R-3
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right16
- Any use permitted by right in R-1 and R-2 districts
- Dwelling units occupied by a family or not more than 4 persons
- Attached multiple-family buildings of not more than 12 units per building
- Attached townhouses of not more than 8 units
- College and university buildings and functions
- Hospitals, convalescent or nursing homes, funeral homes, medical offices and professional offices
- Charitable or benevolent institutions
- Accessory buildings and uses clearly incidental
- Parking garages
- Child day care
- Adult day care
- Private clubs and golf courses
- Cemeteries
- Public uses
- Small cell facilities
- Homestays
Conditional / special use9
- Boarding and rooming houses
- Short-term rentals
- Reducing required parking areas
- Concealed wireless telecommunications facilities, industrial microcells, distributed antenna systems, and macrocells
- Personal service establishments
- Major family day home
- Walls and fences greater than the height otherwise permitted
- Public uses which deviate from requirements
- Recovery residence of more than 8 adults
Prohibited1
- Telecommunications towers (except towers for Harrisonburg-Rockingham Emergency Communications Center up to 200 ft)
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Antenna placement and heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
Attached or detached private radio and television antennas, including dish antennas, shall not exceed the maximum height permitted in this district and shall not be permitted in front yards.
- Front facade orientation
The front facade of each principal building shall face a dedicated public street or the limits of a private parking unit and no building shall have the rear facade facing a dedicated public street.
- Maximum units per building12 units
Attached multiple-family buildings of not more than twelve (12) units per building and attached townhouses of not more than eight (8) units.
- Minimum building separation20 ft
The open space between each building as measured at the closest point between building walls shall not be less than twenty (20) feet.
- Private refuse collection facilities
Private refuse collection facilities shall be provided at a designated point and shall meet the requirements in section 10-3-110(h).
- Walls and fences greater than permitted heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
Walls and fences greater than the height otherwise permitted require a special use permit.
Parking
Off-street parking regulations for all new buildings and uses permitted in this district are governed by article G.
From the ordinance
This article is applicable to multifamily buildings constructed by or with Comprehensive Site Plans approved before August 14, 2010. Effective this date, all other construction must comply with the provisions of article J.2.