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Chesapeake, Virginia · General provision

§ 6-401

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA40,000 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.
40,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.92 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
by_right

Uses

Permitted by right1

From the ordinance

This district is intended for single-family residential development with a minimum lot size of 40,000 square feet in the suburban overlay district.
§ 6-401