Alexandria, Virginia · General provision

Article V, Section 5-202

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 20 ftRear 8 ftSide 8 ftMin frontage 50 ftMIN LOT AREA5,000 sq ftMAX FAR1.25MIN 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.

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Design

Other

  • Auxiliary dwelling location

    Auxiliary dwellings are allowed behind a first floor commercial use, if the depth of the building is more than 50 feet measured from the front building wall and the building is setback no further than 30 feet from front property line.

  • A day care center or commercial school shall obtain all required state, federal and local licenses and certificates prior to opening its place of business.

  • 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.

  • Enclosed operations

    All operations, including storage, shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building with the exception of outdoor uses pursuant to this section 5-200 and City Code section 5-2-29.

  • Tobacco retail proximity to 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.

From the ordinance

The following uses are permitted in the CRMU-M zone: Single-unit dwelling; Two-unit dwelling; Townhouse dwelling; Multi-unit dwelling; ...
Article V, Section 5-202