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Roanoke, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 36.2-409.1(d)

All Roanoke districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSide 24 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.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
24 ft

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Side addition setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from front face24 in

    An addition to the side of a dwelling shall be set back from the dwelling's front face by twenty-four (24) inches or more.

  • Max facade width as % of block average120 pct

    The maximum width of the principal façade of the building shall be one hundred twenty (120) percent of the average widths of other dwellings on the same side of the same block.

  • Min front porch depth8 ft

    and at least eight (8) feet in depth.

  • Min front porch width (ratio of building width)0.5 ratio

    The front façade shall contain a front porch at least one-half (½) the width of the building width

  • Min window/door openings on primary facade15 pct

    Window and door openings shall constitute at least fifteen (15) percent of the primary façade

  • Min window/door openings on secondary facade (corner lot)10 pct

    and at least ten (10) percent of a secondary façade on a corner lot.

From the ordinance

The maximum width of the principal façade of the building shall be one hundred twenty (120) percent of the average widths of other dwellings on the same side of the same block.
Sec. 36.2-409.1(d)