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Suffolk, Virginia · District

B-2

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Dimensional standards

B-2 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 20 ftRear 30 ftMin width 50 ftMIN LOT AREA10,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT65 ftMAX FAR0.6
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.
10,000 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.
20 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
30 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
65 ft
Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
0.6

Uses

Permitted by right119

Conditional / special use108

From the ordinance

| O-I | 10,000 | — | 0.6 | 0.7 | 50 | 50 | — | 65 | 10 | 20 | (7) | 30 | (7) | — | — |
TABLE 407-1: DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS