Radford, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 120.1-56 to 120.1-63
University Residential CommercialAll Radford districts0
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right9
- Educational facilities, offices, recreational areas and safety-related uses associated with Radford University
- Any uses or structures located in this district at the time of adoption
- Single-family dwellings
- Group home
- Rights-of-way, easements and facilities for public utilities and transportation
- Public parks and recreation areas
- Duplex dwellings
- Townhouses
- Multifamily dwellings (with site plan approval)
Conditional / special use9
- Location and/or use of structure(s) proposed in excess of 65 feet in height
- Outdoor sports and recreational facility
- Retail stores and shops
- Educational facilities, primary and secondary
- Churches and other places of worship
- Restaurant
- Parking facilities
- Bed and breakfast
- Private club, lodge, civic organization, fraternity and/or sorority living quarters
Accessory10
- Home occupations
- Living quarters in main building of owner-occupied single-family dwellings
- Recreational vehicles stored within required side or rear yard (occupancy prohibited)
- Temporary buildings for construction work
- Signs as permitted by Article V
- Parking
- Satellite dish antenna not exceeding 20 inches in diameter
- Swimming pool associated with private residence
- Garden
- Customary accessory structures
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum units in a continuous row10 units
Not more than ten single-family attached dwellings shall be attached in a series or continuous row.
- Common recreation area for developments >8 units10 pct
Each development site containing more than eight dwelling units shall be provided with common recreation area of not less than ten percent of the area.
- Yards between main buildings on same lot40 ft
Yards of not less than 40 feet shall be provided between such buildings.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when abutting residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.20 ft
Side yards abutting any property lying within a CD, R-1, R-2, or R-3 District or abutting any property devoted to single-family dwelling use shall be not less than 20 feet.
From the ordinance
Multifamily dwellings: min lot area 10,000 sq ft for up to 4 units; front yard 25 ft; side yard 15 ft (20 if abutting residential); rear 25 ft; height 65 ft; open space 25%.