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Lynchburg, Virginia · District

R-4

R-4
ResidentialAll Lynchburg districts0

Dimensional standards

R-4 lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA2,000 sq ftMAX DENSITY21.78 du/ac
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 areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
2,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Density

Maximum density
21.78 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.

Uses

Permitted by right1

Conditional / special use1

Accessory5

Prohibited1

  • commercial vehicles requiring Class A/B license or hazardous materials

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

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
Sec. 35.2-71.13, 35.2-71.16, 35.2-72.13