Lovettsville
Zoning districts
12 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
3Community Commercial District
- Min lot
- 2,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 5 ft
Mixed Use Business District
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
Commercial And Limited Industrial/Flex District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
Other
6Residential
3General provisions
109 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
No trucks with rated capacity of 1½ tons or greater, or with a bed the size of seven feet wide, nine feet long and six feet wide, or greater, shall be parked in any residential district in any location.
The following standards shall apply to large lot communities: ... The minimum lot size within the large lot community is 8,000 square feet, exclusive of floodplain and wetlands, and the average lot size within the community shall not be less than 12,000 square feet.
The total number of lots permitted in any large lot community shall not exceed 25. ... The minimum lot size within the large lot community is 8,000 square feet ... The minimum lot width at the front setback line shall be 80 feet. A front yard setback of at least 25 feet ... The minimum total width of side yards shall be 25 feet, with a minimum side setback of 12 feet. A minimum rear yard of 25 feet ... Building height: 30 feet maximum. ... Lot coverage: the aggregate lot coverage by all buildings shall not exceed 3,000 square feet.
Model homes are permitted subject to the following provisions: ... Two off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the lot where the use is located for the public and these spaces include the required handicapped space.
Two off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the lot where the use is located for the public and these spaces include the required handicapped space. ... The use may be located in any zoning district that includes a residential use, provided such use is located within the recorded subdivision it serves.
The purpose of the Retirement Community District is to provide housing and related professional office, commercial uses; facilities and amenities for older persons (55 years of age or older) in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Fair Housing Law
The purpose of the Retirement Community District is to provide housing and related professional office, commercial uses; facilities and amenities for older persons (55 years of age or older) ... Minimum district size: Five acres. ... Maximum building height: Single-family detached, semi-detached, and attached residential dwelling units: 35 feet. Office, commercial, nursing homes, assisted living facility, institutional and multifamily residential structures: 40 feet. ... Open space: A minimum of 25 percent of the net acreage of the entire development shall be provided as open space. ... Use ratio: Land area of the total nonresidential uses ... may not exceed ten percent of the gross acreage of the project.
This district is established to provide for a compatible mixture of commercial, cultural, institutional, governmental, and residential uses in a compact pedestrian oriented traditional town center.
A T-C district consists of an area of not less than 20 contiguous acres. ... Lot coverage within the town center residential area shall not exceed 40 percent of the total lot area. Building height: Nonresidential buildings may be erected up to 35 feet in height from grade. Residential buildings may be erected up to 35 feet in height from grade except that no accessory structure shall be more than 15 feet in height without a conditional use permit. ... At least 25 percent of the town center residential area shall be reserved for open space and recreation available to the general public. ... The maximum residential development potential of the town center residential area shall be calculated based upon a density of four dwelling units per net acre, excluding roads and floodplain.
This district is created to permit development of communities on infill parcels in order to create diversity in housing stock compatible with the pattern of existing facing houses of surrounding neighborhoods.
The minimum district size shall be five contiguous acres and the maximum shall be seven contiguous acres. ... The lot coverage by all buildings on a lot shall not exceed 45 percent of the total lot area. Building height: 35 feet maximum for single-family detached dwellings; 30 feet maximum for all other buildings and structures, provided that no accessory structure shall exceed 15 feet in height except as approved by conditional use permit. ... No more than 25 percent of the total number of houses of a subdivision shall be of this building type (duplex vertical).
All commercial and industrial uses shall be subject to the following standards: (a) Lighting requirements... (b) Hours of operation... (c) Outdoor storage...
Public facilities may be located within any zoning district in the Town of Lovettsville, subject to Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2232 and this chapter.
Public facilities may be located within any zoning district in the Town of Lovettsville, subject to Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2232 and this chapter.
Any use which is established, expanded or changed shall be required to provide the minimum number of off-street parking areas as specified in this section.
Any use which is established, expanded or changed shall be required to provide the minimum number of off-street parking areas as specified in this section.
On the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof, the use of which customarily involves the receipt or distribution by vehicles of goods, materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space based upon the maximum number of vehicles normally loading or unloading at any one time for standing, turning, loading, and unloading services in order to avoid interface with public use of the streets and alleys. With the exception of residential uses, at least one, but not more than five, off-street loading spaces shall be required.
On the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof, the use of which customarily involves the receipt or distribution by vehicles of goods, materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space based upon the maximum number of vehicles normally loading or unloading at any one time for standing, turning, loading, and unloading services in order to avoid interface with public use of the streets and alleys. With the exception of residential uses, at least one, but not more than five, off-street loading spaces shall be required.
At street intersections, there shall be an area of unobstructed vision. Such area shall be a triangle having sides at least 25 feet in length along the lot lines which extend from the point of intersection of the street rights-of-way and the hypotenuse shall be the line of sight between the end points. There shall be no planting, fence or other obstruction to vision more than two feet high within this triangle.
At street intersections, there shall be an area of unobstructed vision. Such area shall be a triangle having sides at least 25 feet in length along the lot lines which extend from the point of intersection of the street rights-of-way and the hypotenuse shall be the line of sight between the end points. There shall be no planting, fence or other obstruction to vision more than two feet high within this triangle.
Source documents
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