Front Royal
Zoning districts
10 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
3Community Business District
- Min lot
- 7,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 5 ft
- Permitted uses
- 47
Downtown Business District
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Permitted uses
- 39
Highway Corridor Business District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 45
Industrial
2Residential
4R-1
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 12
R-1A
- Min lot
- 5,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 11
R-2
- Min lot
- 8,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 13
R-3
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 18
General provisions
76 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
All proposed improvements shall be designed in accordance with the requirements of Article 8, Design Standards, and other applicable sections of this ordinance.
Centerline grades for all streets shall not exceed ten percent (10%). The grade of cul-de-sac turnarounds shall not exceed four percent (4%).
each lot shall have a minimum frontage of fifty (50) feet on said street
Connection to the Town sanitary sewer system shall be required, if available.
Streetlights shall be spaced at a maximum of three hundred (300) feet apart and staggered on opposite sides of the street
No finished slopes are to be created with a final grade greater than fifteen percent (15%) unless deemed feasible by a geotechnical report.
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with this subsection on every lot or parcel on which any use is established or expanded.
Off-street parking shall not be required on any lot fronting on that portion of Main Street which extends from Royal Avenue to Happy Creek or upon that portion of Jackson Street which extends between South Royal Avenue and Church Street.
Off-street parking requirements shall be waived by the Zoning Administrator for expansion of an existing use for any property located within the Historic Front Royal District where the following criteria are met: ...
Loading areas shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet wide and fifty-five (55) feet in length, with a minimum clear height of fifteen (15) feet.
New or replacement mobile homes, as defined, are not permitted in the Town.
Structures shall be located one hundred (100) feet or more from any street right-of-way. The maximum building coverage shall be twelve percent (12%). Buildings may be erected up to four (4) stories, but not to exceed fifty-five (55) feet in height.
Structures shall be located fifty (50) feet or more from any street right-of-way... The maximum building coverage shall be twenty-five percent (25%). Buildings may be erected up to three and one-half (3½) stories, but not to exceed forty-five (45) feet in height.
Each Bed and Breakfast shall be allowed one (1) on-premises sign no larger than two feet by two feet (2' x 2').
The use shall be clearly incidental to the principal use of the property for residential purposes and shall not change the exterior appearance of the dwelling unit, or change the character of the neighborhood.
A minimum area of two thousand (2,000) square feet shall be provided for each temporary construction trailer space.
The Town Council in its discretion may grant a special permit for approval not to exceed one (1) year for the use of a temporary trailer or a temporary manufactured home for specified nonresidential purposes related to the following permitted uses:
In Residential Districts and commercial business districts no more than one (1) portable storage container shall be allowed on a lot of record, and for no longer than a total of thirty (30) days in any consecutive twelve-month period.
All appliances for dispensing gasoline installed outside of enclosed buildings shall be located not less than fourteen (14) feet from any property line adjoining the public street
No more than one (1) inoperative motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, as defined by Code of Virginia § 46.1-1, which is inoperative, shall be kept outside a completely enclosed building on any property zoned for residential or commercial purposes.
Source documents
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- CHAPTER IX. - ZONING1.3K charsRead →
- Chapter 148 - SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT260.5K charsRead →
- Chapter 175 - ZONING595.6K charsRead →