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 architectural review board (the "board") shall have the following powers and duties...
The architectural review board (the "board") shall promulgate design guidelines it determines to be appropriate for one or more entrance corridors...
Each applicant must pay any applicable fees provided in County Code Chapter 1, Article 5, provided that neither the county nor the county school board is required to pay any fee if it is the applicant.
Within the service areas of the Albemarle County Service Authority, each development and each lot shall be served by the public water supply and the public sewer system.
Within the services areas of the Albemarle County Service Authority (the 'service areas'), each development and each lot shall be served by the public water supply and the public sewer system. Within the service areas, no building permit shall be issued for any structure if its use requires increased water consumption and/or sewage disposal, unless the structure will be connected to the public water supply and/or the public sewer system.
Within the service areas, each development and each lot shall be served by the public water supply and the public sewer system.
Within the services areas of the Albemarle County Service Authority (the 'service areas'), each development and each lot shall be served by the public water supply and the public sewer system.
No building exceeding 35 feet in height above grade shall be erected without certification from the Albemarle County fire official.
No building exceeding 35 feet in height above grade shall be erected without certification from the Albemarle County fire official...
No building exceeding 35 feet in height above grade shall be erected without certification from the Albemarle County fire official
No building exceeding 35 feet in height above grade shall be erected without certification from the Albemarle County fire official
No building exceeding 35 feet in height above grade shall be erected without certification from the Albemarle County fire official... No building or structure exceeding 150 feet in height above ground level (AGL) shall be located or erected until certification for the same has been obtained from the Virginia Department of Aviation... no accessory building in a residential district shall exceed a height of 24 feet.
No building or structure exceeding 150 feet in height above ground level (AGL) shall be located or erected until certification for the same has been obtained from the Virginia Department of Aviation.
No building or structure exceeding 150 feet in height above ground level (AGL) shall be located or erected until certification for the same has been obtained from the Virginia Department of Aviation.
No building or structure exceeding 150 feet in height above ground level (AGL) shall be located or erected until certification for the same has been obtained from the Virginia Department of Aviation.
Parapet walls, cornices, and similar architectural features may extend above the height limitations by not more than 4 feet.
The height limitations of this chapter shall not apply to barns, silos, farm buildings, ... residential chimneys, spires, flag poles, monuments, transmission towers and cables, smokestacks, water tanks, or radio or television antennas or towers. ... within a residential district, exceed 100 feet in height, except for telecommunications facilities owned or operated in whole or in part by the county, which shall not exceed 115 feet.
The height limitations of this chapter shall not apply to barns, silos, farm buildings, agricultural museums designed to appear as traditional farm buildings, residential chimneys, spires, flag poles, monuments, transmission towers and cables, smokestacks, water tanks, or radio or television antennas or towers.
The height limitations of this chapter shall not apply to barns, silos, farm buildings, agricultural museums designed to appear as traditional farm buildings, residential chimneys, spires, flag poles, monuments, transmission towers and cables, smokestacks, water tanks, or radio or television antennas or towers.
Towers, gables, penthouses, scenery lofts, cupolas, similar structures and necessary mechanical appurtenances may be erected on a building to a height 20 percent greater than the limit established for the district.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.