Roanoke County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
R-4
High Density Multi-Family Residential District
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right23
- Accessory Apartment
- Home Beauty/Barber Salon
- Home Occupation, Type I
- Manufactured Home
- Manufactured Home, Emergency
- Multi-Family Dwelling
- 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)
- Townhouse
- Two-Family Dwelling
- Community Recreation
- Family Day Care Home
- Park and Ride Facility
- Public Parks and Recreational Areas
- Religious Assembly
- Utility Services, Minor
- Boarding House
- Amateur Radio Tower
- Wireless Communication Facility, Class 1
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase with increased setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
When adjoining R-1/R-2, max 45 ft; may increase to 60 ft if side/rear yards increased 2 ft per foot over 45 ft.
Other
- Building coverage35 pct
Building coverage: 35% of total lot area for all buildings, 7% for accessory buildings.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. by utility service
Private well/sewage: 32,670 sqft; either public: 20,000 sqft; both: 7,200 sqft
From the ordinance
Minimum lot requirements: private well: 0.75 acre, frontage 90 ft; either public: 20,000 sqft, frontage 75 ft; both: 7,200 sqft, frontage 60 ft. Setbacks: front 30, side 10, rear 10. Height: 45 ft when adjoining R-1/R-2, unlimited otherwise. Coverage: building 35%, lot 75%.