R-1
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right13
- minor subdivisions, conventional
- major subdivisions, cluster
- single-family detached dwellings
- two-family dwellings
- manufactured homes
- modular housing units
- accessory uses and structures
- boarding, rooming or lodging houses and bed and breakfast inns
- foster care and adult family care (home-based)
- home occupations
- off-street parking
- public utilities
- short-term rental dwellings
Conditional / special use7
Accessory12
- Boarding, rooming or lodging houses and bed and breakfast inns.
- Foster care and adult family care (home-based).
- Home occupations.
- Off-street parking as required by this chapter.
- Public utilities such as poles, lines, distribution transformers, pipes, meters, and/or other facilities necessary for the provisions and maintenance, including water and sewer facilities.
- Short-term rental dwellings.
- Boarding, rooming or lodging houses and bed and breakfast inns.
- Foster care and adult family care (home-based).
- Home occupations.
- Off-street parking as required by this chapter.
- Public utilities such as poles, lines, distribution transformers, pipes, meters, and/or other facilities necessary for the provisions and maintenance, including water and sewer facilities.
- Short-term rental dwellings.
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennas, radio aerials, and bona fide farm buildings or structures as defined by Code of Virginia, § 36-97, as that section may from time to time be amended and/or recodified are exempt from height requirements.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. with increased setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.60 ft
Any building may be erected to a height of sixty (60) feet from grade, provided that the required front, side and rear yard setback must be increased by one (1) foot for each one (1) foot in height over thirty-five (35) feet.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. less than main building
All accessory buildings must be less than the main building in height.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
No accessory structure, except for permitted fences, walls, and ornamental structures may occupy a required front setback.
- Corner lot requirements
Any lot or parcel fronting on two (2) or more roads must conform to the frontage, minimum lot width, and setback requirements for all such roads.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. near property line1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
No accessory building which is within twenty (20) feet of any common property line may be more than one (1) story high. All accessory buildings must be less than the main building in height.
From the ordinance
Buildings in an R-1 district may be erected up to thirty-five (35) feet in height; except that: 1. Any building may be erected to a height of sixty (60) feet from grade, provided that the required front, side and rear yard setback must be increased by one (1) foot for each one (1) foot in height over thirty-five (35) feet.
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"permitted_uses": [
"in home daycare"
]
}
}