Radford

The Cluster Housing Overlay is created to encourage and allow flexibility in site design ... Minimum lot size: 4,500 square feet. Minimum frontage: 50 feet. Open space: Minimum of 15 percent of development size.

Minimum lot size: 4,500 square feet. Minimum frontage: 50 feet. Open space: Minimum of 15 percent of development size, or one square foot of open space for each square foot of reduction in lot size below 9,000 square feet, whichever is greater.

no building, structure or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved, expanded, converted to another use or structurally altered except in conformity with all of the regulations specified for the district in which such building, structure or land is located and with all other applicable provisions of this chapter.

No lot area, yard, open space, parking space, or other feature required by the provisions of this chapter shall be reduced or eliminated except in conformity with the regulations established herein.

No part of any lot, yard, open space, parking space, or other feature required for a building or use shall be considered as lot, yard, open space, parking space, or other feature for any other building or use, except as may be specifically permitted by the provisions of this chapter.

Every building or structure hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed or moved and every use hereafter established shall be located on a lot of record as defined in Article I of this chapter.

Every building or structure hereafter erected... shall be located on a lot of record... no main building containing a single-family dwelling or a duplex dwelling shall be located on a lot with any other main building.

More than one main building containing a permitted principal use may be located on a single lot when all lot area, yard, open space, yard between buildings and other applicable requirements of the district in which such lot is situated are met, except that no main building containing a single-family dwelling or a duplex dwelling shall be located on a lot with any other main building.

Every building or structure hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed or moved and every use hereafter established shall be located on a lot having frontage on an improved public street or having access to an improved public street by way of a private street or recorded easement which is of sufficient width and character to provide access for service and emergency vehicles and which is approved by the planning commission and city council in accordance to Article VIII of this chapter pertaining to site plans or other specific provision of this chapter.

Fences and walls not exceeding four feet in height may be located within required front and street side yards. Fences and walls not exceeding six and one-half feet in height may be located within required side and rear yards.

Fences and walls not exceeding four feet in height may be located within required front and street side yards... street side yard of not less than the side yard requirement in the district, and in no case less than 15 feet...

Sills, belt courses, eaves, normal roof overhangs, chimneys, pilasters and similar architectural features of building may project into required yard at a depth no greater than 18 inches and a width no greater than 30 inches. Uncovered porches, steps, landings, patios, decks and other similar building features may project not more than six feet into required yards, provided that such features do not exceed a height of 30 inches above the adjacent natural ground level, and provided that no such projection shall extend closer than two feet from any lot line.

On a corner lot in any district in which a front yard is required, a front yard shall be provided along at least one street frontage, and street side yard of not less than the side yard requirement in the district, and in no case less than 15 feet, shall be provided along all other street frontages.

The required depth of any front yard or street side yard along a public street having a right-of-way of less than 50 feet in width shall be increased by 25 feet from that which is stated in the district regulations or elsewhere in this article, and shall be measured from the centerline of the street right-of-way instead of from the right-of-way line.

Swimming pools, pool deck areas and tennis courts shall not be located within required front and side yards. A swimming pool, pool deck area or tennis court situated within 50 feet of adjacent property in a Conservation or Residential District shall be screened from view from such property by solid fencing or evergreen vegetative material not less than six feet in height.

On a corner lot in any district other than a B-3 Central Business District or an Industrial District, nothing that would materially obstruct the vision of operators of motor vehicles shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow between the heights of 30 inches and eight feet above the grade of the intersection of the centerlines of the adjacent intersecting streets within the following described area: A triangular shaped area on the ground bounded on two sides by the street lines abutting the lot, and bounded on the third side by a line joining points on said street lines 25 feet from the point of their intersection.

The height regulations set forth in this chapter shall not apply to church spires, belfries, cupolas, antennae, cooling towers, ventilators, chimneys, flues, solar energy equipment or similar appurtenances... The height of permitted public buildings, churches... may exceed the maximum height limit applicable in the district in which they are located or 48 feet, whichever is lower

The height of permitted public buildings, churches (including church spires and belfries), broadcast and communication towers, windmills, water towers and fire towers may exceed the maximum height limit applicable in the district in which they are located or 48 feet, whichever is lower, provided that all required yards are increased a minimum of one foot for each one foot of building or structure height in excess of the height limit applicable in the district.

Any lot of record which was lawfully established prior to the effective date of this chapter or subsequent amendment thereto and which does not conform with the requirements for minimum lot area or lot width applicable in the district in which such lot is situated, may be devoted to single-family dwelling use if such use is normally permitted in the district, provided that all other applicable provisions of this chapter and applicable provisions of other laws are met.

Uses and buildings lawfully existing at the effective date of this chapter or subsequent amendment thereto may be continued subject to the provisions of Article VI of this chapter pertaining to nonconforming uses and features.