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Spotsylvania County Unincorporated, Virginia · District

O-2

Offices 2 District
CommercialOfficeAll Spotsylvania County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

O-2 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 40 ftRear 25 ftMin width 100 ftMIN LOT AREA20,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT55 ftMAX FAR1MIN OPEN SPACE15%
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.46 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
100 ft

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
40 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
55 ft
Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
1
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
15%

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Two-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Three-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Four-plus family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

Uses

Permitted by right23

Conditional / special use18

Accessory1

  • Accessory uses as permitted by article 5, division 3

Extracted standards

1 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • Maximum commercial uses within office building30 pct

    Convenience store, eating establishment, eating establishment carry out/fast food, personal service establishment, repair service establishment, retail sales establishment, or a combination thereof located within an office building shall be limited to no more than thirty (30) percent of the gross floor area of the office building.

From the ordinance

Min lot area 20,000 sqft, min lot width 100 ft. Max height 55 ft. Front 40, rear 25, side no requirement. FAR 1.00. Open space 15%.
Sec. 23-6.16.5 - 23-6.16.7