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.
Clean earth fill activity and inert waste fill activity are permitted in all zoning districts.
Special lots shall be permitted in all zoning districts.
Special lots shall be permitted in all zoning districts.
Special lots shall be permitted in all zoning districts.
Special lots shall be permitted in all zoning districts.
Special lots shall be permitted in all zoning districts.
The following design standards apply to any land disturbing activity ... Retaining walls shall meet or exceed the following minimum standards: ... maximum height for a single retaining wall ... ten feet ... Cut and fill slopes shall not be steeper than a 2:1 (50 percent) slope.
Retaining walls shall meet or exceed the following minimum standards: ... The maximum height for a single retaining wall, measured from grade to grade, shall be ten feet ... Cut and fill slopes shall not be steeper than a 2:1 (50 percent) slope.
The following design standards apply to any land disturbing activity either (i) to establish a use permitted by right or by special use permit in the steep slopes overlay district; or (ii) requiring a soil erosion control and stormwater management.
The following design standards apply to any land disturbing activity either (i) to establish a use permitted by right or by special use permit in the steep slopes overlay district; or (ii) requiring a soil erosion control and stormwater management.
The following design standards apply to any land disturbing activity either (i) to establish a use permitted by right or by special use permit in the steep slopes overlay district; or (ii) requiring a soil erosion control and stormwater management.
No wall, fence, hedge, shrub, tree, or other obstruction to vision shall be erected, planted, or maintained within the sight distance triangle at any intersection of streets... higher than 30 inches above the centerline grade of the intersecting streets.
No material impediment to visibility shall be placed, allowed to grow, erected or maintained on any parcel so as to restrict sight distance at any intersection ... below the minimum required by the Virginia Department of Transportation.
No wall, fence, hedge, shrub, tree, or other obstruction to vision shall be erected, planted, or maintained within the sight distance triangle at any intersection... higher than 30 inches above the centerline grade.
no material impediment to visibility shall be placed, allowed to grow, erected or maintained on any parcel so as to restrict sight distance at any intersection... below the minimum required by VDOT
For protection against traffic hazards, no material impediment to visibility shall be placed, allowed to grow, erected or maintained on any parcel so as to restrict sight distance at any intersection...
no material impediment to visibility shall be placed, allowed to grow, erected or maintained on any parcel so as to restrict sight distance at any intersection
no material impediment to visibility shall be placed, allowed to grow, erected or maintained on any parcel so as to restrict sight distance at any intersection
Condominiums shall be permitted in all zones in which is permitted any physically identical development; provided that site development plan approval shall be required for any condominium development.
Condominiums shall be permitted in all zoning districts where the use of the condominium unit is permitted.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.