Purcellville
Zoning districts
14 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
3Residential
10R-15 multi-family apartment building residential
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 15 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 3
R-2 single-family detached residential low density
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
R-3 single-family detached residential medium density
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
R-8 single-family attached residential
- Min lot
- 2,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
General provisions
335 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Short-term rentals are permitted as an accessory use to a dwelling unit, as defined in Section 3.4, provided the following conditions are met
Short-term rentals are permitted as an accessory use to a dwelling unit... provided the following conditions are met: ... Zoning permit required... maximum occupancy... parking... limitation on nights...
Overlay districts in Article 4 are zoning districts that overlap and overlay applicable underlying zoning districts... uses allowed only to the extent such uses are allowed by the underlying zoning district.
No property shall be used for any purpose other than for such purpose permitted by the base district in which the property is located.
The purpose of the Hirst West Overlay District is to encourage opportunities for new light industrial and business infill development...
No property shall be used for any purpose other than for such purpose permitted by the base district in which the property is located.
The West End Overlay District regulations are intended to encourage a small-scale, diverse, walkable commercial area with limited residential uses...
These provisions shall apply to all privately and publicly owned lands within the Town of Purcellville and identified as special flood hazard area (SFHA) according to the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) that is provided to Loudoun County and the Town of Purcellville by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The floodplain overlay district is hereby established as an overlay district...
New construction or substantial improvement of any commercial, industrial, or nonresidential building (or manufactured home) shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to or above the base flood level.
The floodplain overlay district is hereby established as an overlay district, meaning that it is a district overlaid upon other districts as shown on the official zoning map, and as such, the provisions for the floodplain overlay district shall serve as a supplement to the underlying district provisions.
The architectural control overlay district (ACOD) consists of all land areas in the town that are zoned other than residential. In addition, any lot, parcel or area of land within any area zoned for residences, which is used for other than residences, or which is the subject of an application for a special use permit, special exception or building involving any such other use, is also considered to be part of the architectural control overlay district.
The building, lot, parcel or area of land is zoned for residence and is the subject of an application for a special use permit... or the building is located on a lot that abuts the historic corridor...
The architectural control overlay district (ACOD) consists of all land areas in the town that are zoned other than residential. In addition, any lot, parcel or area of land within any area zoned for residences, which is used for other than residences, or which is the subject of an application for a special use permit, special exception or building involving any such other use, is also considered to be part of the architectural control overlay district.
No structure or building within the historic corridor overlay district shall be erected, reconstructed, altered, restored, relocated or demolished, in whole or in part, unless and until a certificate of design approval authorizing such work shall have been approved.
Historic corridor overlay districts are hereby established upon and along the following streets in their entirety within the corporate limits of the Town of Purcellville: Main Street (Route 7 Business), Route 287, Route 690 North (23rd and 21st Street), Route 690 South (32nd Street), Route 1604 (21st Street between Main and 23rd Streets).
No principal building historic resource may be demolished... unless and until a certificate of design approval authorizing such work has been approved by the BAR.
Properties comprising the HPOD include every property with the Purcellville National Register Historic District on which a known and surveyed principal building historic resource outside of the HCOD is located.
The downtown north overlay district shall be comprised of mixed-use neighborhood scale, commercial neighborhood scale, and institutional and government land use types...
The downtown north overlay district shall be comprised of mixed-use neighborhood scale, commercial neighborhood scale, and institutional and government land use types...
Source documents
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