Richmond
Zoning districts
57 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
8B-1 Neighborhood Business District
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 23
Community Business District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 45
General Business District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 64
B-4
B-5 Central Business District
- Max height
- 5 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 29
B-6 District
- Min lot
- 25,000 sq ft (0.57 ac)
- Max height
- 5 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 30
B-7 District
- Min lot
- 25,000 sq ft (0.57 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 49
UB-2 Urban Business District
- Max height
- 4 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 33
Industrial
2Residential
24Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 22
Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 22
Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 22
Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 7,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 22
R-43 Multifamily Residential District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
R-48 Multifamily Residential District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 22
R-53 Multifamily Residential District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
Single- and Two-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 23
Single-Family Attached Residential District
- Min lot
- 2,200 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 10 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 25
R-63 Multifamily Residential District
- Min lot
- 2,200 sq ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 23
R-7 Single- and Two-Family Urban Residential District
- Min lot
- 3,600 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
R-73 Multifamily Residential District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
R-8 Urban Residential District
- Min lot
- 3,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 2 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
RO-2 Residential-Office District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 21
RO-22 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-23 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-24 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-25 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-30 District
Residential Office-6 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
Residential Office-7 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
Residential Office-8 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
Residential Office-9 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
Mixed use
19RF-1 Riverfront District
- Min lot
- 25,000 sq ft (0.57 ac)
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 27
RF-2 Riverfront District
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 28
RO-1 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
RO-10 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-11 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-12 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-13 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-14 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-15 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-16 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-17 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-3 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-4 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
RO-5 District
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
Transit-Oriented Nodal District
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 34
General provisions
314 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
A property with an emergency housing, transitional housing, or permanent supportive housing use shall be located no more than 2,640 feet from a public transit stop.
Whenever a parking area or parking lot abuts or is situated within 50 feet of property in an R, RO, HO or I district, unless separated therefrom by an alley providing access to such parking area or parking lot, the parking area or parking lot shall be effectively screened from view from such property by evergreen vegetative material not less than 3½ feet in height at the time of installation or by an opaque structural fence or wall not less than four feet in height
The height of lighting structures shall not exceed the height limit of the district in which they are located, and in no case shall such height exceed 35 feet.
parking areas and parking lots containing 30 or more parking spaces and parking areas containing five or more parking spaces serving uses with drive-up facilities or facilities for dispensing motor fuels shall be provided with landscaped buffers of not less than five feet in depth installed and maintained between all areas devoted to parking and all lot lines other than street lines
Buffer "A," as shown below, shall have a depth of not less than the minimum yard requirement applicable along each street frontage of the property, but in no case less than five feet, and shall include an evergreen vegetative screen not less than 3½ feet in height at the time of installation placed along the setback line of the parking area.
Trees to be credited toward buffer requirements shall be deciduous trees having a caliper of not less than 2½ inches at the time of installation measured six inches above the ground or evergreen trees having a height of not less than six feet at the time of installation.
Fences or walls to be credited toward buffer requirements shall comply with fence and wall design guidelines adopted by resolution of the Planning Commission or their equivalent as determined by the Zoning Administrator. In no case shall chain link, chain link with slats or similar fencing be considered to meet the requirements of the fence and wall design guidelines.
parking areas and parking lots containing 30 or more parking spaces and parking areas containing five or more parking spaces serving uses with drive-up facilities or facilities for dispensing motor fuels shall be provided with landscaped buffers of not less than five feet in depth
Landscaped islands shall be installed at a rate of not less than the following... one landscaped island for every 15 parking spaces, or major fraction thereof, for the first 100 parking spaces, plus one landscaped island for every additional 20 parking spaces, or major fraction thereof
Landscaped islands shall be installed at a rate of not less than the following... one landscaped island for every 15 parking spaces... one landscaped island for every ten parking spaces
A parking area serving a use other than a use with drive-up facilities or facilities for dispensing motor fuels, or a parking lot, shall have a projected tree coverage area equivalent to not less than 30 square feet for each parking space contained in the parking area or parking lot.
Trees shall be planted or existing trees shall be retained so as to provide a projected tree coverage at ten years from the date of plan approval... not less than 30 square feet for each parking space
The minimum size of parking spaces and access aisles, in feet, shall be as follows: ... The minimum aisle width for two-way traffic shall be 18 feet. Captive stalls for parallel parking shall be 22 feet in length. End stalls for parallel parking shall be 17½ feet in length.
The minimum size of stacking spaces required by the provisions of this chapter shall be eight feet in width and 18 feet in length.
Spaces for the parking of vehicles and access aisles thereto, except spaces accessory to single-family dwellings, shall not be located within a required front yard or required street side yard on any lot in R, RO, B-1, and OS districts nor within that portion of a required front yard on a lot in any other district and situated within 50 feet of a lot in an R or RO district.
land located in an R district contiguous to an RO, HO, B, UB, UB-2, CM, OS or M district or separated therefrom by an alley may be used for the parking of vehicles of customers of business, commercial or industrial establishments permitted in such districts, provided that such parking shall not extend a distance of more than 170 feet from the boundary of the RO, HO, B, UB, UB-2, CM, OS or M district.
No loading space or maneuvering space related thereto shall be located within a required yard adjacent to a public street or within a required yard abutting property in an R or RO district.
No loading space or maneuvering space related thereto shall be located within a required yard adjacent to a public street or within a required yard abutting property in an R or RO district.
Off-street loading spaces shall be not less than ten feet in width and shall have an unobstructed vertical clearance of not less than 14 feet. The minimum length of required off-street loading spaces shall be 35 feet.
Off-street loading spaces shall be not less than ten feet in width and shall have an unobstructed vertical clearance of not less than 14 feet. The minimum length of required off-street loading spaces shall be 35 feet.
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