Sec. 35.2-82.4 through 35.2-82.9
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Traditional neighborhood developments are permitted by conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permit; high density housing must be within 1/4 mile of core; no residential unit more than 1/4 mile from park
Uses
Permitted by right7
- Single-household detached residences
- Single-household attached residences (duplexes, townhouses)
- Multi-household residences
- Commercial uses permitted in B-1 and B-3 districts
- Restricted industrial uses permitted in I-1 district
- Civic uses (churches, schools, libraries, etc.)
- Parks, squares, and common open space
Conditional / special use16
- Automobile service stations
- Commercial recreation establishments (dancing, bowling, billiards)
- Temporary fairs, exhibitions, circuses
- Tourist homes or bed and breakfasts
- Veterinarian hospitals without outdoor kennels
- Child and adult care centers
- Cemeteries and columbaria
- Clubs and fraternal organizations
- Community swimming pools
- Convents and monasteries
- Group homes
- Hospitals
- Nursing homes and assisted living facilities
- Public buildings (branch governmental centers, meeting halls, post offices)
- Public or community recreational facilities not operated for profit
- Schools and colleges for general education
Accessory4
- Private and public garages
- Private and public parking lots or structures
- Signs in commercial/service and restricted industrial areas per Section 35.2-64
- Signs in residential, civic, and public use areas per Section 35.2-64.12
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for commercial/multi-household/attached residential0 ft
Commercial/service, multi-household residential, and single-household attached residential buildings are generally recommended to have front setbacks of zero to ten feet.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for single-household detached residential0 ft
Single-household detached residential buildings, front setbacks of zero to 25 feet.
- Maximum block perimeter in core area1,600 ft
In the TND core area, the blocks created by the grid of streets shall have a maximum block perimeter of 1,600 feet.
- Maximum commercial area30 pct
A minimum of five percent and a maximum of 30 percent of the net development area shall be designated for commercial/service uses.
- Maximum cul-de-sac length percentage20 pct
Culs-de-sac should be avoided to the extent possible and shall not exceed 20 percent of the total length of streets.
- Maximum distance from residential unit to park1,320 ft
No residential unit of the neighborhood shall be located more than one-quarter mile (1,320 feet) from the boundary of a park, square, or common open space property.
- Maximum restricted industrial area30 pct
A maximum of 30 percent of the net development area may be designated for restricted industrial uses.
- Maximum residential area80 pct
A maximum of 80 percent of the net development area shall be designated for residential uses.
- Minimum civic area2 pct
A minimum of two percent of the net development area shall be designated for civic uses.
- Minimum commercial area5 pct
A minimum of five percent and a maximum of 30 percent of the net development area shall be designated for commercial/service uses.
- Sidewalks in multi-household/commercial/industrial areas
In areas where multi-household residential, commercial/service, and restricted industrial uses predominate, sidewalks shall be provided on both sides of the street.
- Sidewalks in single-household areas
In single-household detached and single-household attached residential areas, sidewalks shall be provided on at least one side of the street.
From the ordinance
A maximum of 80 percent of the net development area shall be designated for residential uses. ... A minimum of ten percent of the net development area shall be designated for park, square, and/or common open space uses.
Parking requirements
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"general": "Per Section 35.2-62, on-street parking counts toward requirement; off-street parking behind or side of buildings"
}