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Alexandria, Virginia · General provision

Article VI, Section 6-200

All Alexandria districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 20 ftRear 12 ftSide 12 ftMAX HEIGHT30 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE30%MIN 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.
20 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
12 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
12 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
30 ft
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
30%
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
25%

Uses

Permitted by right5

Conditional / special use10

Accessory1

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Retail accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. limit

    Retail and/or service commercial when accessory to a permitted use, provided such retail and/or service commercial does not occupy more than ten percent of the land area of the lot.

  • Underground utilities

    All developments containing new or replacement utility facilities within the development shall provide for underground installation of said facilities.

  • Waterfront walkway and bikeway

    Each use, development or project shall provide an open space walkway and bikeway adjacent to the high water mark of the Potomac River.

From the ordinance

No building shall exceed 30 feet in height.
Article VI, Section 6-200