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Portsmouth, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 40.2-218(3)(e)

All Portsmouth districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA5,000 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.
5,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Servicing

Geographic extent
Backyard chickens

Extracted standards

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

Density

  • Maximum number of chickens per lot6 chickens

    No more than six chickens are permitted on any lot

Lot

Other

From the ordinance

The minimum lot size shall be 5,000 square feet. No more than one chicken for every 2,000 square feet of lot area is permitted. No more than six chickens are permitted on any lot. Housing and fencing of chickens must be located at least 15 feet from any side or rear lot line.
Sec. 40.2-218(3)(e)