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Alexandria, Virginia · General provision

4-200

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETFront 20 ftRear 8 ftSide 8 ftMin frontage 18 ftMIN LOT AREA5,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT35 ftMAX FAR0.75MAX DENSITY22 du/acMIN OPEN SPACE35%
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.
5,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
18 ft

Density

Maximum density
22 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
1,980 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
8 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
8 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft
Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
0.75
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
35%

Uses

Permitted by right24

Conditional / special use23

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Each single-unit dwelling shall be located on a lot with a minimum land area of 5,000 square feet.
4-200

Use details

{
  "dropped_conditions": {
    "prohibited_uses": [
      "Any use which is not a permitted, special or accessory use pursuant to this section 4-200"
    ],
    "conditional_uses": [
      "Animal care facility with overnight accommodation, other than pursuant to section 4-202.1",
      "Co-living dwelling, other than pursuant to section 4-202.1",
      "Outdoor dining on private property, other than pursuant to sections 4-202 and 4-202.1",
      "Outdoor market, other than pursuant to section 4-202.1",
      "Outdoor garden center, other than pursuant to section 4-202.1"
    ]
  }
}