Stafford County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
24 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
2Commercial
3Industrial
2Other
8Planned Development-1 District
- Max density
- 7 du/ac
Planned Development-2
- Min lot
- 21,780,000 sq ft (500 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 35
T-5 Transect Zone
T-6 Transect Zone
Urban Development Subdistrict 1
Residential
7Suburban Residential
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 14 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 14
Urban Residential—Medium Density
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 3.5 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 19
Urban Residential—High Density
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 7 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 19
Manufactured Homes
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 7 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 12
Age-Restricted Housing
- Max height
- 3 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 15 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 4
T-3 Transect Zone
T-4 Transect Zone
General provisions
259 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
All outdoor lighting shall be designed, shielded, aimed, located and maintained to protect adjacent properties and roadways from excessive illumination, energy waste, glare, light trespass, and unnecessary skyglow.
The following uses shall be screened from all public streets and adjacent property, unless the adjacent property contains the same use, by means established in the DCSL.
The following uses shall be screened from all public streets and adjacent property, unless the adjacent property contains the same use, by means established in the DCSL.
Trees, shrubs and other elements (such as fences, walls and berms) shown on the approved plan and installed to be in compliance with the DCSL shall remain in the same good health or condition after it is approved by the county.
Trees, shrubs and other elements (such as fences, walls and berms) shown on the approved plan and installed to be in compliance with the DCSL shall remain in the same good health or condition after it is approved by the county.
All principal buildings and parking structures shall have pedestrian access to all streets the lot fronts on. Awnings may encroach upon the sidewalk with no limits.
The uses within all transect zones shall comply with the required number of parking spaces as listed in table 3.3(a)
All primary structures shall be set back at least one hundred (100) feet from any property line abutting non-commercial or non-industrial zoned properties for sites located within the urban services area, and at least two hundred (200) feet for sites outside.
The community shall be administered in such a manner as to restrict occupancy of independent living units only to persons sixty-two (62) years of age or older unless used for employee dwellings.
All heritage sites identified within HI districts shall be listed on the Stafford County Cultural Resource Inventory.
This section establishes each building type to ensure that proposed development is consistent with the district goals for building form, physical character, land use, and quality.
Facades greater than one hundred (100) feet in length... shall incorporate vertical elements...
Awnings may encroach on the public sidewalk... Stoops may encroach one hundred (100) percent...
Standard parking spaces shall have a minimum dimension of nine (9) feet in width by eighteen (18) feet in length... A porch must be at least six (6) feet deep...
Performance standards for golf courses, car washes, adult businesses, cemeteries, congregate housing, and amateur radio.
Performance standards in RBC districts. The following standards shall be the minimum required for all uses in the RBC, recreational business campus district.
Planned-Traditional Neighborhood Development (P-TND) regulations, including transect zones, pedestrian sheds, parking, and architectural standards.
See subsection 28-39(u) for detailed uses allowed by subdistrict. See subsection 28-39(u) for conditional uses allowed by subdistrict.
See subsection 28-39(u) for detailed uses allowed by subdistrict.
Source documents
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