Leesburg, Virginia · District
R-2
Single-Family Residential District
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 2 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.
- 21,780 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right2
Conditional / special use29
- Bank with drive-in facility
- Bed and breakfast inn
- Car wash
- Cattery
- Child care center
- Convenience food store
- Doggy Day Care
- Doggy Day Care with Accessory Kennel
- Eating establishment with drive-in facility
- Funeral home
- Crematorium (Accessory to a Funeral Home)
- Kennel
- Outdoor Storage, Vehicles
- Recreation facility
- Service station
- Vehicle and/or equipment service facility
- Vehicle sales and/or rental facility
- Mini-warehouse facility
- Assisted living residence
- Cemetery
- Nursing home
- Place of worship
- School, general education
- School, technical
- U.S. Postal Service
- Public utility, major
- Monopoles/Power Mount Facilities
- Power Mount Facilities on Existing Electric Transmission Towers
- Transmission Tower (lattice type)
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Accessory dwelling units
- ADUAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.25 ft
Front: Twenty-five (25) feet minimum
- ADUAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. maximum density2.4 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
density not to exceed two and four-tenths (2.4) dwelling units per acre.
- ADUAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.18,150 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Lot Size: 18,150 square feet
- ADUAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. (corner)88 ft
Single-Family Detached (Corner): Eighty-eight (88) feet
- ADUAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. (single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. detached)72 ft
Lot Width: Single-Family Detached: Seventy-two (72) feet minimum
- ADUAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.25 ft
Rear: Twenty-five (25) feet minimum
- ADUAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.15 ft
Side: Fifteen (15) feet minimum
From the ordinance
The R-2, Single-Family Residential District is primarily intended to accommodate single-family detached dwelling units at densities of no more than two (2) dwelling units per acre.