Alexandria
Zoning districts
44 districts, grouped by category.
Mixed use
20Potomac Yards/Greens
South Carlyle
Safeway-Datatel
Triangle Sites
Giant-CVS
Braddock Gateway
Landmark Gateway
Harris Teeter of Old Town North
Beauregard
Oakville Triangle and Route 1 Corridor
ABC-Giant/Old Town North
Public Storage/Boat US
Greenhill/West Alexandria Properties
Greenhill South
Landmark Neighborhood
Potomac River Generating Station
Eisenhower Conversion
Trade Center
Cameron Station
W-1 Zone (Waterfront)
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 30 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 17
Residential
16James Bland
Seminary Overlook
Fillmore/Beauregard
R-12 Zone
- Min lot
- 12,000 sq ft (0.28 ac)
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
R-2 zone
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 9
R-20 Zone
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
R-5 Zone
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
R-8 Zone
- Min lot
- 8,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
RMF-1 zone
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 10 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
RMF-2 zone
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 15 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
RMF-3
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
RMF-4
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 30 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 10
RMF-5
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 40 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 10
RMF-6
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 50 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 10
RMF-7
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 60 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 10
RMF-8
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 80 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 10
Other
7North Potomac Yard
Old and Historic Alexandria Height District
Parker-Gray Height District
Potomac River Vicinity Height District
- Max height
- 30 ft
Old Town North Height District
King Street Metro Station Height District
- Max height
- 77 ft
Remaining Height District
Industrial
1General provisions
522 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The following utility uses are permitted ... only with a special use permit: ...
All non-small cell facility radio and television reception or transmission structures require an administrative permit to be issued by the director.
All non-small cell facility radio and television reception or transmission structures require an administrative permit
Wireless facilities regulations including small cell and standard facilities.
no special exception, special use permit, or variance shall be required for any small cell facility installed by a wireless services provider or wireless infrastructure provider on an existing structure
no special exception, special use permit, or variance shall be required for any standard facility installed by a wireless services provider or wireless infrastructure provider on an existing structure
no special exception, special use permit, or variance shall be required for any application by a wireless infrastructure provider or wireless services provider, for the installation of a new structure to support small cell facilities.
The director shall determine whether the proposed new structure exceeds a maximum height of 50 feet. If the proposed new structure falls below the specified maximum height, the application shall be reviewed in accordance with the administrative process ... If the proposed new structure exceeds the specified maximum height, the applicant shall obtain a special use permit
A wireless services provider or wireless infrastructure provider shall apply for a permit for any eligible facilities request.
The director may develop and promulgate design guidelines applicable to each of the following types of facility installations: ...
The operation of mobile food vendors is permitted, under the following conditions, on properties zoned for residential use: ...
All short-term residential rentals shall comply with the following: ...
Failure to obtain a permit shall result in a civil citation pursuant to section 11-200.
No group of townhouses shall exceed eight dwelling units in a single structure, except that a greater number may be approved with a special use permit in zones where townhouses are a permitted use.
open and closed fences not exceeding six feet in height shall be permitted on corner and through lots in required secondary front yards
Within the Old and Historic Alexandria District and the Parker Gray District, machines for dispensing money, tickets, postage, and similar paper records, and providing electronic transactions and services, but not to include the sale or provision of other products or merchandise or lottery tickets, may be installed on the exterior of a building, or as an outdoor freestanding machine, provided:
No such use shall be permitted within 300 feet of land in a residential or mixed use zone.
Every part of a required yard shall be open and unobstructed from the lowest point to the sky except as may be permitted in section 7-202.
An accessory dwelling shall be permitted as an accessory use to a single-unit, two-unit, or townhouse dwelling only.
a public elementary or secondary school, located in a residential or mixed-use zone, may be constructed, expanded or reconstructed to a size which exceeds the density and height otherwise permitted by the regulations in such zone; provided, that a special use permit is approved, and, provided further, that no increase in floor area ratio greater than 0.75, and no increase in height greater than 60 feet, shall be approved.
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