Richmond, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 30-430.1, 30-430.2, 30-430.4, 30-430.5, 30-430.6, 30-430.7, 30-430.8

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 15 ftRear 15 ftSide 15 ftMAX FAR4.6MIN OPEN SPACE10%
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

Permitted by right19

Accessory2

  • Any accessory use or structure permitted in the R-1 district
  • Retail stores and shops, eating and drinking establishments, entertainment and recreational uses, personal service establishments, automated teller machines accessible only from the interior of buildings, travel agencies and airline ticket offices

Extracted standards

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

Fencing & walls

Height

  • Maximum land area coverage for portions of buildings over 35 feet35 pct

    portions of buildings over 35 feet in height shall occupy not more than 35 percent of land area

Other

Parking

  • Minimum exit and entrance lanes per 300 parking spaces1 lane per 300 spaces

    Not less than one exit lane and one entrance lane shall be provided for each 300 parking spaces or major fraction thereof contained within the structure

  • Parking spaces contained therein shall be screened from view from abutting streets by structural material of not less than 45 percent opacity

  • Minimum stacking spaces for access control device1 spaces

    any card reader or other access control device at an entrance to a parking area or parking lot shall be provided with not less than one stacking space situated off the public right-of-way

From the ordinance

Buildings or portions thereof devoted to dwelling uses shall have front yards of not less than 15 feet ... Side and rear yards adjacent to portions of buildings over 35 feet in height or portions of buildings devoted to newly constructed multifamily dwelling uses shall be not less than 15 feet in depth ... The floor area ratio shall not exceed 4.6 ... A usable open space ratio of not less than 0.10 shall be provided for dwelling uses. ... portions of buildings over 35 feet in height shall occupy not more than 35 percent of land area ... there shall be no maximum height limit
Sec. 30-430.1, 30-430.2, 30-430.4, 30-430.5, 30-430.6, 30-430.7, 30-430.8