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Claremont, Virginia · District

B-1

Local Business District
CommercialLocal BusinessAll Claremont districts0

Dimensional standards

B-1 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 75 ftRear 25 ftSide 0 ftMin width 200 ftMIN LOT AREA40,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE200 ftMAX HEIGHT45 ft / 2.5 stories
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.
40,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.92 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.
200 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
200 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.
75 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.
0 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
45 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
2.5

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
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 right45

Conditional / special use10

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Min lot area 40,000 sq ft, min width 200 ft, min frontage 200 ft. Max height 2.5 stories/45 ft. Front setback 75 ft on primary highway, 50 ft on secondary. Rear setback 25 ft. No exterior storage.
Sec. 3-701, 3-702, 3-703, 3-704, 3-705