Falls Church, Virginia · District

R-1A

Low density residential district
ResidentialSingle FamilyAll Falls Church districts0

Dimensional standards

R-1A lot requirementsSTREETFront 30 ftRear 40 ftSide 15 ftMin width 75 ftMIN LOT AREA11,250 sq ftMAX HEIGHT25 ft / 2.5 storiesMAX LOT COVERAGE35%MAX DENSITY10 du/acMAX IMPERVIOUS35%MIN OPEN SPACE12%
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.

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Extracted standards

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

Design

  • Dwelling orientation

    One-family principal dwellings shall be located so that the front of the dwelling is oriented toward the front setback and street; the side of the dwelling toward the side setback and the rear of the dwelling toward the rear setback.

Height

Lot

Other

  • Maximum density for cottage development

    The proposed development has a density of no more than the amount of the total site size divided by 10,000 multiplied by two. Only whole units, rounded down, permitted by the calculation may be constructed. No more than 18 dwelling units may be constructed in a single cottage housing development.

  • No building in the proposed development will exceed 1½ stories or be more than 25 feet in height.

  • The cottage housing development shall have a maximum building coverage of 25 percent and a maximum impervious surface coverage of 35 percent.

  • Pervious surface reduction25 pct

    For purposes of calculating impervious lot coverage, uncovered driveways, walks and patios using pervious materials shall be reduced by up to 25 percent of the entire pervious surface area.

From the ordinance

For one-family dwellings: 11,250 sq ft. Front yard 30 ft, side yard 15 ft, rear yard 40 ft. Max height 35 ft or 2.5 stories. Max lot coverage 25%.
Sec. 48-234 through 48-241