Albemarle County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
7 districts, grouped by category.
Residential
6- Max height
- 24 ft
Residential - R-10
- Min lot
- 4,356 sq ft
- Max height
- 65 ft
- Max density
- 10 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 27
Residential - R-15
- Min lot
- 2,904 sq ft
- Max height
- 65 ft
- Max density
- 15 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 15
- Max height
- 24 ft
- Max height
- 24 ft
Residential - R-6
- Min lot
- 7,260 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 6 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 28
General provisions
1,135 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The flood hazard overlay district shall be composed of all areas of the county within the special flood hazard areas delineated on the Flood Insurance Rate Map...
Table of permitted and prohibited uses in the flood hazard overlay district.
Table of permitted and prohibited uses in the flood hazard overlay district.
Variances may be issued in the following circumstances... No variance shall be granted for any proposed use, development, or activity within any regulatory floodway that will cause any increase in the base flood elevation.
The flood hazard overlay district shall be composed of all areas of the county within the special flood hazard areas delineated on the Flood Insurance Rate Map for Albemarle County, Virginia and Incorporated Areas and the Independent City of Charlottesville, most recently amended effective on and after May 16, 2016.
The minimum area for the establishment of any NR overlay district shall be 20 acres. All operations ... shall not occupy more than 80 percent of the total site.
Intent.
Within any NR district, uses may be permitted by right as for and subject to the district regulations of the underlying zoning district. In addition, there shall be permitted by right within any NR district the following uses: removal of soil, sand, gravel, stone or other minerals...
SS overlay districts may be applied over any basic zoning district or other overlay district. ... no buildings or structures other than necessary accessory appurtenant fences and/or walls shall be constructed within 65 feet of the edge of any designated stream
Intent.
Within the immediate environs of any stream designated in section 30.5.2, no person shall commence any use involving the construction of any structure, the cutting of any living tree over six inches caliper... except as follows...
The entrance corridor overlay district is established upon and comprised of those parcels contiguous to significant routes of tourist access...
Purpose and intent.
The entrance corridor overlay district is established upon and comprised of those parcels contiguous to significant routes of tourist access...
The uses permitted by right on preserved slopes are the following: ...
Section 30.7 shall apply to all privately and publicly owned lands within the county that are within the boundaries of the steep slopes overlay district and depicted as being managed or preserved slopes on the series of maps entitled 'Steep Slopes Overlay District'.
No building permit shall be issued for any structure to be served by an individual well subject to a Tier 1 groundwater assessment under Albemarle County Code section 17-1000 until the applicant complies with Albemarle County Code section 17-10001.
Prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy, the zoning administrator shall review the certificate to ensure that the building, structure and improvements comply with this chapter.
A zoning clearance shall be required in the following circumstances: 1. New Use: Prior to establishing a new non-residential use... 2. Change or Intensification of Existing Use... 3. Change of Occupant... 4. Specific Buildings, Structures or Uses... 5. Commencement of Extraction Activity...
A zoning clearance shall be required in the following circumstances: ...
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.