Dumfries, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 70-535.1 through 70-535.9
Planned Unit DevelopmentAll Dumfries districts0
Dimensional standards
Lot
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right6
- residential units as permitted in R-1 district (PMUD low)
- residential units as permitted in R-2 district (PMUD medium)
- residential units as permitted in R-3 and R-4 districts (PMUD high)
- residential units in PMUD high, together with retail or office components on the first floor (PMUD mixed)
- neighborhood commercial and office uses (as allowable in B-1 and B-2 districts, with the exception of assembly uses)
- 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
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Architectural features encroachment prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in reduced setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
No architectural features, such as but not limited to windows, sills, cornices, eaves, and gutter fire escapes, shall encroach into a setback that has been reduced to five feet.
- Maximum reduction of minimum development standards20 pct
No standard shall be reduced by more than 20 percent of the required minimum and the minimum standards for the housing unit type shall collectively be met or exceeded in the area where the modification is proposed.
- Minimum acreage2 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Minimum acreage two acres.
- Minimum commercial gross floor area 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 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.
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 ... Minimum acreage two acres. ... The minimum side yard for any residence shall be five feet.