Dimensional standards
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right4
- Residential uses as permitted in R-1, R-2, R-3, and R-4 districts
- Neighborhood commercial and office uses
- Non-residential uses as permitted in B-1 and B-2 districts
- Community operated parks, clubhouses, swimming pools, racquet ball and tennis courts, health and fitness facilities, and other recreational or civic facilities
Conditional / special use13
- Automobile rental agencies
- Bike sales and repair
- Child care or adult day care center
- Community center
- Convenience stores and service establishments such as, but not limited to, automatic self-service laundries
- Fast food restaurants with a drive-through window
- Household appliance sales and service store
- Off-premises sales of beer and wine
- Pet shops, including boarding kennels on the premises
- Philanthropic and charitable institutions
- Private clubs and lodges
- Veterinary hospitals and boarding kennels
- All allowable uses in the FB/O-1 flex district, with the exception of uses identified in section 70-482(1)
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Density as per master zoning plan
Residential and non-residential density will be provided as shown on the master zoning plan, and shall not exceed standards as described in the comprehensive plan.
Design
- Architectural variation requirement
Architectural treatment shall vary so that no more than two abutting units are substantially the same, and so that no more than four units in any group are substantially the same.
Other
- Minimum commercial gross floor area percentage when rezoningRezoningChanging which district applies to a parcel — a legislative act, not an administrative one. from B-1, B-2, FB/O-1, SP-1, or M-140 pct
When rezoning from B-1, B-2, FB/O-1, SP-1, or M-1 districts to the PMUD, the commercial GFA shall be no less than 40 percent (which shall not include residential amenities).
- Minimum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. acreage2 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Minimum acreage two acres.
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for any residence5 ft
The minimum side yard for any residence shall be five feet.
Setback
- Balcony and bay window encroachment into setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.25 pct
Balconies and bay windows may encroach up to 25 percent of the depth of the setback.
- Stoop, porch, awning encroachment into setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.50 pct
Stoops, porches, and awnings may encroach up to 50 percent of the depth of the setback.
From the ordinance
The Dumfries Planned Mixed Use District is intended to implement the general purpose, intent, goals, objectives, policies, and action strategies of the comprehensive plan and the purposes of zoning set forth in Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2283, by promoting mixed residential and commercial development according to a detailed plan.