zoneoptics
Herndon, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 78-40.6(b)

All Herndon districts0

Dimensional standards

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
100 ft
Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
1
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
50%

Servicing

Applies near
Dulles Toll Road or Fairfax County Parkway
Applies within
1,500 ft
Geographic extent
Applies to any development within 1,500 feet of the northern boundary of the Dulles Toll Road or the western boundary of the Fairfax County Parkway when the development is located within the commercial-office districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. (CO) or the office and light industrial districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. (O&LI).

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Minimum distance from residential development500 ft

    No part of the structure or building on the site is located less than 500 feet from residential development or undeveloped land within a residential zoning district.

  • Transportation demand management

    Transportation demand management techniques are used to reduce the traffic impact of the increase in building floor area.

Parking

  • Minimum structured parking percentage50 pct

    At least 50 percent of the parking spaces for the structure or building are located inside a structure or building.

Setback

From the ordinance

An increase in height over the height and floor area ratio allowed in the table of dimensional standards in the applicable business zoning district (CO or O&LI), may be permitted by a special exception ... provided that the resulting floor area ratio on the site does not exceed 1.0; the height of the building does not exceed 100 feet; a minimum of 50 percent of the site is open space.
Sec. 78-40.6(b)