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Loudoun County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 4.03.01.G

All Loudoun County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 100 ftRear 100 ftSide 100 ftMIN LOT AREA20 acMAX FAR0.04
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.
871,200 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (20 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
100 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
100 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
100 ft

Height & bulk

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.
0.04

Servicing

Geographic extent
Applies to Country Inn uses in AR-1, AR-2, and A-3 Zoning Districts; not permitted within Cluster Subdivisions.

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

Noise

  • Outdoor music restrictions

    No outdoor music is permitted between 12:00 midnight and 7:00 a.m.

Other

  • Maximum access points2 points

    Only 2 points of access for a Country Inn.

  • Maximum guest rooms40 rooms

    The maximum number of guest rooms is 40.

  • Maximum number per lot1 use

    Only 1 Country Inn use, and its related uses and accessory uses, is permitted on a lot.

  • Maximum restaurant and banquet floor area percentage49 pct

    Any restaurant and indoor Banquet/Event Facilities located on the property must not exceed 49% of the total floor area of the Country Inn.

  • Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. day treatment spa floor area percentage10 pct

    A maximum of 10% of the gross floor area of the Country Inn may be composed of accessory day treatment spa facilities.

  • Minor Special Exception required for restaurant serving >100 persons

    Minor Special Exception review and approval is required in AR-1, AR-2, and A-3 Zoning Districts if a Country Inn contains a restaurant that serves more than 100 persons.

Setback

From the ordinance

Only 1 Country Inn use, and its related uses and accessory uses, is permitted on a lot in the AR-1, AR-2, and A-3 Zoning Districts. ... The minimum lot area is 20 acres. ... The floor area ratio must not exceed 0.04. ... The Country Inn use must be set back 100 feet from all lot lines. Parking must be set back 100 feet from all lot lines. Outdoor private party areas must be set back 200 feet from all lot lines or 100 feet from a lot line of a property having a commercial use.
Section 4.03.01.G