Lynchburg, Virginia · District

R-1

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.

Lot

Minimum lot area: 7,500 sq ft

Density

Maximum density: 5.8 du/acre

Uses

Permitted by right1

short term rental

Conditional / special use2

Accessory6

That they will improve the ability of the hospital to function and provide community service.
That all potential adverse effects emanating from such uses are prevented.
Staff residences (single-household, multi-household, dormitory).
Schools (medical, nursing, patient rehabilitation).
Recreation facilities (gymnasium, swimming pool, tennis courts).
Research laboratories.

Prohibited2

Extracted standards

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

Other

Commercial vehicles prohibited
No commercial vehicle requiring a Class A or Class B license to operate, or that carries hazardous materials may be parked or stored in a R-1, R-2, R-3 or R-4 district.

From the ordinance

No lot, building or structure shall be used ... for any industrial manufacturing, trade or commercial purposes except as authorized in section 35.2-71 for a home occupation. ... No commercial vehicle requiring a Class A or Class B license ... may be parked or stored in a R-1, R-2, R-3 or R-4 district. ... Short Term Rentals ... shall be a use permitted by right in the R-C, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, B-1, B-3, B-4, B-5 and IN-2 Districts ... Manufactured home communities ... may be permitted in the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, and IN-2 districts by conditional use permit ... Museums ... are permitted by conditional use permit in R-C, R-1 and R-2 districts
Sec. 35.2-71.9, 35.2-71.13, 35.2-71.16, 35.2-72.13, 35.2-72.14