Leesburg
Zoning districts
16 districts, grouped by category.
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2Commercial
5Community (Downtown) Business District
- Max height
- 65 ft
- Front setback
- 1 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
Established Corridor Commercial District
Community Retail/Commercial District
Mixed-Use Business District
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
General Office District
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Other
1Residential
7Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 2
Residential District R-16
- Min lot
- 87,120 sq ft (2 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 8
Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 21,780 sq ft (0.5 ac)
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 2 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 2
Residential District R-22
- Min lot
- 87,120 sq ft (2 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 7
Residential District R-4
- Min lot
- 87,120 sq ft (2 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 27
Residential District R-6
- Min lot
- 87,120 sq ft (2 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 19
Residential District R-8
- Min lot
- 87,120 sq ft (2 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 9
General provisions
487 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Subject to the Virginia Property Maintenance Code limitations, the following shall not be included in the number of persons who might comprise a family; up to two persons who may be domestic workers (or one domestic worker and one minor child of the domestic worker), live-in companions to the elderly or disabled, or "au pair" employees.
Up to four persons not related to one another by blood, adoption, guardianship, or other duly-authorized custodial relationship
Not more than eight persons who are: 1. Residents of a residential facility as defined in Section 15.2.2291, Code of Virginia or; 2. Handicapped as defined in the Fair Housing Act
A child day program offered in the residence of the provider or the home of any of the children in care of one through 12 children under the age of 13, exclusive of the provider's own children and any children who reside in the home, when at least one child receives care for compensation.
A ratio of a site's building area to land area. It is calculated by dividing total gross floor area of all buildings on a lot measured to the outside of walls, by the total lot area. (For example, a 25,000 square foot building on a 100,000 square foot lot has an FAR of 0.25.)
Known as "condition: shall be determined as any tree rated at 40 percent or greater when the roots, trunk, scaffold branches, small branches and twigs, foliage and buds are evaluated and documented through field observations using the latest edition of the guide for Plant Appraisal condition rating guide.
A residential facility in which no more than eight (8) mentally ill, mentally retarded or developmentally disabled persons reside, with one or more resident counselors or other staff persons.
A residential facility in which no more than eight (8) mentally ill, mentally retarded or developmentally disabled persons reside, with one or more resident counselors or other staff persons.
A retail use in a structure with a gross floor area of at least 50,000 square feet in which a variety of building supplies, hardware, landscaping materials and household supplies and equipment are sold.
A retail use in a structure with a gross floor area of at least 50,000 square feet in which a variety of building supplies, hardware, landscaping materials and household supplies and equipment are sold.
Any use or establishment consisting of at least two (2) of the following uses: contractors offices and shops; establishments for production, processing, assembly, manufacturing, compounding, preparation, cleaning, servicing, testing, or repair of materials, goods or products; warehousing establishments; wholesale trade establishments; and offices; provided however that non-office use shall utilize at least 65% of the total gross floor area of the site.
Any use or establishment consisting of at least two (2) of the following uses: contractors offices and shops; establishments for production, processing, assembly, manufacturing, compounding, preparation, cleaning, servicing, testing, or repair of materials, goods or products; warehousing establishments; wholesale trade establishments; and offices; provided however that non-office use shall utilize at least 65% of the total gross floor area of the site.
A commercial facility for housing and feeding of transient quests in a building containing no more than fifteen (15) guest rooms without cooking facilities.
A commercial facility for housing and feeding of transient quests in a building containing no more than fifteen (15) guest rooms without cooking facilities.
Modifications to the design requirements of Secs. 7.10.5 Site Requirements, 7.10.6 Building Type Specifications, and 7.10.7 Building Materials and Other Requirements, which include landscaping, parking and loading, and architectural standards may be approved as part of a rezoning or special exception application by the Town Council.
General design, streetscape, and modification standards for the CD District.
Park, public | P
Park, public | P
Park, public | P; ground floor use requirement from 7.10.10.d
Nonresidential (FAR) None but ground floor limited to nonresidential use; 40% nonresidential GFA for rezoning with residential
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