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Claremont, Virginia · District

I-1

Light Industrial District
IndustrialLightAll Claremont districts0

Dimensional standards

I-1 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 75 ftRear 25 ftSide 0 ftMin width 150 ftMin depth 200 ftMIN LOT AREA30,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE150 ftMAX HEIGHT75 ft / 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.
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.
150 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
150 ft
Minimum lot depth
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.
75 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
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 right29

Conditional / special use13

Prohibited1

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

This district is intended to provide an environment suitable for industrial activities that do not create appreciable nuisances, hazards or threats to the natural environment or surrounding development.
Sec. 3-901 through 3-904