Statement of Intent

This district is established for the purpose of accommodating a variety of residential types including single family detached, single family semidetached, and single family attached units.

The district is designed to create viable rural residential neighborhood environments suitable for a mix of family types especially those with children. The district also is created to provide an alternative to the single family detached housing unit and to encourage the orderly planning and development of residential village communities. Therefore, the district should be located in those portions of Madison County within, adjacent to, or very near to existing villages or settlements where neighborhoods currently exist. All commercial, industrial and agricultural uses are excluded.

Development in this district may utilize individual wells or sewage disposal systems, provided that all applicable State Health Department and State Water Control Board regulations are met.

In addition to the zoning ordinance, uses in this zone may be subject to the requirements of Madison County Subdivision Ordinance, Site Plan Ordinance, Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance, and/or Floodplain Management Ordinance. All multiple family uses are subject to the Site Plan Ordinance.

6-1.

Use Regulations.

In the Residential, General District R-2 no building shall be erected or altered and no building or premises shall be used for any purpose except the following:

Uses Permitted by Right

6-1-1.

Single detached dwelling.

6-1-2.

Two-family dwelling (duplex).

6-1-3.

Rooming and boarding house.

6-1-4.

Church, public school, parish hall, rectory and library.

6-1-5.

Public and private park and playground.

6-1-6.

Accessory use and building.

6-1-7.

Public Service Corporation transmission lines, poles, pipes, meters, transformers, and other facilities necessary for the transmission of public service utilities. Subject to Code of Virginia, § 15.1-456, as amended.

6-1-8.

Home garden as defined.

6-1-9.

Home occupation as defined.

6-1-10.

Solar energy system (see Article 14-16, roof-mounted only).

6-1-11.

Short-Term Lodging Unit, see Article 20-160A (Definitions).

(Ord. No. 2022-OA-10-22-26, § 5, 10-5-2022)

6-2.

Special Permit Uses. The following uses may also be permitted subject to securing a special use permit as provided in Article 14-3:

6-2-1.

Three family dwelling.

6-2-2.

Four family dwelling.

6-2-3.

Townhouse.

6-2-4.

Agriculture exclusive of keeping of livestock or poultry.

6-2-5.

Hospital, clinic, and nursing home.

6-2-6.

Professional office (limited).

6-2-7.

Water and sewage treatment or distribution facilities where same are required by state and/or federal regulations to protect the public health.

6-2-8.

Club and lodge, without overnight lodging.

6-2-9.

Small wind energy system.

(Ord. of 3-18-1998, § 3; Ord. No. 2022-OA-10-22-26, § 5, 10-5-2022)

6-3.

Area Regulations.

6-3-1.

The minimum lot area for permitted uses shall be 1.5 acres (65,340 square feet) without public water and sewer systems, and three-quarters acre (32,670 square feet) with public water and sewer systems. For uses utilizing individual on-site water and on-site sanitary disposal, the required area shall be approved by the Health Official. The Administrator may require a greater area if considered necessary by the Health Official.

No development within this district shall have a density greater than six dwelling units per gross acre of site area, nor shall buildings on any parcel within this district cover more than 12.5 percent of the total lot area.

6-3-2.

Maximum Building Grouping - In any townhouse development, no more than eight townhouses shall be grouped contiguous to each other.

6-4.

Setback Regulations.

6-4-1.

Structures shall be located 35 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width, or 60 feet or more from the center line of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.

6-4-2.

All accessory buildings must be located ten feet or more from any property line.

(Ord. No. 2020-7, 3-4-2020)

6-5.

Lot Width Requirements.

The minimum frontage for permitted uses shall be 150 feet at the setback line, or measured at the location of the foundation of the subject parcel's principal dwelling or accessory building. The minimum distance which the building is required to be located from the street right-of-way or center line shall be known as the setback line.

All Townhouse lots shall have a minimum width of 16 feet.

(Ord. No. 2020-9, 3-4-2020)

6-6.

Yard Regulations.

6-6-1.

Side. Each main structure or group of structures shall have a side yard of ten feet.

6-6-2.

Rear. Each main structure or group of structures shall have a rear yard of 25 feet or more.

6-7.

Sign Regulations.

6-7-1.

Signs shall conform to Article 12 of this ordinance.

6-8.

Height Regulations.

6-8-1.

Buildings may be erected up to 35 feet from the average adjacent ground elevation except that:

6-8-2.

The height limit for dwellings may be increased ten feet and up to three stories provided there are two side yards for each permitted use, each of which is ten feet or more, plus one foot or more of side yard for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.

6-8-3.

A public or semipublic building such as a school, church, library or hospital may be erected to a height of 60 feet from the average adjacent ground elevation provided that required front, side, and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 35 feet.

6-8-4.

Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, fire towers, chimneys, flues, television antennae, and radio aerials may exceed the height limitation by 25 feet.

6-8-5.

Additional height requires a Special Use Permit as provided for under Article 14-3. Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.

6-8-6.

All accessory buildings shall be less than the main building in height.

6-9.

Off-street Parking.

Off-street parking is subject to section 14-9 of this ordinance.

6-10.

Entrance Regulations.

6-10-1.

The centerline of any entrance onto a Virginia primary road shall be 600 feet or more from the centerline of any adjacent entrance; provided, however, each parcel of land that fronts on a Virginia primary road and is recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Madison County prior to June 20, 1990, shall be permitted to have at least one such entrance; and provided further that the aforesaid distance between entrances may be decreased to a point of nearest relief upon application by special use permit if the Board of Supervisors after recommendation from the Planning Commission and approval of the Virginia Department of Transportation finds that exceptional topographical conditions such as rock formations or floodplain areas justify such decrease.

Each application for a special use permit under this paragraph shall include a plat of survey showing both the 600 foot entrance point and the point of nearest relief. After approval, said plat of survey shall be recorded by the applicant in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Madison County.

6-10-2.

The centerline of any entrance onto U. S. Route 29 shall be 900 feet or more from the centerline of any adjacent entrance; provided, however, each parcel of land that fronts on U.S. Route 29 and is recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Madison County prior to June 20, 1990, shall be permitted to have at least one such entrance; and provided further that the aforesaid distance between entrances may be decreased to a point of nearest relief upon application by special use permit if the Board of Supervisors after recommendation from the Planning Commission and approval of the Virginia Department of Transportation finds that exceptional topographical conditions such as rock formations or floodplain areas justify such decrease.

Each application for a special use permit under this paragraph shall include a plat of survey showing both the 900-foot entrance point and the point of nearest relief. After approval, said plat of survey shall be recorded by the applicant in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Madison County.

Entrances shall be located at crossover points on U.S. Route 29 if feasible and required by the Virginia Department of Transportation.

The aforesaid entrance regulation shall not apply to U.S. Route 29 Business.