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Falls Church, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 48-241 (cottage housing)

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 20 ftRear 20 ftSide 10 ft
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.
20 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft

Servicing

Geographic extent
Cottage housing developments

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Detached garage permission

    Detached garages are not permitted except when provided in a common area other than the required perimeter landscape buffer.

  • Interior fence maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.36 in

    Interior fences shall be no taller than 36 inches.

  • Projection into yards

    Bay windows, box windows, chimneys and similar features may project not more than three feet into any required yard.

  • Detached shed permission

    Neither detached sheds, nor other accessory structures are permitted, unless used by the association.

From the ordinance

For dwellings units and community buildings: 20 feet from public right-of-way, 10 feet side, 20 feet rear; side increased to 15 if adjacent to residential. Interior fences no taller than 36 inches.
Sec. 48-241 (cottage housing)