627 Springfield Rd, Danville, VA 24540

Attached Residential District

The A-R, Attached Residential District is created to provide for attached residential dwellings such as conventional townhouses, row houses, multiplex dwellings, duplexes and other similar forms of attached residential units. Single family detached residential dwellings may be permitted under the special use provisions of the district. Garden and mid-rise apartments, over and under attached residences, housing for the elderly in multi-family structures, and other forms of high density housing are not permitted in this district. The A-R District is intended for use in locations compatible with the Comprehensive Plan's goals for medium density, attached residential development in Danville. The density of eight units per net developable acre establishes this district as one recognizing townhouse-styled units as the dominant land use. The A-R District shall be applied to undeveloped tracts lying within Danville, as well as to infill parcels at selected locations with the intent of preserving existing natural features and vegetation, promoting excellence in site planning and landscape design, creating self-sustaining neighborhoods and recreational areas and encouraging attached housing with compatible scale, materials and character of architecture. Development in the A-R, Attached Residential District shall be sensitive to land physiography, provide of adequate public infrastructure and development of quality transportation improvements, and designed for the optimal siting of dwellings, recreation areas, community facilities and open space.