Falls Church, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 48-1180

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
R1-A low density residential zone

Extracted standards

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

Landscaping & trees

  • Minimum tree canopy coverage20 pct

    at a maturity of ten years, the minimum lot coverage of the tree canopy shall be 20 percent.

  • Preserved tree canopy credit multiplier1.25 multiplier

    Canopy coverage from existing trees and/or shrubs shall be multiplied by 1.25 to determine the total tree canopy from preserved trees and shrubs.

From the ordinance

All developments, redevelopments, and/or land disturbing activities that are located in R1-A and R1-B zones that will disturb greater than or equal to 2,500 square feet of land shall provide for the preservation and/or planting of trees on the lot to the extent that, at a maturity of ten years, the minimum lot coverage of the tree canopy shall be 20 percent.
Sec. 48-1180