Luray, Virginia · District
R-3
High-density residential district R-3
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right11
Conditional / special use10
Accessory1
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Additional lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.3,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
plus 3,000 square feet for each additional dwelling unit
Other
- 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 line1 ft
No accessory building may be closer than one foot to any property line.
- Two-family side-by-side minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. per unit5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
For two-family dwellings arranged side-by-side, each unit shall be assigned 5,000 square feet on the lot.
From the ordinance
For lots served by public water and sewage disposal or only with public sewer, the minimum lot area shall be 7,000 square feet, plus 3,000 square feet for each additional dwelling unit... Buildings may be erected up to two and one-half stories but not to exceed 35 feet in height.