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Municipality · Virginia

Purcellville

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14
Districts
349
Extracted rules
1,235
Standards
16
Chapters read
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Zoning districts

14 districts, grouped by category.

Commercial

3
C-1Commercial

C-1 professional office

Purcellville, VA
Min lot
20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
30 ft
Permitted uses
4
C-2Commercial
Purcellville, VA
C-3Commercial
Purcellville, VA

Mixed use

1
C-4Mixed use

C-4 Mixed-Use Neighborhood Scale

Purcellville, VA
Max height
45 ft
Front setback
25 ft
Permitted uses
8

Residential

10
R-1Residential
Purcellville, VA
R-10Residential
Purcellville, VA
R-15Residential

R-15 multi-family apartment building residential

Purcellville, VA
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-16Residential
Purcellville, VA
R-2Residential

R-2 single-family detached residential low density

Purcellville, VA
Min lot
15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
25 ft
Permitted uses
3
R-20Residential
Purcellville, VA
R-3Residential

R-3 single-family detached residential medium density

Purcellville, VA
Min lot
10,000 sq ft
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
25 ft
Permitted uses
3
R-4Residential
Purcellville, VA
R-5Residential
Purcellville, VA
R-8Residential

R-8 single-family attached residential

Purcellville, VA
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.

Sec. 6.8(2)(d)2 standards

Light poles shall be no greater than 20 feet in a residential district or mixed-use district, nor 25 feet in a commercial or industrial district.

Sec. 6.9(3)1 standards

Uses subject to Group I and Group II standards shall not produce glare so as to cause illumination in R districts in excess of 0.5 foot-candles.

Sec. 6.9(4)

Uses subject to the International Commission on Illumination Group I and Group II standards shall limit the use of light sources and illumination surfaces which are located in or are within 500 feet of and visible within any R district so as to comply with the light intensities indicated in Table III below

Sec. 7.12 standards

Adequate outfall means a natural or manmade channel or pipe capable of conveying the runoff from a two-year design storm without overtopping its banks or eroding after development of the site in question.

Sec. 7.1.622 standards

For the purpose of these regulations, an off-street parking space is an all-weather surfaced area not in a street or alley and having an area of not less than 162 square feet (nine feet in width and 18 feet in length minimum)...

Sec. 7.25 standards

For the purpose of these regulations, each loading space required by this section shall be at least 12 feet wide by 25 feet long (or deep), with at least 14 feet of overhead clearance. Each loading space shall have adequate, unobstructed means for the ingress and egress of vehicles, and a minimum aisle width of 22 feet.

Sec. 7.3.12 standards

When provided, bicycle parking serving the residents of a multi-family building shall comply with the following regulations: (1) Bicycle parking areas shall be covered from the elements, or located indoors. (2) ... (3) Bicycle parking areas not located within a primary building shall be located within 50 feet of building entrances...

Sec. 7.3.22 standards

When bicycle parking is provided to serve any use other than residences, the following rules shall apply: (1) Bicycle parking areas shall be provided within 50 feet of a building's entrance... (2) For open uses... within 15 feet of any sidewalks...

Sec. 7.3.24 standards

Bicycle parking areas shall be provided within 50 feet of a building's entrance and shall be located as to not avoid impeding the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

Sec. 7.4.1 and 7.4.27 standards

The parking or storage of major recreational equipment... shall be permitted as an accessory use in all residential districts, subject to... (a) Such major recreational equipment shall not exceed 28 feet in length, eight feet in width, and ten feet in height... (e) Such major recreational equipment shall not be parked or stored in the front yard in any residential district. The parking of any commercial vehicle in any residential district is prohibited, except a commercial vehicle of not more than two and one-half ton capacity...

Sec. 7.4.1(1)8 standards

The parking or storage of major recreational equipment... shall be permitted as an accessory use in all residential districts, subject to regulations.

Sec. 7.4.1(2)3 standards

The parking or storage of major recreational equipment... shall only be permitted as a primary or accessory use in accordance with the regulations or Article 3: Use

Sec. 7.4.23 standards

The parking of any commercial vehicle in any residential district is prohibited, except a commercial vehicle of not more than two and one-half ton capacity... may be parked in an enclosed garage

Sec. 8.10(5)10 standards

Residential signs. General regulations for signs on residential lots.

Sec. 8.10(6)7 standards

In the C-1, IB, MC districts the total square footage of wall signs on any front wall shall not exceed one square foot of area for every one foot of building frontage up to a maximum of 60 square feet.

Sec. 8.10(6)7 standards

In the C-1, IB, MC districts the total square footage of wall signs on any front wall shall not exceed one square foot of area for every one foot of building frontage up to a maximum of 60 square feet.

Sec. 8.10, 8.1130 standards

All free standing or monument signs shall be set back at least five feet from any street right-of-way... Every sign shall be constructed to withstand a wind pressure of not less than 50 pounds per square foot.

Sec. 8.10, 8.8, 8.7, 8.649 standards

General sign regulations for all districts. Freestanding signs set back at least 5 feet from ROW. Temporary sign regulations.

Sec. 8.8(1)5 standards

Freestanding signs with one or two faces and wall-mounted signs or window signs with one face shall be permitted subject to the following restrictions: ... Maximum area: Sixty-four square feet per sign face. ... Maximum height: Ten feet. ... Minimum setbacks: Twenty feet from lot line.

Sec. 8.8(10)1 standards

Such signs shall be permitted pursuant to an annual temporary sign plan submitted by the market manager for approval by the zoning administrator.

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.