Orange County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
R-2
General Residential District
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right7
- Single-family dwelling
- Two-family dwelling
- Short-term lodging facility
- Place of worship
- Public use such as school, park, library, fire and rescue station
- Signs subject to sections 70-368 and 70-696 et seq.
- Accessory Apartment
Conditional / special use7
- Elder care center, day care center, or nursery school
- Keeping of animals other than household pets
- Office not exceeding 4,000 sqft
- Cultural use
- Institutional use
- Bed and breakfast inn
- Public utility facility
Accessory2
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Digital sign area for civic organizations16 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Signs with a digital display area of up to sixteen (16) square feet per side or less are allowed when used by a civic organization to replace an existing sign.
- Maximum total permanent sign area6 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The total area of permanent signs on any lot shall be six square feet or less.
- Maximum monument/pylon sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft
Monument signs and pylon signs shall be eight feet or less in height.
From the ordinance
In the general residential district, the minimum lot area shall be 40,000 square feet where no community water/sewer... minimum lot frontage 70 feet... structures 40 feet or less.