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Loudoun County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 4.04.05

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

Uses

Permitted by right1

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

Other

  • Hours of operation

    Hours of operation are limited to between 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight.

  • Maximum points of access to public road2 count

    Only 2 points of access are permitted to a public road for a Banquet/Event Facility use.

  • Maximum number of attendees200 attendees

    Maximum Number of Attendees: 200 attendees, plus 2 extra attendees per each acre over 20 acres

  • Outdoor private party area setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.200 ft

    Outdoor private party areas must be setback 200 feet from all lot lines or 100 feet from a lot line of a property having a nonresidential use.

Parking

From the ordinance

The minimum lot area for a Banquet/Event Facility is 20 acres. The floor area ratio must not exceed 0.04. The Banquet/Event Facility use must be setback 100 feet from all lot lines. Parking must be setback 100 feet from all lot lines. Outdoor private party areas must be setback 200 feet from all lot lines or 100 feet from a lot line of a property having a nonresidential use.
Section 4.04.05