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South Boston, Virginia · District

B-4

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Dimensional standards

B-4 lot requirementsSTREETFront 25 ftRear 25 ftSide 20 ftMIN LOT AREA20,000 sq 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.
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.
20 ft

Uses

Permitted by right15

Conditional / special use13

Prohibited8

From the ordinance

min lot area: 20000.0; front setback: 25.0; side setback: 20.0; rear setback: 25.0
Sec. 58-1058. - Life care facility and assisted living facilities.