Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right7
Conditional / special use35
- bed and breakfast inn
- tourist home
- cemetery
- commercial swimming pool
- tennis court
- congregate care facility
- day care center
- group home
- hospital
- health care facility
- housing for the elderly
- assisted living residence
- museum
- historic site
- shrine
- nursery school
- nursing home
- recreational vehicle parking lot
- public use
- public facility
- pump station
- utility sub-station
- transformer
- recycling center
- school
- college
- university
- single family attached dwelling
- duplex dwelling
- single family detached dwelling
- temporary real estate marketing office
- homeless shelter
- family day care home
- accessory building
- accessory use
Extracted standards
28 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum density for attached dwellings8 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Attached dwellings: Eight (8.0) dwelling units per net developable acre.
- Maximum density for elderly/assisted living24 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Elderly housing proposals may be granted higher densities (up to 24 or more units per acre) subject to superior design proposals as well as the results of the supporting transportation/parking studies which quantify a reduction in parking demand and overall traffic impacts attributable to elderly and assisted living projects.
Design
- Architectural variation for attached dwellings
Architectural treatment of attached dwellings 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.
- On-site lighting, signage and mailboxes
On-site lighting, signage and mailboxes (as approved by U.S. Postal Service) shall be provided by the owner/developer of the M-R District development.
Other
- Active recreation percentage of common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.50 pct
Fifty percent (50%) of the required common open space area shall be developed as active recreational areas and facilities.
- Condominium requirements
Any proposed condominium development established under the Virginia Condominium Act shall be subject to the following provisions: All setbacks, density and other M-R District provisions shall be met. Minimum lot and yard requirements shall be met as if lot lines existed.
- General Development Plan required
All uses within the M-R District shall require a General Development Plan for zoning and/or special permit approval.
- Geotechnical report required for shrink/swell soils
Any subdivision or lot which is proposed to be developed on shrink/swell soils shall require a geotechnical report to be submitted with the preliminary plat and plans.
- Maximum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. in slopes/wetlands/floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions./water10 pct
No M-R District residential lot shall be configured such that more than 10% of the minimum lot area for a subdivided residential lot is comprised of one or more of the following physical land units: (a) slopes of 30% or more, (b) wetlands, (c) 100-year floodplains or (d) water features.
- Maximum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. in floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions./wetlands/slopes40 pct
No more than 40% of the required common open space shall consist of land classified as 100 year floodplain, stream valleys, wetlands, water features, stormwater management facilities, slopes greater than 30% and/or drainage easements.
- Maximum single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. units percentage30 pct
Single family attached dwellings and duplex dwellings, subject to A-R District regulations, provided that such residences do not comprise more than 30% of the total planned residential units depicted on the General Development Plan approved with the rezoning of the property.
- Maximum single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. attached units per grouping10 units
No more than ten (10) single-family attached units (townhouses) shall be included in any one physically contiguous grouping.
- Maximum multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. units per building30 units
No more than thirty (30) multifamily units (residences) shall be included in any one building structure, provided that greater than thirty (30) units per building may be permitted for housing for the elderly by special permit.
- Maximum unrelated occupants per dwelling3 persons
No more than three (3) unrelated occupants may reside in any one multifamily or attached dwelling in the M-R District.
- Minimum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. size5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Minimum district size: Five (5) acres.
- Minimum privacy yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for attached dwelling lots200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each lot shall be required to include a privacy yard with a minimum area of 200 square feet.
- Minimum separation between single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. attached dwellings20 ft
single-family attached dwelling units shall be separated from one another by a minimum of twenty (20) feet.
- Minimum separation between multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. buildings25 ft
Building structures for multifamily residential units shall be separated from one another by a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet
- Private well and septic prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No private domestic well and septic systems shall be permitted.
- Refuse facilities screening
All refuse facilities shall be completely enclosed and screened according to the provisions established in the Landscaping and Screening Regulations and the City's solid waste regulations in the City Code.
- Traffic Impact Assessment may be required
A Traffic Impact Assessment may be required for any M-R District application by the Planning and Zoning Administrator.
- Minimum private travelway width24 ft
All dwellings shall have access to a private travelway providing for two-way traffic on twelve (12) foot travel lanes with a minimum width of 24 feet (edge of pavement to edge of pavement, excluding shoulders), within a minimum 30-foot private vehicular access easement which shall be recorded with the subdivision plat.
Overlay
- FloodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. Zoning Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. applies
Refer to the Floodplain Zoning Overlay District, where applicable.
Parking
- ADA parking required
ADA (American Disabilities Act) parking requirements and dimensions shall be incorporated as a required improvement into all plats and site plans.
- Recreational vehicle parking on residential lots prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Recreational vehicle parking shall not be permitted on residential lots within the M-R District.
- Recreational vehicle parking ratio
Separate parking spaces shall be allocated and reserved for recreational vehicle parking on the basis of one (1) recreational vehicle parking space per six (6) dwelling units.
Setback
- Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. measurement
Front lot lines shall be common with private vehicular access easement lines, provided that where a perpendicular parking stall, recreational feature and/or a sidewalk intended for use by the general public is located between the building and the private vehicular access easement, the front yard setback shall be measured from the back of the sidewalk or parking stall pavement, whichever is closer to the building.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from adjacent non-M-R districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.30 ft
Where adjacent properties are zoned to a district other than the M-R District, all buildings shall be set back at least 30 feet from the common district property line(s) or as otherwise provided by screening and buffer requirements.
From the ordinance
The M-R, Multifamily Residential District is intended to provide for multifamily residences at locations compatible with the Comprehensive Plan's goals for housing for the elderly and other limited high density residential development and redevelopment in Danville.
Parking requirements
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"recreational vehicle": "1 per 6 dwelling units"
}