Roanoke County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
R-1
Low Density Residential District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right22
- Stable, Private
- Accessory Apartment
- Home Beauty/Barber Salon
- Home Occupation, Type I
- Manufactured Home
- Manufactured Home, Emergency
- Multiple Dog Permit
- Residential Human Care Facility
- Single-Family Dwelling, Attached
- Single-Family Dwelling, Attached (Cluster Subdivision Option)
- Single-Family Dwelling, Detached
- Single-Family Dwelling, Detached (Cluster Subdivision Option)
- Single-Family Dwelling, Detached (Zero Lot Line Option)
- Community Recreation
- Family Day Care Home
- Park and Ride Facility
- Public Parks and Recreational Areas
- Utility Services, Minor
- Bed and Breakfast
- Short-Term Rental
- Amateur Radio Tower
- Wind Energy System, Small
Conditional / special use12
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.15 ft
Accessory structures: 15 feet, or 25 feet provided they comply with the setback requirements for principal structures.
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. (both public sewer and water)7,200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All lots served by both public sewer and water: Area: 7,200 square feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. (either public sewer or water)20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Lots served by either public sewer or water: Area: 20,000 square feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. (private well)32,670 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
All lots served by private well and sewage disposal systems: Area: 0.75 acre (32,670 square feet).
Other
- Maximum building coverage35 pct
Building coverage: 35 percent of the total lot area for all buildings and 7 percent for accessory buildings.
From the ordinance
Minimum lot requirements: private well: 0.75 acre (32,670 sq ft), frontage 90; either: 20,000 sq ft, frontage 75; both: 7,200 sq ft, frontage 60. Setbacks: front 30, side 10, rear 25. Height: principal 45, accessory 15/25. Coverage: building 35% (7% accessory), lot 50%.