Sec. 618.00, 618.04, 618.05
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right12
- Single-family dwellings
- Two-family dwellings
- Multifamily dwellings
- Townhouses
- Civic/institutional facilities
- Recreation facilities
- Private schools and studios (including, but not limited to, the teaching of music, art, dance, theater, and educational tutoring)
- Public utilities
- Municipal service or storage buildings
- Streets, curb and gutter, sidewalks (Americans With Disabilities Act requirements), stormwater facilities, walking/bike paths, street lighting, utilities
- Restaurants
- Hotel/motel and their accessory uses
Accessory1
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Architectural requirements
All building elevations visible from the street shall provide doors, porches, balconies, and/or windows. A minimum of 60 percent of front elevations, and a minimum of 30 percent of side and rear building elevations, as applicable, shall meet this standard. All front entrances shall be raised from the curb grade a minimum of 1½ feet.
Front: 10-25 feet; Sides: 10 feet; Rear: 25 feet; Minimum lot width: 50 feet; Accessory structure side/rear setback: 5 feet; Encroachments: Balconies, stoops, stairs, chimneys, open porches, bay windows and raised doorways are permitted to encroach into the front setback a maximum of 8 feet.
- Residential building setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Front: 10-25 feet; Sides: 5 feet; Rear: 20 feet; Accessory structure side/rear setback: 5 feet; Encroachments: Balconies, stoops, stairs, chimneys, open porches, bay windows and raised doorways are permitted to encroach into the front setback a maximum of 8 feet.
Height
- Civic building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.45 ft
Maximum height: 3 stories (45 feet).
- Residential building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.40 ft
Maximum height: 3 stories (40 feet).
Other
- Floodway restriction
Land subject to flooding and land deemed to be topographically unsuitable shall not be platted for residential occupancy, nor for such other uses as may increase the danger of health, life, or property, or aggravate erosion or flood hazard.
- Public water and sewer required
The project area shall be located where public water and sewer systems are available or where a community water and sewer system can be developed as part of the project.
- Street design requirements
All roads to be built to VDOT specifications with a minimum two inches surface treated finish, the surface treated finish shall only be applied six months after the final trenched ditch compaction has been compacted at 95 percent; Road shall have a minimum of 50-foot right-of-way; Road shall have a minimum pavement width of 20 feet; Provisions shall be made for sidewalks and/or pedestrian walkways, bike and golf cart paths.
Parking
- Parking requirements
For each use, please reference article 7, section 703.03, parking space requirements for all districts.
From the ordinance
The primary land uses in this subdistrict are residential in scale and character, though some low intensity commercial are permitted. Permitted uses include single-family, two-family, multifamily, townhouses, civic/institutional, recreation, private schools, public utilities, municipal service, streets, restaurants, hotel/motel.
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"accessory_uses": [
"Temporary office or storage building for use during construction, which shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of the construction work",
"Garages, attached or detached, carports shall not be allowed"
]
}
}