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Portsmouth, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 40.2-217(G)(7)(a)

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 150 ftMIN LOT AREA30,000 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.
30,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.69 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.
150 ft

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Access point distances

    Access points shall be located at least 75 feet from each other, at least 50 feet from any intersecting street rights-of-way, and at least 15 feet from any other lot line unless modified by the City Engineer.

  • Canopy compliance

    Gasoline sale uses with a canopy shall comply with the accessory use-specific standards in Sec. 40.2-217(I)(3)(d).

  • Maximum vehicular access points

    The gasoline sales use shall have no more than two vehicular access points, OR one for each street frontage, whichever is greater.

From the ordinance

If the gasoline sales use is located on a corner lot, the lot shall have a lot area of at least 30,000 square feet and a lot width of at least 125 feet on each street side. In all other cases, the lot shall have a lot area of at least 15,000 square feet and a lot width of at least 150 feet.
Sec. 40.2-217(G)(7)(a)