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Roanoke, Virginia · District

R-12

R-12 District
ResidentialSingle FamilyAll Roanoke districts0

Dimensional standards

R-12 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 150 ftRear 5 ftSide 10 ftMIN LOT AREA1 acMAX HEIGHT45 ftMAX IMPERVIOUS25%
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.
43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 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.
150 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
5 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.
45 ft
Maximum impervious coverageImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios.
25%

Uses

Permitted by right4

Conditional / special use4

From the ordinance

Use table for residential districts. P indicates a use permitted as of right. S indicates a use permitted only by special exception.
Sec. 36.2-311