Land use · Stafford County Unincorporated, Virginia

Single-Family Detached

Named in 4 of this ordinance’s zoning districts.

How this ordinance defines it

The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Stafford County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

rear yard. c. The following shall apply to any deck attached to a single-family detached dwelling: Any deck with no part of its floor higher than four (4) feet above finished grade level may extend into

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covenant or conservation easement against the property; and (iii) the number of existing single-family detached dwelling units located on the sending property, if any, as of the date the TDR certificate has been issued and recorded

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| Maximum density with TDR's | 2.25 du/acre | (TDR developments limited to single-family detached dwellings) ##### (5) Minimum yards: (Feet) | Yard | Conventional Subdivision | Cluster Subdivision | |---|---|---| | Front | 50 |

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townhouses and multifamily uses shall provide landscaping, per the DCSL. (d) **Single-family/duplex residences.** Single-family detached and duplex residential units shall conform to the following requirements: (1) Minimum lot width for single-family detached dwellings shall be eighty

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20 | ### (3) Location of required parking. a. Required parking spaces for single-family detached residential uses shall be located on the same lot that they are intended to serve. b. Required parking spaces for single-family

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right4

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.