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Tazewell, Virginia · District

B-1

Business, Neighborhood B-1
CommercialNeighborhood BusinessAll Tazewell districts0

Dimensional standards

B-1 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 25 ftRear 30 ftMin width 100 ftMIN LOT AREA21,780 sq ftMAX HEIGHT40 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.
21,780 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
100 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.
25 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.
40 ft

Parking

Minimum spacesMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open.
1

Uses

Permitted by right19

Conditional / special use2

Extracted standards

2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

Setback

From the ordinance

The minimum area shall be one-half (½) acre.
Sec. 23-43 to 23-47

Parking requirements

{
  "retail": "1 space per 200 sqft retail floor space",
  "other_commercial": "1 space per 400 sqft floor space with minimum 3 spaces"
}