Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
R-15
Residential - R-15
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Uses
Permitted by right15
- detached single-family dwelling
- semi-detached and attached single-family dwelling
- multiple-family dwelling
- cluster development
- guest cottage
- group home
- boarding house
- homestay
- utility distribution facility
- public use
- temporary construction use
- stormwater management facility
- personal wireless service facility (Tier I/II)
- family day home
- personal wireless service facility
Conditional / special use35
- community center
- club/lodge
- fire and rescue squad station
- athletic facility
- private school
- utility transmission facility
- child day center
- manufactured home subdivision
- assisted living facility
- hospital
- office
- retail store
- home occupation Class B
- religious assembly
- cemetery
- stand alone parking
- manufactured home park
- personal wireless service facility (Tier III)
- historical center
- farmers' market
- clubs, lodges, civic, fraternal, patriotic
- swim, golf, tennis or similar athletic facility
- electrical power substation, transmission line and related tower
- gas or oil transmission line, pumping station and appurtenance
- unmanned telephone exchange center
- micro-wave and radio-wave transmission and relay tower, substation and appurtenance
- skilled nursing facility
- children's residential facility
- retail store and shop
- home occupation, Class B
- religious assembly use
- stand alone parking and parking structure
- Tier III personal wireless service facility
- historical center special event
- historical center festival
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum building separation
The minimum building separation shall be as provided in section 4.19.
- Minimum stepback for storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code. above 40 feet
The minimum stepback requirements for any story that begins above 40 feet in height or for each story above the third story, whichever is less, in height shall be as provided in section 4.19.
From the ordinance
R-15 districts are hereby created and may hereafter be established by amendment to the zoning map to provide a plan implementation zone that: Provides for compact, high-density residential development; Permits a variety of housing types; and Provides incentives for clustering of development and provision of locational, environmental and developmental amenities. Except as otherwise provided in section 4.10, structures may be erected to a height not to exceed 65 feet. The minimum stepback requirements for any story that begins above 40 feet in height or for each story above the third story, whichever is less, in height shall be as provided in section 4.19.