Prince William County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
16 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
3General Business District
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 65
Neighborhood Business District
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 50
Convenience Retail District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 55 ft
- Permitted uses
- 26
Industrial
2Residential
8R-16 Suburban Residential District
- Max density
- 16 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 5
Residential District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
R-30 Urban Residential District
- Max density
- 30 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-4 District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 4 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-6 District
- Max density
- 6 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 4
Semi-Rural Residential District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 6
Semi-Rural Residential District
- Min lot
- 130,680 sq ft (3 ac)
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 0.33 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 6
Semi-Rural Residential District
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Max density
- 0.2 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 6
General provisions
581 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The lot shall be at least one-half acre in size, except as permitted in the A-1, Agricultural, Zoning District. Outside storage shall be prohibited.
The lot shall be at least one-half acre in size, except as permitted in the A-1, Agricultural, Zoning District.
A home employment use shall be conducted as an accessory use entirely within a single-family detached dwelling unit... Minimum lot size: 5,000 square feet.
Minimum lot size: 5,000 square feet. No more than one employee, who is not a family member residing in the dwelling unit shall be permitted for a dwelling on a lot which is less than 10,000 square feet.
The following uses shall be included in the approval of a cemetery without further zoning approval being required: all uses necessarily or customarily associated with interment of human remains, benches, ledges, walls, graves, roads, paths, landscaping, and soil storage consistent with federal, state, and local laws on erosion and sediment control.
Mobile homes, and the facilities necessary to operate a mobile home park, shall be permitted by right in the RMH District.
The minimum lot size for single-width mobile homes shall be 5,000 square feet, and for double-width mobile homes 7,500 square feet. The minimum lot width shall be 30 feet...
Minimum lot size 5,000 sq ft for single-width mobile homes; max density 6 du/ac; setbacks 25 ft from public road.
The R-U District is designed to provide for and encourage quality multifamily development at urban densities not less than 31 units per acre. The minimum density shall 31 dwellings per acre.
The R-U District is designed to provide for and encourage quality multifamily development at urban densities not less than 31 units per acre.
The overall population density permitted in a RPC District shall not exceed 11 persons per acre. Single-family dwellings shall be permitted in all density areas, provided that every single-family dwelling shall be constructed not less than ten feet from each lot line.
The overall population density permitted in a RPC District shall not exceed 11 persons per acre. Single-family dwellings shall be permitted in all density areas, provided that every single-family dwelling shall be constructed not less than ten feet from each lot line.
The PMR District is intended to promote residential development... Housing unit types shall be permitted in any combination in accordance with the schedule in section 32-306.10.
Except for corner lots, as part of an application for rezoning, the Board of County Supervisors may consider a request for a reduction in the required ten-foot side setback to no less than five feet.
A minimum of 30 percent of the total PMR area shall be designated for open space.
A minimum of 30 percent of the total PMR area shall be designated for open space.
Buildings in this zone are generally up to three stories. Transect 2 allows for a residential density of 0—4 du/acre and non-residential density of 0—0.23 FAR. At least 20 percent of the total lot area shall be maintained as open space in the MXD-N.
Transect 2 allows for a residential density of 0—4 du/acre and non-residential density of 0—0.23 FAR.
Buildings in this zone are generally expected to be up to four stories. Transect 3 allows for a residential density of 4—12 du/acre and non-residential density of up to 0.57 FAR. Transect 4 allows for a residential density of 8—24 du/acre and non-residential density of up to 0.1.38 FAR. At least 20 percent of the total lot area shall be maintained as open space in the MXD-C.
Transect 4 allows for a residential density of 8—24 du/acre and non-residential density of up to 0.1.38 FAR.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.