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Falls Church, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 48-867(3)

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

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

Uses

Conditional / special use1

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

The minimum lot area shall be 2½ acres. ... The maximum building height shall not exceed six stories or 75 feet, whichever is the lesser.
Sec. 48-867(3)