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Portsmouth, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 40.2-217(D)(2)(b)

Single Room OccupancyAll Portsmouth districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA6,000 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.
6,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Density

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.
1,400 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Uses

Permitted by right1

Extracted standards

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

Lot

Other

  • Minimum public street width50 ft

    Front a public street of at least 50 feet in width

From the ordinance

Include at least 6,000 square feet of lot area for the first unit and 1,400 square feet of lot area for each additional unit; Front a public street of at least 50 feet in width.
Sec. 40.2-217(D)(2)(b)