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Falls Church, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 48-1102(e)

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaSide 3 ft
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.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
3 ft

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Maximum projection for bay windows and balconies occupying not more than one-third of wall length3 ft

    Bay windows and balconies occupying not more than one-third of the wall length: three feet.

  • Maximum projection for terraces, steps, uncovered porches and landings6 ft

    Terraces, steps, uncovered porches and landings: six feet.

  • Maximum projection into side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.3 ft

    The same projections named in subsection (e)(1) of this section may project the same distances into a minimum side yard provided no such projection may exceed three feet.

From the ordinance

Terraces, steps, uncovered porches and landings: six feet. Bay windows and balconies occupying not more than one-third of the wall length: three feet.
Sec. 48-1102(e)