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Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated, Virginia · District

R-4

R-4 Residential District
ResidentialHigh Density ResidentialAll Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

R-4 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 30 ftRear 20 ftSide 8 ftMin width 125 ftMIN LOT AREA30,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE100 ftMAX HEIGHT35 ft / 3 storiesMAX LOT COVERAGE60%MAX FAR0.25MAX DENSITY14 du/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.
30,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.69 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.
125 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
100 ft

Density

Maximum density
14 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
30 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
8 ft
Side, combinedSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
16 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
3
Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
0.25
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
60%

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 right22

Conditional / special use26

Extracted standards

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

Density

Other

From the ordinance

Min lot area: 30,000/20,000/12,000 sq ft. Width: 125/125/80. Frontage: 100/100/56. Density: 3 du/ac conventional, 10 townhouse, 14 multifamily. Height: 35 ft/3 stories. Coverage: 60%.
Sec. 4-8004, 4-8005