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Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 20B.2, 20B.3, 20B.4, 20B.5, 20B.6, 20B.7

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 10 ft
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.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
by_right
Two-family
by_right
Three-family
by_right
Four-plus family
by_right

Parking

Minimum, studio / 1-bedroom
1
Minimum, 2+ bedroom
2

Uses

Permitted by right65

Conditional / special use20

Accessory4

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

  • Light spillover from first-story luminaries permitted

    The spillover of lighting from first-story luminaries from non-residential uses in the DCD onto public streets and onto other non-residential uses is permitted, provided that VDOT approves.

Other

  • First floor must be non-residential for by-rightBy rightPermitted outright: if the plans meet the written rules, permission cannot be withheld. residential uses

    Residential uses are permitted by right provided that the first floor of the building in which the residential use exists is designed for and occupied only by a use permitted by subsections 20B.2(A), (B), (C) or (E).

  • Maximum front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.10 ft

    the ten foot front building setback and authorize the front building setback to be increased to up to 20 feet

  • Minimum pedestrian façade break width5 ft

    A building façade break providing only pedestrian access shall be a sidewalk having a minimum width of five feet.

  • Minimum sidewalk width on major streets10 ft

    Each sidewalk on Crozet Avenue, Three Notch'd Road and the street identified in the Crozet master plan as the new Main Street shall be at least ten feet wide.

  • Minimum sidewalk width on other streets8 ft

    All other sidewalks shall be at least eight feet wide.

  • Minimum vehicle and pedestrian façade break width12 ft

    A building façade break providing both motor vehicle and pedestrian access shall have a travelway at least 12 feet in width and a sidewalk on at least one side having a minimum width of five feet.

  • No structures within easements within setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

    No structures shall be established within easements located within setbacks.

  • Opaque wall minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft

    If an opaque wall or fence is provided, it shall be a minimum of six feet in height.

  • Parking location relative to primary structure

    Parking areas shall be located to the rear and/or side of the primary structures, as viewed from the right-of-way to which the lot abuts. On corner lots, the parking areas shall be located to the side or rear of the primary structure, and not between the structure and any rights-of-way that intersect at the corner.

  • Primary entrance location

    Each building abutting a street shall have a primary entrance from either the front or side of the building.

  • Rear screening strip depth20 ft

    If only vegetative screening is provided, the screening strip shall be at least 20 feet in depth.

  • Parking area screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft

    Each parking area having more than five spaces that abuts or is visible from one or more public streets shall be screened with continuous evergreen shrubs or opaque walls at a height not to exceed four feet.

  • StoriesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code. visibly discernible

    Each story shall be visibly discernible from the street and be composed of habitable space and/or occupiable space.

  • Street tree spacing25 ft

    Street trees shall be planted within grates on each sidewalk or in a planting strip abutting the sidewalk, spaced at a minimum of 25 and a maximum of 40 feet on center.

Parking

  • Bicycle parking ratio1 per 10 auto spaces

    For non-residential uses, one bicycle parking space per ten automobile parking spaces required.

From the ordinance

The following uses shall be permitted in the DCD... parking: one space per dwelling unit having one bedroom; two spaces for each dwelling unit having two or more bedrooms.
Sec. 20B.2, 20B.3, 20B.4, 20B.5, 20B.6, 20B.7

Parking requirements

{
  "non_residential": "1 space per 1,000 sq ft net floor area",
  "residential_1br": "1 space per dwelling unit",
  "residential_2plus_br": "2 spaces per dwelling unit",
  "assisted_living_skilled_nursing": "1 space per 5 bedrooms plus 1 space per employee per shift"
}