Petersburg, Virginia · District

R-5

Multiple Dwelling District

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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: 5,000 sq ft

Height & bulk

Maximum height: 150 ft

Uses

Permitted by right6

Multiple-family dwellings
Private clubs, fraternities, sororities, and lodges (except those the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a business)
Parking areas (ground level)
Accessory buildings and uses not otherwise prohibited
Nonprofit religious, educational and philanthropic institutions
Any use permitted in the R-1 and R-3 districts

Conditional / special use16

airports and landing fields
circus or carnival grounds
drive-in theater
fairgrounds
hospitals or sanitariums
cemetery
sports arena or stadium
race track
radio or television tower or broadcasting station
homeless shelter
child care centers
bed and breakfast inn
boarding, rooming, or lodging houses
convalescent and nursing homes
short-term rental
communication towers

Accessory1

Accessory buildings and uses

From the ordinance

"R-5" MULTIPLE DWELLING DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Article 10