Richmond, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 30-450.1, 30-450.2, 30-450.4, 30-450.5, 30-450.6

Office ServiceAll Richmond districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 15 ftRear 0 ftSide 10 ftMAX HEIGHT35 ft
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

Accessory1

  • Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental and clearly subordinate to uses permitted in this district

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Loading area location

    Loading areas shall not be situated within that portion of a lot between the main building and a public street along which a front yard is required and shall be located or screened so as not to be directly visible from such public street.

  • Screening of parking areas for 5+ vehicles3.5 ft

    Whenever a parking area for five or more vehicles or a loading area abuts or is situated within 50 feet of property devoted to dwelling, office, medical or dental clinic use existing at the time such parking or loading area is constructed, the parking or loading area shall be effectively screened from view from such premises by an evergreen vegetative screen not less than 3½ feet in height at the time of installation or opaque structural fence or wall not less than four feet in height.

  • Where a side lot line abuts property in an R district, there shall be a continuous evergreen vegetative screen not less than 3½ feet in height at the time of installation or opaque structural fence or wall not less than four feet in height erected along such lot line, but not within 15 feet of any street.

From the ordinance

No building or structure in the OS Office-Service District shall exceed 35 feet in height.
Sec. 30-450.1, 30-450.2, 30-450.4, 30-450.5, 30-450.6