R-3
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right6
- single detached dwelling
- multiple family dwelling (apartment)
- townhouse
- public service corporation transmission lines, poles, pipes, meters, transformers and other facilities necessary for the transmission and maintenance of public service utilities
- home occupation as defined
- solar energy system (roof-mounted only)
Conditional / special use6
- agriculture exclusive of keeping of livestock or poultry
- hospital, clinic, and nursing home
- professional office (limited)
- water and sewage treatment or distribution facilities where required by state and/or federal regulations
- club and lodge, without overnight lodging
- small wind energy system
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exception for spires, belfries, etc.25 ft
Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, fire towers, chimneys, flues, television antennae, and radio aerials may exceed the height limitation by 25 feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public/semipublic buildings60 ft
A public or semipublic building such as a school, church, library or hospital may be erected to a height of 60 feet from the average adjacent ground elevation
- Maximum parapet wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above building4 ft
Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line10 ft
All accessory buildings must be located ten feet or more from any property line except that no accessory building may be located closer to the front of a lot than the main structure.
- Maximum townhousesTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. per grouping8 units
Not more than eight townhouses or attached dwelling units shall be included in any one grouping
- Maximum units per multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. building8 units
no more than eight dwelling units shall be included within any multiple-family dwelling, except affordable housing and/or senior housing not exceeding 60 dwelling units
- Maximum units per multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. building (affordable/senior)60 units
except affordable housing and/or senior housing not exceeding 60 dwelling units may be included within a multiple-family dwelling
- Minimum entrance spacing on Virginia primary road600 ft
The centerline of any entrance onto a Virginia primary road shall be 600 feet or more from the centerline of any adjacent entrance
- Minimum entrance spacing on U.S. Route 29900 ft
The centerline of any entrance onto U.S. Route 29 shall be 900 feet or more from the centerline of any adjacent entrance
From the ordinance
No development within this district shall have a density greater than eight dwelling units per gross acre of site area nor shall buildings on any parcel within this district cover more than 35 percent of the total lot area.