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Elkton, Virginia · District

C-1

Conservation District C-1
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Dimensional standards

C-1 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 25 ftRear 25 ftSide 10 ftMin frontage 100 ftMIN LOT AREA12,500 sq ftMAX HEIGHT35 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.
12,500 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.29 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
100 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.
25 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.
20 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft

Uses

Permitted by right9

Conditional / special use2

  • parks, playgrounds, and recreational facilities, commercial and noncommercial
  • cemeteries

Extracted standards

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

Lot

Setback

From the ordinance

Minimum lot size: 12,500 square feet with public water and sewer. 21,000 square feet with other facilities. Setback: 25 feet. Frontage at setback: 100 feet. Side yard: One side: 10 feet. Two sides: 20 feet. Rear yard: 25 feet. Maximum height: 35 feet.
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