Minimum lot size
12,000 sfSmallest conforming lot.
“R-12s Residential District Lot Area 12,000 square feet”R-12s Residential District › R-12s Residential District · Chesapeake code · read 2026-10-02
- Zoning
- Chesapeake, VA
- R-12s
Chesapeake, VA · zoning record
R-12s zoning in Chesapeake.
The dimensional standards that govern what you can build in the R-12s district, straight from Chesapeake's ordinance, with every figure quoting its source. Check a specific address to see how these rules apply to a real lot.
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R-12s dimensional standards.
These are the letter-of-the-law limits for the base R-12s district. Overlays (historic, neighborhood plan, and similar) can tighten them; a specific address check resolves the overlays that actually apply.
Sources
Every figure above is quoted verbatim from the current ordinance. We never substitute a typical-for-zone default: a field absent from the record shows nothing, not a guess.
- R-12s Residential District · Chesapeake, VA code of ordinances (read 2026-10-02)
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