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Loudoun County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 4.04.13

All Loudoun County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETFront 75 ftRear 75 ftSide 75 ftMAX FAR0.1
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.

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
75 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
75 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
75 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.
0.1

Uses

Permitted by right1

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Type B buffer required adjacent to residential

    The structures, storage, and parking areas and/or the perimeter of the property must have a Buffer Type B to screen such areas from adjacent residential buildings

Setback

  • Minimum distance from existing residential dwelling500 ft

    No structure may be located within 500 feet of an existing residential dwelling.

From the ordinance

Buildings must be set back a minimum of 75 feet from all property lines. Parking, driveways (other than entrance) and storage yards must be set back at least 75 feet from the property line along any road frontage, and at least 50 feet from all other property lines. No structure may be located within 500 feet of an existing residential dwelling. The total Floor Area Ratio for all structures must not exceed 0.1.
Section 4.04.13