44545 Rhapsody Ter, Ashburn, VA 20147

Town Center District

The purpose of the Town Center TC Zoning District is to: Establish compact, pedestrian-oriented environments with opportunities for a mix of Residential; Lodging; Commercial; and Public, Civic, and Institutional uses that will serve as mixed-use centers in the Suburban Mixed Use Place Type and Urban Transit Center Place Types (existing locations only) of the General Plan; Support pedestrian-oriented development by emphasizing appropriate building scale and design, block sizes, uses, and streetscapes, as well as pedestrian linkages, trails, and greenways that connect the businesses, residences, and open space; Serve as logical locations for transit stops and Achieve the following specific objectives of the TC Zoning District: A Town Center Core with vertically and horizontally integrated mixed-use buildings, multistory single-use buildings, and pedestrian-oriented design located proximate to each other to generate and support pedestrian activity; A Town Center Fringe, if provided, to provide a transition between the Town Center Core and surrounding development and with pedestrian-oriented businesses and activity balanced with Residential and other uses more dependent on vehicular access; In the Suburban Mixed Use Place Type of the General Plan, buildings with a maximum 60-foot height and a maximum overall 1.0 floor area ratio FAR; In the Urban Transit Center Place Type of the General Plan, buildings that exceed 95 feet in height and a minimum overall 2.0 FAR proximate to the Innovation Metrorail Station and buildings with a maximum 70-foot height (maximum 50 feet if adjacent to single-family residential development) and minimum overall 1.4 FAR (minimum overall 1.0 FAR if adjacent to single-family residential development) as distance from the Innovation Metrorail Station increases; Patterns of roads and blocks arranged in a network of public and/or private roads designed for pedestrians, bicycles, public transit, and automotive vehicles and that provide for multimodal connections between different land uses within the TC Zoning District and to nearby development; Well configured squares, greens, landscaped roads, parks, and native plant gardens woven into the pattern of the TC Zoning District and dedicated to collective social activity, recreation, and visual enjoyment.