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Alexandria, Virginia · General provision

Section 3-1400

Multi FamilyAll Alexandria districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 0 ftRear 8 ftSide 8 ftMAX FAR0.75MIN OPEN SPACE25%
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.
0 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
8 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
8 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
0.75
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
25%

Uses

Permitted by right16

Conditional / special use5

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Co-living dwellings up to two units are nonresidential

    Up to two co-living dwellings, shall be categorized as a nonresidential use for the purpose of applying the area and bulk regulations of this zone.

  • Day careDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day. pick-up/drop-off plan

    A day care center shall submit for the director's review a pick-up and drop-off plan that adequately ensures the safe transfer of children and creates minimal impact on pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

  • Commercial operations enclosed

    All commercial operations, including storage shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building, with the exception of outdoor uses pursuant to section 3-1400 and City Code section 5-2-29.

  • Loading operations on site

    Loading and unloading operations shall take place entirely within the site and shall be so located so as not to interfere with pedestrian routes and local traffic.

  • Prohibition of noxious uses

    No use shall be conducted in any manner which would render it noxious or offensive by reason of dust, refuse matter, odor, smoke, gas, fumes, noise, vibration or glare.

  • Tobacco retail prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. near schools1,000 ft

    Retail shopping establishments with a principal use selling tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, alternative nicotine products, or hemp products intended for smoking are prohibited on property within 1,000 linear feet of a child day care center, or a public or private academic early childhood, elementary, middle, or high school.

  • Window transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface. for commercial spaces

    The placement or construction of items that block the visibility through windows of the interior of the commercial space from the street and sidewalk shall be prohibited. All windows shall remain transparent.

Parking

  • Co-living parking requirement

    Each such co-living dwelling shall provide the parking required under section 8-200(A)(22).

From the ordinance

The following uses are permitted in the RMF zone: (A) Multi-unit dwelling; (B) Accessory uses, permitted by section 7-100; ...
Section 3-1400