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Lovettsville, Virginia · District

C-2

Mixed Use Business District
CommercialMixed UseAll Lovettsville districts0

Dimensional standards

C-2 lot requirementsSTREETFront 25 ftRear 35 ftSide 10 ftMin width 50 ftMIN LOT AREA6,000 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.
6,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
50 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.
35 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft

Height & bulk

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

Servicing

Geographic extent
Gateway Planning Area, along the Town's thoroughfare and outside the Central Business DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Building height. 35 feet for principal structures, 15 feet for accessory structures. Outdoor storage and display are permitted subject to Section 42-257.
Sec 42-259