R-1
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right11
- Agriculture and/or agricultural operation (excluding livestock and fowl)
- Single family dwellings built individually or in conventional or clustered subdivisions
- Home occupations
- Public utilities
- Accessory uses or structures
- Public facilities
- Residential accessory structure (768 square feet or less)
- Accessory dwelling unit
- Temporary family health care structures
- Keeping of domestic laying hens (subject to conditions)
- Rooftop and ground mounted solar
Conditional / special use18
- Cemeteries and churches
- Keeping of livestock on at least two acres of rangeable land
- Home professional offices
- Temporary construction yards
- Home businesses
- Private schools
- Firehouses and rescue squads
- Swim, golf, tennis, or similar athletic facilities
- Clubs, civic, fraternal, or patriotic organizations
- Any care center not subject to state license
- Telecommunication antennas and towers
- Group home or home for developmentally disabled persons
- Residential accessory structure greater than 768 square feet
- Keeping of fowl other than domestic laying hens and/or more laying hens than permitted
- Water or sewer treatment facilities
- Solar energy generation facilities
- Power generating plants
- Gas and oil facilities
Extracted standards
29 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Frontage
- Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. with both central water and sewer80 ft
For permitted uses utilizing both central/public water and central/public sewerage systems, the minimum frontage shall be 80 feet.
- Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. with either central water or sewer100 ft
The minimum frontage for permitted uses utilizing either central/public water or central/public sewerage systems shall be 100 feet.
- Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. without central water/sewer150 ft
The minimum frontage for permitted uses not utilizing central/public water or central/public sewerage systems shall be 150 feet.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public or semi-public buildings60 ft
A public or semi-public building such as a school, church, library, or general hospital may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade
Other
- Hen enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from neighboring dwelling50 ft
Fifty feet from any neighboring dwelling unit.
- Hen enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line25 ft
Twenty-five feet from the property line for enclosures and litter storage.
- Hen enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from waterway50 ft
Fifty feet from any stream, pond, lake, or waterway for enclosures and litter storage.
- Hen enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from well head25 ft
Twenty-five feet from a well head.
- Maximum number of hens on parcel one-half acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. or less6 count
A maximum of six chickens on a parcel one-half acre or less in size.
- Maximum number of hens on parcel more than one-half acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.10 count
A maximum of ten chickens on a parcel more than one-half acre in size.
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. for clustered subdivision25 pct
The site for a single family detached dwelling clustered subdivision shall provide for a minimum of 25 percent of its gross site area as common open space.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. with both central water and sewer20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For permitted uses utilizing both central/public water and central/public sewerage systems, the minimum lot area shall be 20,000 square feet
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for clustered subdivision with both services10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
except for clustered single family dwelling subdivision which shall require 10,000 square feet
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for clustered subdivision with either service30,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
except for clustered single family dwelling subdivision which shall require 30,000 square feet
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for clustered subdivision without services43,560 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
except for clustered single family dwelling subdivision which shall require 43,560 square feet
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. with either central water or sewer60,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The minimum lot area for permitted uses utilizing either central/public water or central/public sewerage systems shall be 60,000 square feet
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. without central water/sewer87,120 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The minimum lot area for permitted uses not utilizing central/public water or central/public sewerage systems shall be 87,120 square feet
- Requirement for two septic drain fields
Any building site on a lot created after the effective date of this regulation in this district shall have adequate area for location of two septic drain field areas as approved by the Virginia Department of Health when such lot is not served by a central sewage facility.
Setback
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure side and rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
Accessory structures shall be located five or more feet from the side and rear lot lines.
- Corner lot side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for clustered subdivision25 ft
except for a corner lot in a clustered single family dwelling subdivision which shall require a corner side yard(s) to be 25 feet or more from the edge of right-of-way
- Corner lot side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. from edge of right-of-way30 ft
The corner side yard shall be 30 feet from edge of right-of-way
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for clustered subdivision from centerline of narrow right-of-way40 ft
or 40 feet or more from the center line of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for clustered subdivision from wide right-of-way25 ft
In clustered single family dwelling subdivisions, the setback line shall be 25 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from centerline for street right-of-way less than 50 feet60 ft
or 60 feet or more from the center line of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street right-of-way 50 feet or greater35 ft
Structures except signs shall be 35 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for clustered subdivision main structure25 ft
except for clustered single family dwelling subdivisions which shall require a minimum rear yard for each main structure of 25 feet
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for main structure35 ft
Each main structure shall have a rear yard of 35 feet or more
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for clustered subdivision main structure10 ft
except for clustered single family dwelling subdivisions which shall require a minimum side yard for each main structure of ten feet
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. for main structure15 ft
The minimum side yard for each main structure shall be 15 feet
From the ordinance
In Residential District R-1, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for the following uses...