Prince William County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 32-306.10, 32-306.11, 32-306.12
Planned DevelopmentAll Prince William County Unincorporated districts0
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right10
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Patio house wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Walls shall be a maximum of six feet in height.
Other
- Back-to-back townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. maximum units12 units
Back-to-back townhouses shall contain no more than 12 dwelling units in a group.
- Mid-rise residential minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.40 ft
Structures shall be a minimum height of 40 feet in height.
- TownhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. row maximum units6 units
Rows of townhouses shall contain no more than six dwelling units in a group.
Setback
- No architectural features in reduced setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
No architectural features shall encroach into a setback that has been reduced to five feet.
- Reduced setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. house minimum lot line distance5 ft
This dwelling type consists of a single-family, fully detached residence located on an individual lot which is set not closer than five feet of any lot line.
From the ordinance
Except for corner lots, as part of an application for rezoning, the Board of County Supervisors may consider a request for a reduction in the required ten-foot side setback to no less than five feet.