Loudoun County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
22 districts, grouped by category.
Other
7- Min lot
- 435,600 sq ft (10 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 7
- Min lot
- 130,680 sq ft (3 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 6 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
AR-1 Zoning District
- Min lot
- 871,200 sq ft (20 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 7
AR-2 Zoning District
- Min lot
- 1,742,400 sq ft (40 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 5
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
- Max height
- 35 ft
TR-10 Zoning District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Front setback
- 100 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
Residential
15Single-Family Residential R-1 Legacy Zoning District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 1
R-16 Townhouse/Multifamily Legacy Zoning District
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 16 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 3
Single-Family Residential R-2 Legacy Zoning District
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 2
Multifamily Residential R-24 Legacy Zoning District
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 24 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 1
Single-Family Residential R-3 Legacy Zoning District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 2
Single Family Residential R-4 Legacy Zoning District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 4 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 2
Single Family Residential R-8 Legacy Zoning District
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 6
Suburban Compact Neighborhood - 16
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 40
Suburban Compact Neighborhood - 24
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 41
Suburban Compact Neighborhood - 8
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 47
Suburban Neighborhood - 4
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 51
Suburban Neighborhood - 6
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 49
Transitional Residential-1
- Max height
- 40 ft
Transitional Residential-2
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
Transitional Residential-3
General provisions
909 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
These requirements apply to the following zoning districts: Transit Related Center (TRC), Urban Employment (UE), Town Center (TC), Transition Community Center (TCC), and Planned Development-Rural Village (PD-RV). ... All off-street nonresidential parking must be located on the lot being served or on a separate lot or parcel 1/4-mile from the primary pedestrian entrance of the building that it serves.
These requirements apply to the following zoning districts: Transit Related Center (TRC), Urban Employment (UE), Town Center (TC), Transition Community Center (TCC), and Planned Development-Rural Village (PD-RV). ... All off-street nonresidential parking must be located on the lot being served or on a separate lot or parcel 1/4-mile from the primary pedestrian entrance of the building that it serves.
These requirements apply to the following zoning districts: Transit Related Center (TRC), Urban Employment (UE), Town Center (TC), Transition Community Center (TCC), and Planned Development-Rural Village (PD-RV). ... All off-street nonresidential parking must be located on the lot being served or on a separate lot or parcel 1/4-mile from the primary pedestrian entrance of the building that it serves.
Tandem parking (1 parking space behind another in a driveway) for each dwelling unit is permissible and both parking spaces count towards the minimum required spaces for residential dwelling units. Garage and driveway parking spaces count toward minimum required spaces for residential dwelling units, except as required in Section 7.06.11.D. Fully enclosed, dwelling unit specific garage spaces are calculated as 0.5 spaces. The following dwelling units must provide at least 0.5 spaces per dwelling unit as off lot parking spaces: a. Single-family detached on lots less than 5,000 square feet and lot widths of 50 feet or less; b. Single-family attached; and c. Stacked multifamily. Required off-lot parking must be located within 500 feet of the principal entrance of the dwelling unit being served. Available on-street parking spaces along the site's frontage count towards the minimum required spaces for residential dwelling units as follows: 1. On-street parking may account for up to 1 required parking spot if located within 500 feet of the principal entrance of the dwelling unit being served; 2. Streets must be designed pursuant to Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), County, and fire apparatus access standards to accommodate on-street parking; and 3. On-street parking on minor collector, major collector, minor arterial, or major arterial roads is ineligible for residential parking requirements. ... The following requirements apply to single-family detached dwellings in Suburban Zoning Districts. 1. All parking for vehicles in any lot must be on a paved parking surface. ... 2. The maximum amount of paved parking surface between the dwelling and any street must not exceed 30% of such area. ... 3. The maximum amount of paved parking surface between the dwelling and the rear lot line must not exceed 25% of such area. ... All single-family attached, single-family detached, and multifamily stacked dwellings must provide at least 50% of all required parking either on-lot or dedicated to the dwelling unit off-lot.
All structures requiring a building permit must be located on a lot that has direct access onto a public road, or a private road as specified in Section 7.07.01.C, sufficient for the admission of emergency vehicles, equipment, and personnel. ... New access points to major arterial, minor arterial, or major collector roads are limited to locations at existing median breaks, planned median breaks, or other locations approved by Loudoun County and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). ... Access to roads in the TC, CC, TCC, OP, IP, GI, MR-HI, PD-CC, and PD-AAAR Zoning Districts must be provided as follows: 1. Primary vehicular access must be from minor collector, major collector, or minor arterial roads; and 2. Local roads internal to the district must not connect to local roads outside the district in a manner that would enable their use by either cut-through or construction traffic. ... Direct access to Route 50 east of Northstar Boulevard in any zoning district is prohibited unless the subject property: a. Does not have legal access to any road or access easement other than Route 50; and b. Has legal access to the location of a planned Route 50 Parallel Road, as shown on the Countywide Transportation Plan. If direct access to Route 50 east of Northstar Boulevard is permitted: a. Access is limited to right-turn-in to and right-turn-out from Route 50 only as approved by VDOT; and b. Prior to approval of a Site Plan for these uses, property owners must execute and record an instrument ...
Access to roads in the TC, CC, TCC, OP, IP, GI, MR-HI, PD-CC, and PD-AAAR Zoning Districts must be provided as follows: 1. Primary vehicular access must be from minor collector, major collector, or minor arterial roads; and 2. Local roads internal to the district must not connect to local roads outside the district in a manner that would enable their use by either cut-through or construction traffic.
Access to roads in the TC, CC, TCC, OP, IP, GI, MR-HI, PD-CC, and PD-AAAR Zoning Districts must be provided as follows: 1. Primary vehicular access must be from minor collector, major collector, or minor arterial roads; and 2. Local roads internal to the district must not connect to local roads outside the district in a manner that would enable their use by either cut-through or construction traffic.
Access to roads in the TC, CC, TCC, OP, IP, GI, MR-HI, PD-CC, and PD-AAAR Zoning Districts must be provided as follows: 1. Primary vehicular access must be from minor collector, major collector, or minor arterial roads; and 2. Local roads internal to the district must not connect to local roads outside the district in a manner that would enable their use by either cut-through or construction traffic.
Access to roads in the TC, CC, TCC, OP, IP, GI, MR-HI, PD-CC, and PD-AAAR Zoning Districts must be provided as follows: 1. Primary vehicular access must be from minor collector, major collector, or minor arterial roads; and 2. Local roads internal to the district must not connect to local roads outside the district in a manner that would enable their use by either cut-through or construction traffic.
Access to roads in the TC, CC, TCC, OP, IP, GI, MR-HI, PD-CC, and PD-AAAR Zoning Districts must be provided as follows: 1. Primary vehicular access must be from minor collector, major collector, or minor arterial roads; and 2. Local roads internal to the district must not connect to local roads outside the district in a manner that would enable their use by either cut-through or construction traffic.
Access to roads in the TC, CC, TCC, OP, IP, GI, MR-HI, PD-CC, and PD-AAAR Zoning Districts must be provided as follows: 1. Primary vehicular access must be from minor collector, major collector, or minor arterial roads; and 2. Local roads internal to the district must not connect to local roads outside the district in a manner that would enable their use by either cut-through or construction traffic.
Access to roads in the TC, CC, TCC, OP, IP, GI, MR-HI, PD-CC, and PD-AAAR Zoning Districts must be provided as follows: 1. Primary vehicular access must be from minor collector, major collector, or minor arterial roads; and 2. Local roads internal to the district must not connect to local roads outside the district in a manner that would enable their use by either cut-through or construction traffic.
Access to roads in the TC, CC, TCC, OP, IP, GI, MR-HI, PD-CC, and PD-AAAR Zoning Districts must be provided as follows: 1. Primary vehicular access must be from minor collector, major collector, or minor arterial roads; and 2. Local roads internal to the district must not connect to local roads outside the district in a manner that would enable their use by either cut-through or construction traffic.
Access to roads in the TC, CC, TCC, OP, IP, GI, MR-HI, PD-CC, and PD-AAAR Zoning Districts must be provided as follows: 1. Primary vehicular access must be from minor collector, major collector, or minor arterial roads; and 2. Local roads internal to the district must not connect to local roads outside the district in a manner that would enable their use by either cut-through or construction traffic.
New development must provide for existing and future road connections to adjacent developable or re-developable parcels as required pursuant to Section 7.07.02.C. ... Within the TRC, UE, and TC Zoning Districts, road pattern and distance between intersections must meet the requirements provided in Table 7.07.02-1. ... Within the SN-4, SN-6, TR, TSN, TCN, TCC, JLMA-1, JLMA-2, and JLMA-3 Zoning Districts, the following also applies: 1. A dead-end road ending in a cul-de-sac or a 'P-loop' road is only permitted to avoid natural, environmental, and heritage resources. If a private road ends in a dead end, then a cul-de-sac is not permitted; and 2. Provide 'T' intersections in locations where views of civic, public, or open space areas can be highlighted.
Within the TRC, UE, and TC Zoning Districts, road pattern (see Figure 7.07.02-1) and distance between intersections must meet the requirements provided in Table 7.07.02-1.
Within the TRC, UE, and TC Zoning Districts, road pattern (see Figure 7.07.02-1) and distance between intersections must meet the requirements provided in Table 7.07.02-1.
Within the TRC, UE, and TC Zoning Districts, road pattern (see Figure 7.07.02-1) and distance between intersections must meet the requirements provided in Table 7.07.02-1.
Table 7.07.02-1 includes PD-MUB with n/a for distance between intersections and road pattern Gridiron, Rectilinear.
Within the SN-4, SN-6, TR, TSN, TCN, TCC, JLMA-1, JLMA-2, and JLMA-3 Zoning Districts, the following also applies: 1. A dead-end road ending in a cul-de-sac or a 'P-loop' road is only permitted to avoid natural, environmental, and heritage resources. If a private road ends in a dead end, then a cul-de-sac is not permitted; and 2. Provide 'T' intersections in locations where views of civic, public, or open space areas can be highlighted.
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