Prince William County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 32-351.03, 32-351.05, 32-351.06, 32-351.08

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETFront 10 ftRear 20 ftSide 20 ftStreet side 10 ftMin frontage 60 ftMIN LOT AREA10,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT45 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE75%MIN OPEN SPACE25%
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.

Uses

Conditional / special use10

  • Attached single-family dwellings on lots in excess of one acre
  • Bed and breakfast, subject to the standards of section 32-300.15
  • Car wash, manned or self-service
  • Catering, commercial
  • Drive-in facility, in accordance with the standards for drive-in facilities specified in county code section 32-400.07
  • Drive-through facility, in accordance with the standards for drive-through facilities specified in county code section 32-400.07
  • Farmers' market
  • Motor vehicle fuel station, retail
  • Multi-family dwellings on lots in excess of one acre
  • Nonresidential and mixed-use buildings that do not meet one or more of the development standards described in section 32-351.08

Accessory3

  • Live entertainment in accordance with the provisions of section 32-400.15
  • Medical or dental laboratory, ancillary to medical or dental clinic
  • Photographic processing laboratory, ancillary to retail store

Extracted standards

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

Design

  • Concrete masonry units, precast concrete panels, vertical ribbed metal exteriors or highly reflective materials shall not be used as primary exterior finishes.

  • Maximum roof pitch1 ratio

    Flat roofs are prohibited; roof pitch shall be a minimum of 1:3, with a maximum of 1:1.

  • Minimum roof pitch0.33 ratio

    Flat roofs are prohibited; roof pitch shall be a minimum of 1:3, with a maximum of 1:1.

  • Window coverage on exterior wall fronting public right-of-way10 pct

    Windows shall cover between ten percent and 50 percent of any exterior wall fronting on a public right-of-way.

Fencing & walls

Other

Parking

  • Maximum parking as percentage of minimum120 pct

    Parking provided shall not exceed 120 percent of the minimum parking requirement, unless a parking structure is provided.

Signage

From the ordinance

Nonresidential and mixed-use buildings shall comply with the following standards... Lot size no less than 10,000 sq ft, height not exceed 45 ft, open space at least 25%.
Sec. 32-351.03, 32-351.05, 32-351.06, 32-351.08