Albemarle County, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 11.3.1, 11.3.2, 11.4, 11.5
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 0.05 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 914,760 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (21 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Uses
Permitted by right3
Conditional / special use9
- Private helistop
- Commercial fruit or agricultural produce packing plants
- Flood control dams or impoundments
- Home occupations Class B
- Boat livery
- Farm winery uses, events, and activities
- Farm brewery uses, events, and activities
- Activities at agricultural operations
- Farm distillery uses, events, and activities
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Approved application plan required
All uses and structures shall be subject to an approved application plan.
- Traffic management plan
All uses authorized by section 11.3.1(1)(e), 11.3.1(2), or 11.3.1(27) shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of an approved traffic management plan.
From the ordinance
Density shall not exceed one dwelling unit per 21 acres and the minimum lot size shall be 21 acres. Maximum structure height shall not exceed 45 feet.