield, Virginia · District

R-4

Residential Limited with Manufactured Homes District
ResidentialSingle FamilyAll Bluefield districts0

Dimensional standards

R-4 lot requirementsSTREETFront 50 ftRear 25 ftSide 10 ftMin width 60 ftMIN LOT AREA7,500 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE60 ftMAX HEIGHT35 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE40%MIN UNIT SIZE1,000 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.
7,500 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
60 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
60 ft
Minimum floor areaMinimum floor areaThe smallest dwelling the district permits, in square feet of living space.
1,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

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.
25 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft
Side, combinedSetbackThe 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.
35 ft
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
40%

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 right12

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

The R-4 district shall have the same permitted uses, limitations and regulations as provided for the R-2 district with the additional provision that manufactured homes and other such single-family dwellings may be located in this district so long as they comply with all of the other provisions found with regard to single-family dwellings located in the R-2 district.
Sec. 74-472