Radford, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 120.1-140 through 120.1-154
Planned Unit DevelopmentAll Radford districts0
Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Overlay districtOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. superimposed on underlying zoning districts
Uses
Permitted by right4
- Single-family detached
- Single-family attached
- Multifamily
- Nonresidential uses of religious, public, semi-public, cultural, recreational, or commercial character (secondary)
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Bufferyard requirements
Bufferyard may be required by city council; may be used for passive recreation; no ice skating rinks, playfields, ski hills, stables, swimming pools, tennis courts.
- Community facility requirements
At least one parcel for recreation not less than 5,000 sq ft; additional 250 sq ft per acre over 3.
- Maximum commercial area5 pct
Total area of commercial development shall not exceed 5% of gross area.
- Minimum development size
Minimum 3 acres for one dwelling type, 20 acres for mix of dwelling types.
- Open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. requirements20 pct
Usable open space not less than 20% of gross acreage; not more than 25% of required open space in water/wetlands; land sloping >20% not counted.
- Staged development requirements
Each stage must provide min 20% open space; density variation within 10% of approved total.
From the ordinance
Planned unit development (PUD) is a concept which encourages and permits variation in residential developments ... The maximum gross density shall not exceed 14 units per acre.