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Pamphlet 26-7 Chapter 12

12.05  Access-Related Issues

 

Access to Property

Each property must be provided with a safe and adequate pedestrian or vehicular access from a public or private street.

 

Private streets must be

 

·   protected by a permanent easement, and

·   maintained by a homeowners association or joint maintenance agreement.

 

All streets must have an all-weather surface.

 

Access to Living Unit

Access to the living unit must be provided without passing through any other living unit.

 

Each living unit must be able to be used and maintained individually without trespass upon adjoining properties.  Any easements required must run with the land.

 

Access to Rear Yard

Access to the rear yard must be provided without passing through any other living unit. 

 

For a row-type dwelling, the access may be by means of

 

·   alley

·   easement

·   passage through the subject dwelling, or

·   other acceptable means.

 

Access for Exterior Wall Maintenance 

There must be adequate space between buildings to permit maintenance of the exterior walls.

 

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2001                                                                                                                                                                  12-10

 


Chapter 12- Minimum Property Requirements                                      VA Pamphlet 26-7, Revised