Prince William County Unincorporated, Virginia · District

R-4

R-4 District

ResidentialSingle FamilyAll Prince William County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

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 area: 10,000 sq ft
Minimum frontage: 70 ft

Density

Maximum density: 4 du/acre

Setbacks

Front: 30 ft
Rear: 25 ft
Side: 10 ft
Street side: 20 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum lot coverage: 40%

Housing

Single-family: by_right
Two-family: prohibited
Three-family: prohibited
Four-plus family: prohibited

Uses

Permitted by right4

Home employment, subject to standards in section 32-300.16
Home occupation, subject to standards in section 32-300.07.2
Home sales office, subject to standards in section 32-300.07.1
One-family dwellings

Conditional / special use9

Adult day center
Bed and breakfast, subject to the standards of section 32-300.15
Child care facilities
Community operated parks, clubhouses, swimming pools, racquet ball and tennis courts, health and fitness facilities, and other recreational or civic facilities, as secondary uses to a principal residential development, for the use of the residents of the development and others
Country club
Home business
Private school
Recovery home, subject to the standards of section 32-300.07.9
Religious institution or place of religious worship, subject to standards in section 32-300.07.7

Accessory2

Community operated parks, clubhouses, swimming pools, racquet ball and tennis courts, health and fitness facilities, and other recreational or civic facilities, as secondary uses to a principal residential development for the exclusive use of the residents of the development and their guests
Satellite parking, secondary to a religious institution or place of religious worship only, with a Special Use Permit, subject to standards in section 32-300.07.8

Extracted standards

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

Other

Minimum side setback for carports on pre-1965 lots3 ft
Open and enclosed carports attached to a principal dwelling, on lots recorded prior to 1965, in the R-4, Suburban Residential district, and constructed prior to the adoption of this amendment, shall be set back a minimum of three feet from the side property line.
Minimum setback from commercial or office zoning25 ft
Where an adjoining property is zoned commercial or office, the minimum setback for the principal building from the common property line shall be 25 feet.
Minimum setback from industrial zoning35 ft
Where an adjoining property is zoned industrial, such minimum setback shall be 35 feet.

From the ordinance

The minimum lot size shall be 10,000 square feet; one dwelling unit per lot shall be allowed. The minimum lot frontage along all streets shall be 70 feet... The maximum lot coverage shall be 40 percent.
Sec. 32-303.14

Use details

{
  "dropped_conditions": {
    "permitted_uses": [
      "Group home, as defined by Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2291, including group residences for ambulatory elderly persons, whether or not special accommodations are required, but shall not include nursing homes or hospitals"
    ]
  }
}

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