Spotsylvania County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
R-2
Residential 2 (R-2) District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right8
- accessory uses, as permitted by article 5, division 3
- dwelling, single-family detached
- expansion of a place of worship, but not expansion of the seating capacity in the sanctuary of such place of worship
- expansion of a public school
- home enterprise in accordance with division 23-5.4A
- home occupation in accordance with division 23-5.4
- public facility/use
- quasi-public park, playground, athletic field and related facility
Conditional / special use15
- adult day care center
- assisted living facility
- bed and breakfast I
- bed and breakfast II
- child care center
- civic, social or fraternal facility
- community center
- home enterprise, inconsistent with the use allowed by-right herein
- nursing home
- place of worship
- private school
- public school
- public utility, light
- telecommunication tower
- wetland mitigation bank
Accessory1
- Accessory uses, as permitted by article 5, division 3
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Cluster subdivision density1 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
One (1) dwelling unit per gross acre in cluster subdivisions.
Other
- Cluster subdivision minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.15,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Single-family detached dwellings in cluster subdivisions: Fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet.
- Cluster subdivision minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.80 ft
Cluster subdivision: Eighty (80) feet.
- Cluster subdivision open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.30 pct
Cluster subdivision: Thirty (30) percent.
- Cluster subdivision yards
Cluster subdivision lot: Front yard: Twenty-five (25) feet. Side yard: Eight (8) feet, but a total minimum of twenty (20) feet. Rear yard: Twenty-five (25) feet.
From the ordinance
With public water and sewer: One (1) dwelling unit per one and one-half (1.5) gross acres and one (1) dwelling unit per gross acre in cluster subdivisions. Minimum lot area: Single-family detached dwellings with public water and sewer: One and one-half (1.5) acres. Minimum lot width: Conventional subdivision: One hundred (100) feet. Minimum yards: Front yard: Thirty (30) feet. Side yard: Ten (10) feet. Rear yard: Thirty-five (35) feet. Maximum height: Thirty-five (35) feet.