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Bristol, Virginia · District

R-1A

Single-family residential—Limited
ResidentialSingle FamilyAll Bristol districts0

Dimensional standards

R-1A 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 use8

Accessory2

From the ordinance

The purpose of this district is to protect single-family uses in areas of established development with lots of at least 15,000 square feet in size.
Sec. 50-22