Dumfries, Virginia · District
R-2
Residential, General District
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right10
Conditional / special use4
Accessory1
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase to 45 ft with increased side yards45 ft
The height limit for dwellings may be increased up to 45 feet, provided each side yard is ten feet plus one foot of additional side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
Other
- Maximum floor area for home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there.25 pct
Not more than 25 percent of the floor area of the dwelling unit is used.
- Minimum floor areaMinimum floor areaThe smallest dwelling the district permits, in square feet of living space. per duplexTwo-family dwellingTwo dwelling units in one building — a duplex. unit800 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No duplex shall contain less than 800 square feet of habitable floor space per dwelling unit.
- Common party wall required
The dwelling units of a duplex shall share a common party wall that is continuous through the structure.
- Accessory useAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
No accessory use may be closer than five feet to any party lot line.
From the ordinance
The minimum lot area for any dwelling unit or principal building or structure in this district shall be 10,000 square feet. Structures shall be located 30 feet or more from any street or highway right-of-way.