Article VI, Division 1, Sec. 24-538 to 24-556
Dimensional standards
Density
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Permitted in R-1 and R-2 zoning districts inside the primary service area.
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum net density4 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
No project shall have a net density (including bonuses) of more than four units per acre.
Other
- Homeowners association required
A homeowners association shall be established in accordance with chapter 19 of the county code.
- Minimum site size5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The minimum site size for a residential cluster development is five acres, except that extensions to an existing cluster development may be less than five acres. The planning director may waive the minimum site size requirements for residential cluster developments which provide affordable and workforce housing set forth in section 24-549 below. However, in no case shall such development be less than two acres.
Within every residential cluster development approved under this division, there shall be planned and set aside permanently an amount of open space to be maintained exclusively for conservation and recreation purposes.
- Pedestrian accommodations
Pedestrian accommodations shall be provided in accordance with section 24-35.
- Perimeter buffer35 ft
The minimum perimeter buffer shall be 35 feet.
- Public sewer and water required
Lots in a residential cluster development shall be served by a public sewage disposal system and a public water system.
- Rear and side yards may be reduced to zero0 ft
The rear and side yards may be reduced to zero feet subject to the following conditions: (a) The minimum distance between any two buildings within the residential cluster development shall be governed by the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code. (b) No building in a residential cluster development shall be closer than 25 feet to the internal edge of perimeter buffers. (c) Easements or covenants establish the rights of two abutting properties where main buildings are to be constructed on or within five feet of a property line.
- Right-of-way buffer on Community Character Corridor roads150 ft
The minimum right-of-way buffer on Community Character Corridor roads as defined in the Comprehensive Plan shall be 150 feet, except when the average lot depth of the parent parcel is less than 600 feet. In those cases, the required buffer shall be at a depth of 25 percent of the average lot depth.
- Right-of-way buffer on non-Community Character Corridor roads75 ft
The minimum right-of-way buffer on all non-Community Character Corridor roads shall be 75 feet, except when the average lot depth of the parent parcel is less than 300 feet. In those cases, the required buffer shall be at a depth of 25 percent of the average lot depth.
Parking
- Off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. in setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Off-street parking shall not be permitted within the required setbacks, except that parking spaces for single-family and two-family dwellings may be located within the required setback.
Setback
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from internal streets0 ft
The minimum setback from internal streets may be reduced to zero, provided that no building in a residential cluster shall be closer than 25 feet to the internal edge of perimeter buffers.
- Minimum distance to internal edge of perimeter buffers25 ft
No building in a residential cluster development shall be closer than 25 feet to the internal edge of perimeter buffers.
From the ordinance
A residential cluster development is permitted in the R-1 and R-2 zoning districts inside the primary service area. The requirements of this article shall govern where there is a conflict with the requirements of the underlying district.