Fredericksburg, Virginia · General provision

72-41.1

Extracted standards

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

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  • Nothing in these standards shall prevent a deck from encroaching into a required rear yard setback.

  • All dormitories shall be accessory to an educational facility located on the same site or campus, and house only persons who are students or staff at the educational facility.

  • Drive-through facilities are prohibited.

  • Employee limit1 person

    Employees shall be limited to occupants of the residential portion of the building plus up to one person not residing in the residential portion.

  • Screening of utility equipment

    Ground based, roof-based, and wall-mounted electrical equipment, HVAC equipment and other utility connection devices shall be grouped and shall be screened or located outside the view from any adjacent public street.

  • Upper-story dwelling floor2 floor

    Upper-story residential dwelling units shall occupy the second or higher floor of a building with a nonresidential use on the ground floor.

  • No more than two abutting units in a row shall have the same front and rear setbacks, with a minimum setback offset being 2 1/2 feet.

  • Maximum building length250 ft

    No individual building shall exceed a length of 250 feet.

  • Maximum driveways per block face1 driveway

    Except for circular driveways, no duplex dwelling lot shall be served by more than one driveway on the same block face.

  • Maximum dwellings per lot1 dwelling

    No more than one single-family dwelling may be located on a single lot, except for vertical stacks of two units on one lot or in Planned Development Districts, where more than one single-family attached dwelling may be located on a single lot, in accordance with a General Development Plan.

  • Maximum dwellings per lot1 dwelling

    No more than one single-family detached dwelling may be located on a single lot, except in Planned Development Districts, where more than one single-family detached dwelling may be located on a single lot, in accordance with a General Development Plan.

  • Maximum units per building8 units

    A single-family attached building shall contain at least three units (six units, if in vertical stacks of two units) but no more than eight side-by-side dwelling units (sixteen units, if in vertical stacks of two side-by-side dwelling units).

  • No accessory structure shall be less than 10 feet from another structure.

  • Minimum separation between buildings20 ft

    Individual buildings containing single-family attached units shall be separated from one another by at least 20 feet.

  • Minimum units per building3 units

    A single-family attached building shall contain at least three units (six units, if in vertical stacks of two units) but no more than eight side-by-side dwelling units (sixteen units, if in vertical stacks of two side-by-side dwelling units).

  • Nonresidential portion on ground floor

    The nonresidential portion of the building shall be located on the ground floor.

  • Nonresidential parking location

    Any nonresidential off-street parking shall be located as far as practicable from existing adjacent single-family detached dwellings.

  • Parking and landscaping for mixed uses

    The use shall comply with the parking, and landscaping standards for mixed uses in Article 72-5, Development Standards.

  • Recreation area location20 ft

    No improved recreation area shall be located within required exterior setbacks or within 20 feet of any dwelling unit.

  • Residential portion of gross floor area50 pct

    The residential portion of the building shall occupy over 50% of the gross floor area.

From the ordinance

Dwellings, duplex. Duplex dwellings shall comply with the following standards:
72-41.1