Orange County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
R-4
Multifamily Residential District
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right9
- Single-family dwellings
- Two-family dwellings
- Multifamily dwellings
- Elder care center, child day care center, or nursery school
- Place of worship
- Public uses such as school, park, library or fire/rescue station
- Recreational, administrative and service facilities integral to housing complex
- Signs subject to sections 70-431 and 70-696 et seq.
- Accessory Apartment
Conditional / special use6
- Housing for the elderly or disabled at density up to 25 du/ac (with proximity to services)
- Two or more new manufactured units meeting HUD/CABO standards with site-built amenities
- Nursing home
- Professional office
- Retail store not exceeding 4,000 sqft
- Public utility facility
Accessory2
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum distance between apartmentMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. buildings1.5 times heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
The space between buildings in an apartment complex shall not be less than 1.5 times the height of the taller of the buildings if windows exist in one or both facing walls.
- Minimum playground area10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each project shall provide at least two playgrounds, and no playground shall be less than 10,000 square feet in area.
Signage
- Maximum pylon sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft
Pylon signs shall be eight feet or less in height.
- MultifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. sign area per building frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.0.5 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. per linear ft
The total area of permanent signs on any lot occupied by multifamily dwellings shall be one square foot of sign area for every two linear feet of building frontage.
- Maximum sign area for non-multifamily lots10 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 not occupied by multifamily dwellings shall be limited to ten square feet.
From the ordinance
In the multifamily residential district, the minimum area for a multifamily project shall be five acres. The maximum density shall be eight units per gross acre... structures shall be 50 feet or less in height.