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.
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at the point of intersection of the north line of West Main Street and the east line of North Jefferson Street; thence in a northerly direction along the east line of North Jefferson Street to the south line of West Franklin Street; thence in an easterly direction along the south line of West Franklin Street to the west line of North Adams Street; thence in a southerly direction along the west line of North Adams Street to the north line of West Main Street; thence in a westerly direction along the north line of West Main Street to the point of beginning.
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at the point of intersection of the north line of West Main Street and the east line of North Jefferson Street...
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at the intersection of the north line of East Marshall Street and the west line of North Ninth Street; thence in a westerly direction along the north line of East Marshall Street 130 feet more or less to a point; thence in a northerly direction along a line 161 feet more or less to a point; thence in an easterly direction 130 feet more or less along a line to a point on the west line of North Ninth Street; thence in a southerly direction 161 feet more or less along the west line of North Ninth Street to the point of beginning.
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at the intersection of the north line of East Marshall Street and the west line of North Ninth Street...
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at the intersection of the east line of North Twenty-Fifth Street and the south line of West Leigh Street; thence in a southerly direction along the east line of North Twenty-Fifth Street 196 feet more or less to a point; thence along a line parallel with the south line of East Leigh Street in an easterly direction 125 feet more or less to the west line of a north-south alley between North Twenty-Fifth Street and North Twenty-Sixth Street; thence in a northerly direction 196 feet more or less along said line to the south line of West Leigh Street; thence in a westerly direction 125 feet more or less along the south line of West Leigh Street to the point of beginning.
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at the intersection of the east line of North Twenty-Fifth Street and the south line of West Leigh Street...
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at the intersection of the north line of East Franklin Street and the east line of North First Street; thence in an easterly direction along the north line of East Franklin Street 210.32 feet more or less to a point on the east property line of parcel W000-0063-017 (as assigned by the Assessor of the City, as of May 11, 1970, for tax purposes); thence in a northerly direction along a line parallel with North First Street 153 feet more or less to the south line of an east-west alley between East Grace Street and East Franklin Street; thence in a westerly direction along said line to the east line of North First Street; thence in a southerly direction along the east line of North First Street to the point of beginning.
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at the intersection of the north line of East Franklin Street and the east line of North First Street...
The Mason's Hall Old and Historic District shall consist of the following properties, identified by street address and by tax parcel number in the 2017 records of the City Assessor: 1807 East Franklin Street, E000-0132/001.
The Mason's Hall Old and Historic District shall consist of the following properties, identified by street address and by tax parcel number in the 2017 records of the City Assessor: 1807 East Franklin Street, E000-0132/001.
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at the intersection of the north line of West Franklin Street and the west line of North Jefferson Street; thence in an easterly direction along the north line of West Franklin Street 100.50 feet more or less to a point; thence in a northerly direction along a line parallel with the east line of North Jefferson Street 194.35 feet more or less to a point; thence in a westerly direction along a line parallel with the north line of West Franklin Street to the east line of North Jefferson Street; thence in a southerly direction along the east line of North Jefferson Street to the point of beginning.
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at the intersection of the north line of West Franklin Street and the west line of North Jefferson Street...
Sec. 30-930.5:21. - Monument Avenue Old and Historic District.
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at the point of intersection of the west line of Roseneath Road and the north line extended of an east-west alley between West Grace Street and Monument Avenue...
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at a point on West Main Street, said point being 54 feet more or less east of the east line of Strawberry Street...
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at the point of intersection of the west line of Roseneath Road and the north line extended of an east-west alley between West Grace Street and Monument Avenue; thence...
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at a point on the south line of East Franklin Street, said point being 79.08 feet more or less east of the east line of North Seventh Street...
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at a point on the north line of East Main Street, said point being 66 feet more or less west of the west line of North Twentieth Street...
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at the intersection of the north line of West Franklin Street and the west line of North Adams Street...
The boundaries of such district are as follows: beginning at the intersection of the west line of South Laurel Street and north line of Idlewood Avenue...
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