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Alexandria, Virginia · General provision

Section 4-1100

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 20 ftRear 8 ftSide 8 ftMin frontage 50 ftMIN LOT AREA5,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT100 ftMAX FAR2MAX DENSITY54.45 du/acMIN OPEN SPACE35%
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.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
5,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
50 ft

Density

Maximum density
54.45 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
2,500 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 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 heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
100 ft
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.
2
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
35%

Servicing

Applies near
Eisenhower Avenue
Applies within
1,000 ft
Geographic extent
Residential uses on lots within 1,000 feet of the centerline of Eisenhower Avenue require a special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.. Higher FARFloor 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. allowed within 1,000 feet of King Street Metro Station.

Uses

Permitted by right26

Conditional / special use32

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • All operations within enclosed building

    All operations, including storage, shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building with the exception of outdoor uses pursuant to this section 4-1100 and City Code section 5-2-29, as applicable.

From the ordinance

The maximum permitted floor area ratio for nonresidential uses is 2.0... The maximum permitted height of a building is 100 feet, provided that additional height up to a maximum of 150 feet may be approved with a special use permit.
Section 4-1100