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.
Permitted uses: ... Site development: min open space 20%, max commercial/office 10%.
Minimum district size: Four (4) acres of contiguous land. A minimum of thirty (30) percent of the total district area shall be designated as permanent open space. Maximum area for commercial and/or office uses: Ten (10) percent of the gross area of the PMH.
Minimum district size: Four (4) acres of contiguous land. Minimum open space: Thirty (30) percent of total district area. Maximum area for commercial and/or office uses: Ten (10) percent of gross area.
Each planned manufactured home residential development shall be subject to the following site development standards.
Minimum district size: 4 acres. Minimum open space: 30%. Parking: at least 2 off-street spaces per manufactured home site. Water and sewer connections required.
Each manufactured home site shall be provided with a metered water outlet connection to a public water supply and a connection to a public sewer system...
Each lot must abut a public street. Maximum residential density: Forty-eight (48) bedrooms per acre.
Maximum residential density: Forty-eight (48) bedrooms per acre. Maximum structure height: Sixty (60) feet.
Maximum structure height: Sixty (60) feet.
Each lot must abut a public street. Maximum residential density: 48 bedrooms per acre. Density bonus for historic rehabilitation.
The maximum dwelling unit occupancy shall be a family, plus two (2) persons unrelated to the family; or no more than four (4) unrelated persons.
The maximum dwelling unit occupancy shall be a family, plus two (2) persons unrelated to the family; or no more than four (4) unrelated persons.
The maximum dwelling unit occupancy shall be a family, plus two (2) persons unrelated to the family; or no more than four (4) unrelated persons.
Minimum lot size: 15,000 square feet. Maximum Lot Coverage: 85% by impervious surfaces. Maximum Structure Height: 60 feet; 70 feet with additional one foot front, side, and rear setback per foot of additional height.
Minimum lot size: 15,000 square feet. Minimum street frontage: 30 feet. Maximum Lot Coverage: 85% by impervious surfaces. Maximum Structure Height: 60 feet.
Minimum lot size: 15,000 square feet
Permitted uses: ... Site development: min lot 15,000 sq ft, frontage 30 ft, rear setback none, max impervious 85%, max height 60 ft.
Adjacent commercial properties that generate one hundred (100) trips or more per day... shall provide a cross access drive to allow circulation between sites.
Minimum district size: Two (2) acres of contiguous land. Minimum frontage: Seventy-five (75) feet... Minimum open space requirement: Twenty-five (25) percent. Maximum height of structures... sixty (60) feet
Minimum district size: Two (2) acres of contiguous land. Minimum frontage: Seventy-five (75) feet. Minimum open space requirement: Twenty-five (25) percent. Maximum height: sixty (60) feet.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.