Lovettsville, Virginia · District

R-3

R-3 Residential District

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Dimensional standards

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.

Uses

Permitted by right1

Centralized parking areas are encouraged throughout the town center with shared parking areas between similar uses.

Extracted standards

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

Other

Accessory structure height
No accessory structure shall exceed the height of the principal structure.
Accessory structure setback for height ≤10 ft5 ft
Accessory structures not exceeding ten feet in height may be located not less than five feet from a side or rear property line.
Maximum length/width ratio3 ratio
Length/width ratio: 3.0:1 maximum.
Underground utilities required
All public utilities located within the R-3 zoning district shall be located underground.

From the ordinance

Size: 6,000 square feet, minimum, exclusive of floodplain and wetlands. Width: The minimum lot width measured at the front setback line shall be 50 feet. Front yard: Structures shall be located not less than 20 feet nor more than 40 feet from any street right-of-way. Side yards: The minimum total width of the side yards for the main structure shall be 18 feet, with a minimum side setback of eight feet. Rear yard: Main structures shall have a minimum rear setback of 25 feet. Building height: 35 feet maximum for single-family detached dwellings; 30 feet maximum for all other buildings and structures. Minimum open space area: A minimum of 25 percent of the net site area shall be provided as open space for all development projects creating more than 5 lots. Lot coverage: The lot coverage by all buildings on a lot shall not exceed 45 percent of the total lot area.
Sec 42-236 R-3 Residential District

Use details

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  "dropped_conditions": {
    "accessory_uses": [
      "**Length/width ratio:** 3.0:1 maximum.",
      "**Minimum open space area:** A minimum of 25 percent of the net site area shall be provided as open space for all develo",
      "**Lot coverage:** The lot coverage by all buildings on a lot shall not exceed 45 percent of the total lot area.",
      "**Use ratio:** Land area of the total nonresidential uses (includes nursing home or extended care facility; commercial; "
    ],
    "permitted_uses": [
      "The principal entrances to all buildings in the town center core shall be from the front sidewalk, public plaza or town ",
      "Parking areas for nonresidential uses shall be located a minimum of 25 feet from the front property line.",
      "Pedestrian linkages shall be established within and between blocks in the town center and between the town center and su",
      "Sidewalks shall be provided adjacent to all streets. Sidewalks shall be a minimum of six feet in width in the town cente",
      "All off-street parking lots shall be landscaped in accordance with section 42-363 and shall not interfere with the reaso",
      "Landscaping, buffering and screening shall be used to screen outdoor storage, areas for collection of refuse, loading ar",
      "At least 25 percent of the town center residential area shall be reserved for open space and recreation available to the",
      "Street planning and site planning shall promote pedestrian circulation within the proposed development providing connect",
      "The maximum residential development potential of the town center residential area shall be calculated based upon a densi",
      "Organizations shall not be dissolved nor shall they dispose of any common open space except to an organization establish",
      "No common open space shall be denuded, defaced or otherwise disturbed without prior approval of the town council. This r",
      "Any private streets created by this chapter shall provide appropriate vehicular and pedestrian access for abutting lot o",
      "The developer shall submit with the application for preliminary plat or development plan approval a fiscal plan for a mi"
    ],
    "conditional_uses": [
      "**Architectural design.** Building materials and architectural scales are encouraged to be based on historical examples "
    ]
  }
}

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