Chesapeake, Virginia · District
RE-1
Residential Estate District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Conditional / special use1
Accessory1
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of freestanding wind turbine120 ft
A freestanding turbine one hundred twenty (120) feet.
- Minimum lot size for wind turbine3 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Minimum lot size: Three (3) acres.
Construction: Guy wires shall be prohibited.
- Wind turbine setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property lines
The turbine shall be set back from all property lines a distance equal to the height of the turbine plus three (3) feet.
From the ordinance
Excepting lots within the RE-1, Residential Estate District, which shall be subject to the livestock restrictions put forth in section 6-2101 of this ordinance; six (6) or fewer female chickens may be kept as an accessory use in all single-family residential zoning districts