Blacksburg
Zoning districts
6 districts, grouped by category.
Residential
6R-4 Low Density Residential
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 8
R-5 Transitional Residential
- Min lot
- 8,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 8
RM-27 Low Density Multiunit
- Min lot
- 8,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 27 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 21
RM-48 Medium Density Multiunit
- Min lot
- 8,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 48 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 20
General provisions
465 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Mobile Food Vendor—General Commercial (GC), Research and Development (R&D), Office (O), Industrial (I), Planned Commercial (PC), Planned Industrial (PI), and Planned Residential (PR) on commercially designated parcels only.
Mobile Food Vendor—General Commercial (GC), Research and Development (R&D), Office (O), Industrial (I), Planned Commercial (PC), Planned Industrial (PI), and Planned Residential (PR) on commercially designated parcels only.
Maximum density shall be one (1) dwelling unit per acre, excluding acreage within the 100-year floodplain. Maximum floor area ratio shall be 0.30, except Townhouse maximum floor area ratio shall be 0.50. Maximum height of structures: Thirty-five (35) feet. A minimum of fifty (50) percent of the total area shall be designated as permanent open space.
Maximum density shall be one (1) dwelling unit per acre, excluding acreage within the 100-year floodplain. Maximum floor area ratio shall be 0.30. Maximum height of structures: 35 feet. Minimum open space: 50%.
Maximum density shall be one (1) dwelling unit per acre, excluding acreage within the 100-year floodplain. Accessory apartments shall not be considered in the density calculation. Maximum floor area ratio shall be 0.30, except Townhouse maximum floor area ratio shall be 0.50. Maximum Height of Structures Thirty-five (35) feet... A minimum of fifty (50) percent of the total area shall be designated as permanent open space...
Maximum density shall be one (1) dwelling unit per acre, excluding acreage within the 100-year floodplain. Maximum floor area ratio shall be 0.30, except Townhouse maximum floor area ratio shall be 0.50. Maximum height of structures: thirty-five (35) feet.
Minimum district size: Thirty (30) acres. Minimum open space: A minimum of fifty (50) percent of the total area shall be designated as permanent open space. Maximum gross density: One (1) dwelling unit per acre, excluding acreage within the 100-year floodplain. The maximum gross density may be increased up to a maximum of two (2) units per acre...
Minimum district size: Thirty (30) acres. Minimum open space: A minimum of fifty (50) percent of the total area shall be designated as permanent open space. Maximum gross density: One (1) dwelling unit per acre, excluding acreage within the 100-year floodplain. The maximum gross density may be increased up to a maximum of two (2) units per acre.
Maximum gross density: One (1) dwelling unit per acre, excluding acreage within the 100-year floodplain. Minimum open space: 50%. Maximum gross density may be increased up to two (2) units per acre.
Maximum gross density: One (1) dwelling unit per acre, excluding acreage within the 100-year floodplain. Minimum open space: fifty (50) percent. Minimum district size: thirty (30) acres.
Small Lot Development is permitted within the R-4 Low Density Residential District on sites of 2 or more contiguous developable acres held in common ownership. ...
Small Lot Development in the R-4 District shall require a minimum lot area of 3,000 square feet. No lot within a small lot development shall be larger than 7,499 square feet. Front setback (minimum) 10 ft. Building height (maximum) 30 ft and 2.5 stories. Lot coverage (maximum) 65%. No off-street vehicular parking shall be required for a small lot development.
Small Lot Development in the R-4 District shall require a minimum lot area of 3,000 square feet. No lot within a small lot development shall be larger than 7,499 square feet. Front setback 10 ft. Max height 30 ft and 2.5 stories. Lot coverage 60-65%.
Lot area: Seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet. Lot frontage: Forty (40) feet. Maximum density: Fifteen (15) bedrooms per acre, except single-unit residential. Front yard: Twenty (20) feet. Side yard: Seven (7) feet, except on corner lots, a side yard facing the street shall be twenty (20) feet. Rear yard: Twenty-five (25) feet. Maximum height: Thirty-five (35) feet; or forty-five (45) feet with an additional one (1) foot setback per foot of additional height. Lot coverage: Fifty (50) percent. Floor area ratio: 0.30 FAR.
Lot area: Seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet. Lot frontage: Forty (40) feet. Maximum density: Fifteen (15) bedrooms per acre. Front yard: Twenty (20) feet. Side yard: Seven (7) feet. Rear yard: Twenty-five (25) feet. Maximum height: Thirty-five (35) feet. Lot coverage: Fifty (50) percent. Floor area ratio: 0.30.
The following uses are permitted by right in the OTR, Old Town Residential District: ...
Maximum density: Fifteen (15) bedrooms per acre... Maximum height: 35 feet; or 45 feet with additional one foot setback per foot of additional height.
Minimum district size: One-half (½) acre of contiguous land. A minimum of twenty (20) percent of the total district area shall be designated as open space...
Minimum district size: One-half (½) acre of contiguous land. Minimum open space: 20% of total district area. Commercial/office max 10% of gross area.
A minimum of twenty (20) percent of the total district area shall be designated as open space
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.