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 family day home shall comply with the requirements of the Virginia Department of Social Services.
Each family day home shall provide one parking space plus one parking space for each additional employee.
Each family day home providing care for four or fewer children under the age of 13, exclusive of the provider's own children and any children who reside in the home, shall be regulated as a single-family residential use.
The farm brewery shall be located on a lot of not less than 5 acres. The farm brewery shall be located not less than 50 feet from any lot line.
The following operational uses, events and activities are permitted at a farm brewery: ... Farm brewery events, weddings, wedding receptions, and other events are permitted by right or by special use permit... Sound generated by outdoor amplified music shall be subject to...
a minimum of five acres of fruits, grains, or other agricultural products planted on-site... not more than 200 persons... Sound generated by outdoor amplified music is prohibited between 10:00 p.m. each Sunday through Thursday night and 7:00 a.m. the following morning... The minimum front, side, and rear yard shall be 125 feet from any abutting lot not under the same ownership as the farm brewery for tents and portable toilets... Off-street parking areas... minimum side and rear yards shall be 125 feet... Restaurants. Helicopter rides.
The farm brewery shall be located on a lot of not less than 5 acres. The farm brewery shall be located not less than 50 feet from any lot line.
Farm brewery events, weddings, wedding receptions, and other events are permitted by right at a farm brewery provided that not more than 200 persons are in attendance at the farm brewery at any time.
The following operational uses, events and activities (hereinafter, collectively, "uses") are permitted at a farm brewery: ...
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the following shall apply to each farm brewery in the Rural Areas (RA) district: ... Tents and portable toilets: 125 feet from any abutting lot not under the same ownership... Off-street parking areas: ... side and rear yards shall be 125 feet...
The events and activities shall be held for not more than 12 days per calendar year.
The following events, activities, and structures are permitted by right, permitted by right with approval of a zoning clearance, or by special use permit... Sound generated by outdoor amplified music shall be subject to... Yards: ... minimum front, side, and rear yards for outdoor event and activity areas shall be a minimum of 125 feet from any abutting lot...
Any agricultural operation event established in the county on or after May 15, 2019, may be held only if the agricultural operation... has a minimum of five acres... The minimum front, side, and rear yards for outdoor event and activity areas shall be a minimum of 125 feet from any abutting lot... The minimum front, side, and rear yards for parking areas, tents, and portable toilets shall be 125 feet... the minimum front yard on an existing public road in the rural areas (RA) district shall be 35 feet for structures used for sales. Sound generated by outdoor amplified music is prohibited between 10:00 p.m. each Sunday through Thursday night and 7:00 a.m. the following morning... Restaurants. Helicopter rides.
The events and activities shall be accessory to a principal agricultural operation on the same lot. The events and activities shall be held for not more than 12 days per calendar year.
The minimum front, side, and rear yards for outdoor event and activity areas shall be a minimum of 125 feet from any abutting lot not under the same ownership as the agricultural operation.
The following events, activities, and structures are permitted by right, permitted by right with approval of a zoning clearance, or by special use permit as set forth in the following table, provided that these events, activities, and structures are individually and in the aggregate subordinate to the agricultural operation.
The farm distillery shall be located on a lot of not less than 5 acres. The farm distillery shall be located not less than 50 feet from any lot line.
The following operational uses, events and activities are permitted at a farm distillery: ... Farm distillery events, weddings, wedding receptions, and other events are permitted by right or by special use permit... Sound generated by outdoor amplified music shall be subject to...
a minimum of five acres of fruits, grains, or other agricultural products planted on-site... not more than 200 persons... Sound generated by outdoor amplified music is prohibited between 10:00 p.m. each Sunday through Thursday night and 7:00 a.m. the following morning... The minimum front, side, and rear yard shall be 125 feet from any abutting lot not under the same ownership as the farm distillery for tents and portable toilets... Off-street parking areas... minimum side and rear yards shall be 125 feet... Restaurants. Helicopter rides.
The farm distillery shall be located on a lot of not less than 5 acres. The farm distillery shall be located not less than 50 feet from any lot line.
Source documents
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