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.
Minimum open space requirement: Twenty-five (25) percent
Permitted uses: ... Site development: min district size 2 acres, frontage 75 ft, open space 25%, max height 60 ft.
Minimum lot size: Fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet... Minimum Yards: Front: Fifteen (15) feet. Rear: Ten (10) feet. Side: Fifteen (15) feet. Maximum lot coverage: Sixty (60) percent. Maximum floor to area ratio: .40.
Minimum lot size: Fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet. Maximum lot coverage: Sixty (60) percent. Maximum floor to area ratio: .40. Maximum structure height: Forty-five (45) feet.
Minimum lot size: Fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet
Permitted uses: ... Site development: min lot 15,000 sq ft, frontage 30 ft, max coverage 60%, FAR 0.40, max height 45 ft.
Adjacent commercial or office properties that generate one hundred (100) trips or more per day ... shall provide a cross access drive to allow circulation between sites.
Adjacent commercial or office properties that generate one hundred (100) trips or more per day according to the Institute of Transportation Engineer's Trip Generation Manual, shall provide a cross access drive to allow circulation between sites.
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: One (1) acre. Minimum street frontage: Thirty (30) feet. Front: twenty (20) feet. Rear: Fifteen (15) feet. Side: Ten (10) feet. Maximum lot coverage: Sixty-five (65) percent. Maximum structure height: sixty (60) feet.
Minimum lot size: 1 acre. Minimum street frontage: 30 ft. Front yard: 20 ft. Rear: 15 ft. Side: 10 ft. Max lot coverage: 65%. Max height: 60 ft. Min open space: 20% with interconnected pedestrian system. Utility lines underground.
Permitted uses listed in Sec. 3191(a). Site development standards: min lot size 1 acre, front yard 20 ft, rear 15 ft, side 10 ft, max coverage 65%, max height 60 ft, min open space 20%.
Permitted uses: ... Site development: min lot 1 acre, frontage 30 ft, setbacks 20/15/10, max coverage 65%, max height 60 ft, open space 20%.
Minimum lot size: One (1) acre. Minimum street frontage: Seventy-five (75) feet. Front: Twenty (20) feet. Rear: Fifteen (15) feet. Side: Ten (10) feet. Maximum lot coverage: Seventy (70) percent. Maximum structure height: sixty (60) feet.
Minimum lot size: 1 acre. Minimum street frontage: 75 ft. Front: 20 ft. Rear: 15 ft. Side: 10 ft. Max lot coverage: 70%. Max height: 60 ft; 70 ft with additional 1 ft per foot of setbacks. Utility lines underground.
Permitted uses in Sec. 3201(a). Site development: min lot 1 acre, frontage 75 ft, yards 20/15/10, coverage 70%, height 60 ft.
Permitted uses: ... Site development: min lot 1 acre, frontage 75 ft, setbacks 20/15/10, max coverage 70%, max height 60 ft.
Maximum height of structures, except church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennae, and radio aerials are exempt: sixty (60) feet
Minimum district size: Ten (10) acres. Minimum frontage: Seventy-five (75) feet. Minimum lot size: Two (2) acres. Minimum open space: Twenty (20) percent.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.