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Alexandria, Virginia · General provision

Section 3-1000

Multi FamilyAll Alexandria districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 0 ftRear 16 ftSide 16 ftMin width 100 ftMIN LOT AREA1 acMIN FRONTAGE100 ftMAX HEIGHT150 ftMAX DENSITY100 du/acMIN OPEN SPACE40%
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

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.
100 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
100 ft

Density

Maximum density
100 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
0 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
16 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
16 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
150 ft
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
40%

Uses

Permitted by right10

Conditional / special use11

Extracted standards

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

Other

Parking

  • Co-living parking requirement

    Each such co-living dwelling shall provide the parking required under section 8-200(A)(22).

From the ordinance

The following uses are permitted in the RD zone: (A) Multi-unit dwelling; (B) Accessory uses, as permitted by section 7-100; ...
Section 3-1000