Luray, Virginia · District
R-2
Medium-density residential district R-2
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right9
Conditional / special use4
Accessory1
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building over one story setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from lot line10 ft
Accessory buildings over one story in height shall be at least ten feet from any lot line.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line5 ft
No accessory building may be closer than five feet to any property line.
- Corner lot minimum width at setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. line100 ft
Each corner lot shall have a minimum width at the setback line of 100 feet.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. without public sewer15,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For lots not served by public sewerage systems the minimum lot area shall be 15,000 square feet.
From the ordinance
For lots served by public water and sewage disposal or only public sewage disposal, the minimum lot area shall be 10,000 square feet... All structures shall be located at least 35 feet from the front lot line... Buildings may be erected up to two and one-half stories but not to exceed 35 feet in height.