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ARTICLE VII#

RESIDENTIAL, MEDIUM-HIGH DISTRICT R-4#

Sec 21-55 Statement Of Intent#

It is the purpose of this district to encourage a variety of housing types and arrangements, to ensure a suitable environment for family life and recreation, and to provide for medium to high residential densities as might be appropriate for areas served by public water and sewer systems.

Sec 21-56 Use Regulations#R-4

The following uses and structures shall be permitted in the Residential District R-4:

Accessory uses as defined
Bed and Breakfast, with a conditional use permit and in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 21-262
Church or Place of Religious Worship
Community Center, with a conditional use permit and as an accessory use to a Church or Place of Religious Worship
Community Garden, over one (1) acre with a conditional use permit
Day Care Center, with a conditional use permit and as an accessory use to a Church or Place of Religious Worship
Day Care Center, Adult, with a conditional use permit and as an accessory use to a Church or Place of Religious Worship
Dwelling, Accessory Apartment, with a conditional use permit and in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 21-264
Dwelling, Cottage Court, with a conditional use permit
Dwelling, Single-Family Attached
Dwelling, Single-Family Detached
Dwelling, Townhome
Dwelling, Two-Family, with a conditional use permit
Educational Facility, with a conditional use permit and as an accessory use to a Church or Place of Religious Worship
Home Occupation
Parks, over one (1) acre with a conditional use permit
Public Facilities, with a conditional use permit
Schools, with a conditional use permit
Utilities, Major, with a conditional use permit
Utilities, Minor

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 95-04 § 4 on 4/25/1995
Amended by Ord. 96-32 § 5 on 12/10/1996
Amended by Ord. 98-8 § 1 on 6/23/1998
Amended by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 99-4 § 1 on 4/27/1999
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2003-16 § A1 on 2/17/2004
Amended by Ord. 2009-08 on 10/6/2009
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-57 Reserved#

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-58 Area Regulations#

The minimum lot area for permitted uses shall be as follows:

Use	Minimum Lot Area
Single-family detached, single-family attached, or two-family dwellings	6,000 square feet
Townhouse developments	Not less than 1 acre
Cottage court	Not less than 1 acre

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-28 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-59 Reserved#

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 12-13-94 § 10 on 12/13/1994
Amended by Ord. 98-8 § 1 on 6/23/1998
Amended by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 98-23 § 1 on 12/15/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-59.1 Frontage And Width Regulations#

The minimum width of any lot at the setback shall be:

Use	Minimum Lot Width at Setback
Single-family detached and two-family dwellings	60 feet
Single-family attached lots	37.5 feet

The minimum frontage of cottage court and townhouse developments shall be one hundred and eighty (180) feet. The minimum width of individual townhouse lots shall be twenty-four (24) feet. The minimum width of individual cottage court lots shall be forty (40) feet.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 12-13-94 § 11 on 12/13/1994
Amended by Ord. 98-25 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-60 Yard Regulations#

Front. The minimum front setback shall be twenty (20) feet. The maximum setback for townhome units shall be no greater than thirty-five (35) feet from the property line or new development shall bring the existing structure into greater conformity with this maximum setback.

Side. The minimum side yards for main buildings shall be a cumulative of twenty (20) feet, with the minimum for one-side being ten (6) feet. For example, the side yards can be ten (10) feet each, or one side at six (6) feet and the other at fourteen (14) feet. For cottage court units, the minimum side setback between units shall be six (6) feet. For single-family attached lots, one of the side yards shall have a zero-lot line setback. For townhomes, the minimum setback between rows (connected units) shall be twenty (20) feet. The minimum street side yard for all buildings and structures shall be twenty (20) feet.

Rear. The minimum rear yard for main buildings, which includes townhome or cottage court developments, shall be twenty (20) feet. The minimum rear yard setback for individual townhome and cottage court units shall be five (5) feet.

Accessory structures. The minimum side and rear yards for accessory structures shall be five (5) feet.

See ATC chapter 21, article XXV for supplemental yard regulations. See the Design Guidelines Handbook for guidelines and examples for treatment of setbacks.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-8 § 1 on 6/23/1998
Amended by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 98-23 § 1 on 12/15/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-60.1 Structure Regulations#

Window percentage. A minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the front facing building façade shall consist of windows.§ Elements to count towards the achievement of the minimum window percentage include any opening in a wall, roof, dormer, front door, or garage door which functions or appears to function to admit light to a building or structure. Glass block and vents do not meet this standard. See the Design Guidelines Handbook for guidance on window percentage calculation. On corner lots where a building has more than one street facing side, the minimum window percentage would only be required for the street facing façade with the primary entrance to the building.

Street entrance. The primary structure shall have a minimum one (1) pedestrian street-facing entrance on the front façade.§ The entrance must be within eight (8) feet of the longest street-facing wall§ and shall:

Face the street;
Be at an angle of up to 45 degrees from the street; or
Open on to a porch.

On corner lots where a building has more than one street facing side, the required entrance would only apply to one street facing façade for the primary entrance to the building.

Garage location. If the garage is attached to the primary dwelling, then the garage door opening shall not face the primary frontage of the parcel, or if the garage is front-loading, it must be recessed from the primary façade of the main structure by a minimum of five (5) feet.§ For development of multiple lots (more than one), no more than fifty (50%) percent of dwellings may have a recessed front-loading, attached garage.§

Consistent materials. Exterior finish materials on the majority of the façade (greater than fifty-percent) shall be the same type on the majority (greater than fifty-percent) of all elevations of the primary structure§ so that the main body provides a consistent palette of materials, finishes, and colors for wall and roofing materials. See the Design Guidelines Handbook for guidelines and examples.

Material quality. Concrete masonry units, or cinderblock, shall not be a visible exterior finish material from the public road, right-of-way, or adjacent residential property.§

Where a proposal is for an alteration or addition to existing structure, these requirements will only be applied to the portion of a structure being altered or added.

HISTORY

Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-61 Height Regulations#

Structures may be erected up to thirty-five (35) feet in height from grade, except:

Belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, flues, flagpoles are exempt. Television antennae and radio aerials may be erected above the building to a combined maximum height of sixty (60) feet; and
No accessory building which is within fifteen (15) feet of any structure or party lot line shall be more than one story in height, and in no case shall any accessory building be more in height than the main structure.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 98-23 § 1 on 12/15/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001

Sec 21-62 Open Space And Common Areas#

In every cottage court development or if there are more than eighteen (18) units in a townhome development, five percent (5%) shall be common open space designed for active or passive recreation.§ The recreational area may be non-contiguous, but shall be an amenity that is centrally located and designed as a public gathering space, landscaped plaza, pocket park, recreation area, or a similar use. The space shall consist of pedestrian walking paths internally and connect to homes and external pathways (e.g. public sidewalks).

Except in such developments regulated by the Virginia Condominium Act (chapter 4.2 of title 55, Code of Virginia), in the event common areas are provided which are not contained in lots or streets conveyed to individual owners, said common areas shall be maintained by and be the sole responsibility of the developer-owner of the development until such time as the developer-owner conveys such common area to a nonprofit corporate owner whose members shall be all of the individual owners in the development. Said land shall be conveyed to and held by said nonprofit corporate owner solely for recreation, parking or other common purposes of the individual owners in the development. In the event of such conveyance by the developer-owner to a nonprofit corporate owner, deed restrictions and covenants, in form and substance satisfactory to the town attorney, shall provide, among other things, that any assessments, charges and costs of the maintenance of such common areas shall constitute a pro rata lien upon the individual lots or units, inferior in lien and dignity only to taxes and bona fide duly recorded first deeds of trust on each lot or unit.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-63 Development Size#

Maximum of six (6) townhouse units shall be connected in a continuous row.§ Maximum of twelve (12) units per cottage court development.§

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-64 Utilities#

Uses in this district may be constructed only on properties served by public sewer and water systems.

All utility systems including power and telephone shall be installed underground.§

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001

Sec 21-65 Landscape Plan: Landscaping, Trees, Buffers And Screening#

A landscape plan shall be required and landscaping, trees, buffers and screening shall be provided in accordance with the applicable provisions of ATC article XXIII of this chapter.§

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2003-16 § A3 on 2/17/2004

Sec 21-65.1 Screening#

Within townhouse or cottage court developments, all vehicle parking areas, common driveways, common areas for service, maintenance and trash collection and the facades of garages containing doors for vehicle access shall be located or arranged on the site or shall be provided with screening so as not to be readily visible from adjoining property in a residential district.§ This shall not apply to view from adjacent residential property across an alleyway. Where screening is provided to satisfy this requirement, it shall consist of continuous structural fences, walls or evergreen vegetative material, or combinations thereof, not less than six (6) feet in height.§ Earth berms may be used in conjunction with fences, walls or vegetative material to provide the required screening height. No chain link, wire mesh, barbed wire or similar fence material shall be utilized for such screening purposes.§

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-8 § 1 on 6/23/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-66 Site Plan Required#

A site plan shall be required as set forth in ATC article XVII of this chapter.§

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2003-16 § A5 on 2/17/2004

Sec 21-67 Reserved#

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-67.1 Reserved#

Ordinance History References:

Ordinance	Date
95-04	4/25/1995
96-32	12/10/1996
98-8	6/23/1998
98-25	11/24/1998
99-4	4/27/1999
2001-2	6/12/2001
2003-16	2/17/2004
2009-08	10/6/2009
2017-02	2/20/2018
98-28	11/24/1998
12-13-94	12/13/1994
98-23	12/15/1998

ARTICLE VII#

RESIDENTIAL, MEDIUM-HIGH DISTRICT R-4#

Sec 21-55 Statement Of Intent#

Sec 21-56 Use Regulations#

The following uses and structures shall be permitted in the Residential District R-4:

Accessory uses as defined
Bed and Breakfast, with a conditional use permit and in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 21-262
Church or Place of Religious Worship
Community Center, with a conditional use permit and as an accessory use to a Church or Place of Religious Worship
Community Garden, over one (1) acre with a conditional use permit
Day Care Center, with a conditional use permit and as an accessory use to a Church or Place of Religious Worship
Day Care Center, Adult, with a conditional use permit and as an accessory use to a Church or Place of Religious Worship
Dwelling, Accessory Apartment, with a conditional use permit and in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 21-264
Dwelling, Cottage Court, with a conditional use permit
Dwelling, Single-Family Attached
Dwelling, Single-Family Detached
Dwelling, Townhome
Dwelling, Two-Family, with a conditional use permit
Educational Facility, with a conditional use permit and as an accessory use to a Church or Place of Religious Worship
Home Occupation
Parks, over one (1) acre with a conditional use permit
Public Facilities, with a conditional use permit
Schools, with a conditional use permit
Utilities, Major, with a conditional use permit
Utilities, Minor

HISTORY

Sec 21-57 Reserved#

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-58 Area Regulations#

The minimum lot area for permitted uses shall be as follows:

Six thousand (6,000) square feet for single family detached, single family attached, or two-family dwellings.
Townhouse developments shall be located on sites of not less than one acre.
Cottage court shall be located on sites of not less than one (1) acre.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-28 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-59 Reserved#

HISTORY

Sec 21-59.1 Frontage And Width Regulations#

The minimum width of any lot at the setback shall be sixty (60) feet for single-family detached and two-family dwellings, and thirty-seven and one half (37.5) feet for single-family attached lots.
The minimum frontage of cottage court and townhouse developments shall be one hundred and eighty (180) feet. The minimum width of individual townhouse lots shall be twenty-four (24) feet. The minimum width of individual cottage court lots shall be forty (40) feet.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 12-13-94 § 11 on 12/13/1994
Amended by Ord. 98-25 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-60 Yard Regulations#

Accessory structures. The minimum side and rear yards for accessory structures shall be five (5) feet.

See ATC chapter 21, article XXV for supplemental yard regulations. See the Design Guidelines Handbook for guidelines and examples for treatment of setbacks.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-8 § 1 on 6/23/1998
Amended by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 98-23 § 1 on 12/15/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-60.1 Structure Regulations#

Window percentage. A minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of the front facing building façade shall consist of windows. Elements to count towards the achievement of the minimum window percentage include any opening in a wall, roof, dormer, front door, or garage door which functions or appears to function to admit light to a building or structure. Glass block and vents do not meet this standard. See the Design Guidelines Handbook for guidance on window percentage calculation. On corner lots where a building has more than one street facing side, the minimum window percentage would only be required for the street facing façade with the primary entrance to the building.

Street entrance. The primary structure shall have a minimum one (1) pedestrian street-facing entrance on the front façade. The entrance must be within eight (8) feet of the longest street-facing wall and shall:

Face the street;
Be at an angle of up to 45 degrees from the street; or
Open on to a porch.

On corner lots where a building has more than one street facing side, the required entrance would only apply to one street facing façade for the primary entrance to the building.

Garage location. If the garage is attached to the primary dwelling, then the garage door opening shall not face the primary frontage of the parcel, or if the garage is front-loading, it must be recessed from the primary façade of the main structure by a minimum of five (5) feet. For development of multiple lots (more than one), no more than fifty (50%) percent of dwellings may have a recessed front-loading, attached garage.

Consistent materials. Exterior finish materials on the majority of the façade (greater than fifty-percent) shall be the same type on the majority (greater than fifty-percent) of all elevations of the primary structure so that the main body provides a consistent palette of materials, finishes, and colors for wall and roofing materials. See the Design Guidelines Handbook for guidelines and examples.

Material quality. Concrete masonry units, or cinderblock, shall not be a visible exterior finish material from the public road, right-of-way, or adjacent residential property.

Where a proposal is for an alteration or addition to existing structure, these requirements will only be applied to the portion of a structure being altered or added.

HISTORY

Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-61 Height Regulations#

Structures may be erected up to thirty-five (35) feet in height from grade, except:

Belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, flues, flagpoles are exempt. Television antennae and radio aerials may be erected above the building to a combined maximum height of sixty (60) feet; and
No accessory building which is within fifteen (15) feet of any structure or party lot line shall be more than one story in height, and in no case shall any accessory building be more in height than the main structure.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 98-23 § 1 on 12/15/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001

Sec 21-62 Open Space And Common Areas#

In every cottage court development or if there are more than eighteen (18) units in a townhome development, five percent (5%) shall be common open space designed for active or passive recreation. The recreational area may be non-contiguous, but shall be an amenity that is centrally located and designed as a public gathering space, landscaped plaza, pocket park, recreation area, or a similar use. The space shall consist of pedestrian walking paths internally and connect to homes and external pathways (e.g. public sidewalks).

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-63 Development Size#

Maximum of six (6) townhouse units shall be connected in a continuous row. Maximum of twelve (12) units per cottage court development.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-64 Utilities#

Uses in this district may be constructed only on properties served by public sewer and water systems.

All utility systems including power and telephone shall be installed underground.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001

Sec 21-65 Landscape Plan: Landscaping, Trees, Buffers And Screening#

A landscape plan shall be required and landscaping, trees, buffers and screening shall be provided in accordance with the applicable provisions of ATC article XXIII of this chapter.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2003-16 § A3 on 2/17/2004

Sec 21-65.1 Screening#

Within townhouse or cottage court developments, all vehicle parking areas, common driveways, common areas for service, maintenance and trash collection and the facades of garages containing doors for vehicle access shall be located or arranged on the site or shall be provided with screening so as not to be readily visible from adjoining property in a residential district. This shall not apply to view from adjacent residential property across an alleyway. Where screening is provided to satisfy this requirement, it shall consist of continuous structural fences, walls or evergreen vegetative material, or combinations thereof, not less than six (6) feet in height. Earth berms may be used in conjunction with fences, walls or vegetative material to provide the required screening height. No chain link, wire mesh, barbed wire or similar fence material shall be utilized for such screening purposes.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-8 § 1 on 6/23/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-66 Site Plan Required#

A site plan shall be required as set forth in ATC article XVII of this chapter.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2003-16 § A5 on 2/17/2004

Sec 21-67 Reserved#

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 98-25 § 1 on 11/24/1998
Amended by Ord. 2001-2 § 1 on 6/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 2017-02 on 2/20/2018

Sec 21-67.1 Reserved#

HISTORY

Chapter 7

ARTICLE VII#

RESIDENTIAL, MEDIUM-HIGH DISTRICT R-4#

Sec 21-55 Statement Of Intent#

Sec 21-56 Use Regulations#R-4

Sec 21-57 Reserved#

Sec 21-58 Area Regulations#

Sec 21-59 Reserved#

Sec 21-59.1 Frontage And Width Regulations#

Sec 21-60 Yard Regulations#

Sec 21-60.1 Structure Regulations#

Sec 21-61 Height Regulations#

Sec 21-62 Open Space And Common Areas#

Sec 21-63 Development Size#

Sec 21-64 Utilities#

Sec 21-65 Landscape Plan: Landscaping, Trees, Buffers And Screening#

Sec 21-65.1 Screening#

Sec 21-66 Site Plan Required#

Sec 21-67 Reserved#

Sec 21-67.1 Reserved#

ARTICLE VII#

RESIDENTIAL, MEDIUM-HIGH DISTRICT R-4#

Sec 21-55 Statement Of Intent#

Sec 21-56 Use Regulations#

Sec 21-57 Reserved#

Sec 21-58 Area Regulations#

Sec 21-59 Reserved#

Sec 21-59.1 Frontage And Width Regulations#

Sec 21-60 Yard Regulations#

Sec 21-60.1 Structure Regulations#

Sec 21-61 Height Regulations#

Sec 21-62 Open Space And Common Areas#

Sec 21-63 Development Size#

Sec 21-64 Utilities#

Sec 21-65 Landscape Plan: Landscaping, Trees, Buffers And Screening#

Sec 21-65.1 Screening#

Sec 21-66 Site Plan Required#

Sec 21-67 Reserved#

Sec 21-67.1 Reserved#