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Manassas, Virginia · District

I-1

I-1 light industrial
IndustrialLight IndustrialAll Manassas districts0

Dimensional standards

I-1 lot requirementsSTREETSTREETFront 15 ftRear 25 ftSide 25 ftStreet side 15 ftMIN LOT AREA20,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT75 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.
20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.46 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
15 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.
25 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
15 ft

Height & bulk

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

Uses

Permitted by right25

Conditional / special use13

From the ordinance

Minimum lot dimensions. None, except that motor vehicle sales and rental, or heavy equipment sales and rental, shall have a minimum lot area of 20,000 square feet for each sales or rental office. Maximum structure height. No structure shall be greater than 75 feet in height. Minimum setback requirements: Front, 15 feet from any lot line, any street or private access easement right-of way line; or half of a foot for each foot in height of a structure that is over 50 feet in height. Side and rear: None adjacent to a "B" or "I" district lot line. 25 feet from any "R" district lot line.
Sec. 130-306