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Dendron, Virginia · District

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Agricultural District
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Dimensional standards

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 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
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
150 ft
Minimum lot depth
200 ft

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
100 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
50 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
2.5
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
50%

Housing

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

Uses

Permitted by right48

Conditional / special use44

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Purpose: protect agricultural and forest lands. Permitted uses in 3-302. Lot requirements in 3-304. Height/bulk in 3-305.
Sec. 3-301 through 3-306