Municipality · Virginia

Richmond

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Districts
371
Extracted rules
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Standards
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Zoning districts

57 districts, grouped by category.

Residential

24
R-1Residential

Single-Family Residential District

Richmond, VA
Min lot
20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
35 ft
Permitted uses
22
R-2Residential

Single-Family Residential District

Richmond, VA
Min lot
15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
30 ft
Permitted uses
22
R-3Residential

Single-Family Residential District

Richmond, VA
Min lot
10,000 sq ft
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
25 ft
Permitted uses
22
R-4Residential

Single-Family Residential District

Richmond, VA
Min lot
7,500 sq ft
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
25 ft
Permitted uses
22
R-43Residential

R-43 Multifamily Residential District

Richmond, VA
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
25 ft
Permitted uses
5
R-48Residential

R-48 Multifamily Residential District

Richmond, VA
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
25 ft
Permitted uses
5
R-5Residential

Single-Family Residential District

Richmond, VA
Min lot
6,000 sq ft
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
25 ft
Permitted uses
22
R-53Residential

R-53 Multifamily Residential District

Richmond, VA
Min lot
5,000 sq ft
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
7
R-5AResidential

Single- and Two-Family Residential District

Richmond, VA
Min lot
5,000 sq ft
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
25 ft
Permitted uses
23
R-6Residential

Single-Family Attached Residential District

Richmond, VA
Min lot
2,200 sq ft
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Max density
10 du/ac
Permitted uses
25
R-63Residential

R-63 Multifamily Residential District

Richmond, VA
Min lot
2,200 sq ft
Front setback
0 ft
Permitted uses
23
R-7Residential

R-7 Single- and Two-Family Urban Residential District

Richmond, VA
Min lot
3,600 sq ft
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
10 ft
Permitted uses
4
R-73Residential

R-73 Multifamily Residential District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
R-8Residential

R-8 Urban Residential District

Richmond, VA
Min lot
3,000 sq ft
Max height
2 ft
Front setback
10 ft
Permitted uses
4
RO-2Residential

RO-2 Residential-Office District

Richmond, VA
Min lot
5,000 sq ft
Max height
35 ft
Front setback
25 ft
Permitted uses
21
RO-22Residential

RO-22 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-23Residential

RO-23 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-24Residential

RO-24 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-25Residential

RO-25 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-30Residential

RO-30 District

Richmond, VA
RO-6Residential

Residential Office-6 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-7Residential

Residential Office-7 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-8Residential

Residential Office-8 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-9Residential

Residential Office-9 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16

Mixed use

19
RF-1Mixed use

RF-1 Riverfront District

Richmond, VA
Min lot
25,000 sq ft (0.57 ac)
Front setback
0 ft
Permitted uses
27
RF-2Mixed use

RF-2 Riverfront District

Richmond, VA
Front setback
0 ft
Permitted uses
28
RO-1Mixed use

RO-1 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
3
RO-10Mixed use

RO-10 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-11Mixed use

RO-11 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-12Mixed use

RO-12 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-13Mixed use

RO-13 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-14Mixed use

RO-14 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-15Mixed use

RO-15 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-16Mixed use

RO-16 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-17Mixed use

RO-17 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-18Mixed use
Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-19Mixed use
Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-20Mixed use
Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-21Mixed use
Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-3Mixed use

RO-3 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-4Mixed use

RO-4 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
RO-5Mixed use

RO-5 District

Richmond, VA
Max height
150 ft
Front setback
15 ft
Permitted uses
16
TOD-1Mixed use

Transit-Oriented Nodal District

Richmond, VA
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.

Sec. 30-698.29 standards

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.

Sec. 30-710.12(1)2 standards

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

Sec. 30-710.12(5)5 standards

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.

Sec. 30-710.13 (second occurrence)1 standards

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

Sec. 30-710.13(2)b27 standards

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.

Sec. 30-710.13(2)c3 standards

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.

Sec. 30-710.13(2)d2 standards

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.

Sec. 30-710.13(3)1 standards

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

Sec. 30-710.149 standards

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

Sec. 30-710.145 standards

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

Sec. 30-710.154 standards

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.

Sec. 30-710.154 standards

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

Sec. 30-710.3:17 standards

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.

Sec. 30-710.3:22 standards

The minimum size of stacking spaces required by the provisions of this chapter shall be eight feet in width and 18 feet in length.

Sec. 30-710.52 standards

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.

Sec. 30-710.71 standards

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.

Sec. 30-720.32 standards

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.

Sec. 30-720.32 standards

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.

Sec. 30-720.43 standards

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.

Sec. 30-720.43 standards

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.

Source documents

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