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Orange County planners signal 50-foot minimum lot frontage for Rural Service district

Orange County Planning Commission work session · August 26, 2025
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Summary

At a work session, Orange County planning staff and commissioners reviewed Berkeley Group comparisons of lot frontage and access rules from neighboring counties and reached an informal consensus to set a 50-foot minimum lot frontage for the Rural Service (RS) district while deferring detailed setbacks and technology-district rules to a later meeting.

Orange County planning commissioners and staff reviewed locality comparisons and access-management standards at a work session and signaled an informal decision to set a 50-foot minimum lot frontage for the Rural Service (RS) district.

The discussion centered on a Berkeley Group memo that collected frontage and entrance-spacing rules from neighboring localities. Staff walked the commission through examples: Richmond County’s 200-foot frontage in agricultural areas; Campbell County’s 150-foot frontage on state-maintained roads with up to 800 feet on primary highways inside a transportation corridor overlay (with reductions if shared access is provided); Fluvanna County’s 500-, 300- and 200-foot examples depending on road type; and Frederick County’s graduated spacing (examples…

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