1107 Redbud Rd, Blacksburg, VA 24060

Rural Residential 2 District

The purpose of the Rural Residential 2 District is to encourage high-quality planned residential development to preserve agricultural and forestal lands to maximize the conservation of scenic and recreational open space and to implement the Comprehensive Plan through the use of open space design and a density bonus system. In reviewing an application for RR2 zoning the Planning Commission and Town Council should consider among other things: Whether the proposed development will efficiently utilize available land and will protect and preserve to the maximum extent possible natural features of the land such as trees streams and topographic features; Whether the development will be located in an area in which transportation police and fire protection other public facilities and public utilities including sewerage are existing or planned and funded with available capacity to adequately serve the development; The extent to which the proposed development is consistent with the Town's comprehensive plan and other adopted plans and policies of the Town and the overall benefits of the development to the Town.; Rural Residential 2 zoning is a type of planned development residential zoning, tailored to the special needs of the Tom's Creek Basin. As such, the general purposes underlying the planned development residential district, stated in Zoning Ordinance Section 3110 apply equally to the Rural Residential 2 Zoning district.