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 purposes of section 32 are to: ... Improve the public health, safety, convenience and welfare of the citizens of the county by assuring the orderly development of land...
The requirements of section 32 are: ... Separate from, but supplementary to, all other applicable requirements of the Code...
Any construction, use, change in use or other development is permitted in any zoning district only with an approved site plan... provided that no site plan shall be required for the following: a. The construction or location of any single-family detached dwelling on a lot on which not more than two dwellings are located...
No site plan shall be required for the construction or location of any single-family detached dwelling on a lot on which not more than two dwellings are located or proposed to be located if the lot has public street frontage, or the construction or location of one dwelling unit on a lot that does not have public street frontage.
Any construction, use, change in use or other development is permitted in any zoning district only with an approved site plan complying with the requirements of section 32... provided that no site plan shall be required for the following: ...
Any construction, use, change in use or other development is permitted in any zoning district only with an approved site plan complying with the requirements of section 32...
An approved final site plan shall be valid for: (i) a period of not less than five years after the date of its approval...
An approved final site plan shall be valid for: (i) a period of not less than five years after the date of its approval...
An approved final site plan shall be valid for: (i) a period of not less than five years after the date of its approval or for a longer period as the agent may, at the time of approval, determine to be reasonable...
Sixteen clearly legible copies in blue or black ink of the plan shall be submitted. The plan shall be prepared to the scale of one inch equals 20 feet...
Sixteen clearly legible copies in blue or black ink of the plan shall be submitted. The plan shall be prepared to the scale of one inch equals 20 feet... No sheet shall exceed 42 inches by 36 inches in size.
Sixteen clearly legible copies in blue or black ink of the plan shall be submitted. The plan shall be prepared to the scale of one inch equals 20 feet or to another scale approved by the agent... No sheet shall exceed 42 inches by 36 inches in size.
Each initial site plan shall contain the following information: ... maximum number of dwelling units by type including the number of bedrooms for multi-family dwellings; gross residential density; ... maximum floor area ratio and lot coverage for industrial use; maximum height of all structures; schedule of parking...
Each initial site plan shall contain the following information: ... maximum number of dwelling units by type including the number of bedrooms for multi-family dwellings; gross residential density; ... maximum floor area ratio and lot coverage for industrial use; maximum height of all structures; schedule of parking...
Each site plan for a planned development within the neighborhood model district shall contain the following additional information: (i) the site plan pertains to at least one block; (ii) a phasing plan; and (iii) building elevations for all new or modified structures.
Each site plan for a planned development within the neighborhood model district shall contain the following additional information: (i) the site plan pertains to at least one block; (ii) a phasing plan; and (iii) building elevations for all new or modified structures.
The application for an initial site plan shall include draft groundwater management plans and aquifer testing workplans required by sections 17-1003 and 17-1004, if applicable.
The application for an initial site plan shall include draft groundwater management plans and aquifer testing workplans required by sections 17-1003 and 17-1004, if applicable.
The application for an initial site plan shall include architectural elevations, drawings, photographs or other visual materials showing any parking structure proposed on the site and surrounding structures and land uses.
The application for an initial site plan shall include architectural elevations, drawings, photographs or other visual materials showing any parking structure proposed on the site and surrounding structures and land uses.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.