Alexandria, Virginia · General provision

Section 2-193

Extracted standards

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

Setback

  • The ratio of the horizontal distance between any part of a building or structure and the nearest side or rear property line or the nearest building or the center line of a street or alley to the height of that part of the building above average finished grade of such line, except that for buildings in the R-20, R-12, R-8, R-5, R-2-5 and single-unit and two-unit dwellings in the RA and RB zones not including property located within the Old and Historic Alexandria and Parker-Gray Districts, height shall be measured from the average pre-construction grade of such line.

From the ordinance

The ratio of the horizontal distance between any part of a building or structure and the nearest side or rear property line or the nearest building or the center line of a street or alley to the height of that part of the building above average finished grade of such line, except that for buildings in the R-20, R-12, R-8, R-5, R-2-5 and single-unit and two-unit dwellings in the RA and RB zones not including property located within the Old and Historic Alexandria and Parker-Gray Districts, height shall be measured from the average pre-construction grade of such line.
Section 2-193