Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Zoning map amendments for RM districts shall be confined to those lands designated as adaptive area in the Herndon 2030 Comprehensive PlanComprehensive planThe long-range policy document zoning is meant to implement; it is not itself binding law.
Uses
Extracted standards
1 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum density with special exception22 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Multifamily dwellings are permitted by-right up to a density of 15 dwellings per acre. Special Exception approval per section 78-155.3, is required for any multifamily dwelling exceeding 15 dwelling units per acre and up to the maximum permissible gross density of 22 units per acre.
From the ordinance
The maximum density allowed in the RM district is 15 dwelling units per acre. A minimum of 30 percent of the development site shall be designated as open space exclusive of permeable land in individual lots.