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.
Each special event authorized by section 10.2.2(50) shall be subject to the following: ... minimum front yard 75 feet, side 25, rear 35.
The special event shall be sponsored by a nonprofit organization, a governmental entity, or a commercial entity. The special event shall be held for not more than 7 consecutive days.
Special events may be authorized on those parcels in the Rural Areas (RA) zoning district on which there is an existing and ongoing by-right primary use.
The minimum front yard shall be 75 feet. The minimum side yard shall be 25 feet. The minimum rear yard shall be 35 feet...
The farm worker housing shall be located on a lot of not less than 5 acres. The farm worker housing shall be located not less than 50 feet from any lot line.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the minimum front yard shall be 75 feet. The minimum side and rear yards shall be 50 feet.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the minimum front yard shall be 75 feet. The minimum side and rear yards shall be 50 feet.
The farm worker housing shall be located on a lot of not less than 5 acres. The farm worker housing shall be located not less than 50 feet from any lot line.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the minimum front yard shall be 75 feet. The minimum side and rear yards shall be 50 feet.
The minimum front yard shall be 75 feet. The minimum side and rear yards shall be 50 feet.
The country store shall be located on a lot of not less than 1 acre. The country store shall be located not less than 25 feet from any lot line.
An historic country store building shall not exceed the gross floor area of the building as it existed on November 12, 2008 or 4,000 square feet gross floor area, whichever is greater.
The country store shall be located on a lot of not less than 1 acre. The country store shall be located not less than 25 feet from any lot line.
An historic country store building shall not exceed the gross floor area of the building as it existed on November 12, 2008 or 4,000 square feet gross floor area, whichever is greater.
An historic country store building shall not exceed the gross floor area of the building as it existed on November 12, 2008 or 4,000 square feet gross floor area, whichever is greater.
At least 51 percent of the gross floor area of a historic country store building shall be used as a country store
At least 51 percent of the gross floor area of a non-historic country store building shall be used as a country store
The small wind turbine shall be located on a lot of not less than 1 acre. The small wind turbine shall not exceed a height of 100 feet.
The small wind turbine shall not be located closer in distance to any lot line than 150 feet.
The small wind turbine shall not be located closer in distance to any lot line than 150 feet.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.