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Richmond, Virginia · District

R-3

Single-Family Residential District
ResidentialSingle FamilyAll Richmond districts0

Dimensional standards

R-3 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 25 ftRear 7.5 ftSide 7.5 ftMin width 75 ftMIN LOT AREA10,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT35 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE25%
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.
10,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
75 ft

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
7.5 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
7.5 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
25%

Uses

Permitted by right22

Accessory19

Extracted standards

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

Other

From the ordinance

Single-family dwellings in the R-3 district shall be located on lots of not less than 10,000 square feet in area with a width of not less than 75 feet. Front yard 25 ft, side yards 7.5 ft, rear yard 7.5 ft. Max lot coverage 25%. Max height 35 ft.
Sec. 30-406.1, 30-406.2, 30-406.4-30-406.8