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Falls Church, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 48-867

MultifamilyAll Falls Church districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 100 ftMIN LOT AREA2.5 acMAX HEIGHT75 ft / 6 storiesMAX LOT COVERAGE25%MAX IMPERVIOUS50%
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.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
108,900 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (2.5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
100 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
75 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
6
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
25%
Maximum impervious coverageImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios.
50%

Housing

Three-family
conditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
Four-plus family
conditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.

Uses

Conditional / special use1

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Four to six story apartments in the R-M district. Multifamily dwellings over three stories in height, in accordance with the following supplemental regulations: The minimum lot area shall be 2½ acres. The minimum lot width shall be 100 feet. The maximum building height shall not exceed six stories or 75 feet, whichever is the lesser. All buildings, including accessory structures, shall not cover in the aggregate more than 25 percent of the lot area and, together with all vehicular parking areas, loading areas and driveways, shall not cover in the aggregate more than 50 percent of the lot area.
Sec. 48-867