Spotsylvania County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
R-8
Residential 8 (R-8) District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right7
- accessory uses as permitted by article 5, division 2
- dwelling, single-family, attached
- 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 occupation in accordance with division 23-5.4
- public facility/use
- quasi-public park, playground, athletic field and related facility
Conditional / special use19
- 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
- convent, monastery, seminary, and nunnery
- dormitory, fraternity, sorority house, or other residence halls
- home enterprise in accordance with division 23-5.4A
- indoor commercial recreation/athletic facility
- nursing home
- outdoor sports and recreation, commercial
- place of worship
- private school
- public school
- public utility, light
- rooming/boarding houses
- wetland mitigation bank
Accessory1
- Accessory uses as permitted by article 5, division 2
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for other structures65 ft
All other structures: Sixty-five (65) feet.
Other
- Non-residential minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.12,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Non-residential uses: Twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.
- Non-residential minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
Non-residential uses: Interior lot: Seventy-five (75) feet. Corner lot: One hundred (100) feet.
- SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for other structures
All other structures: Front yard: Twenty (20) feet. Side yard: Ten (10) feet. Rear yard: Twenty-five (25) feet.
- Privacy yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. requirement200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A privacy yard, having a minimum area of two hundred (200) square feet, shall be provided on each lot.
From the ordinance
Eight (8) dwelling units per gross acre. A minimum of twenty-five (25) percent of the gross area shall be open space. Maximum building height: Single-family attached dwellings: Thirty-five (35) feet. Minimum yard requirements: Single-family attached dwellings: Front: Twenty (20) feet. Side: Ten (10) feet. Rear: Twenty (20) feet. Maximum floor area ratio: 0.55 for uses other than residential.