Maximum height
35 ftHow tall the building may be.
“No building or structure in the R-48 Multifamily Residential District shall exceed 35 feet in height”DIVISION 9. R-48 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT › 30-416.8 · Richmond code · read 2026-10-02
Richmond, VA · zoning record
R-48 zoning in Richmond.
The dimensional standards that govern what you can build in the R-48 district, straight from Richmond's ordinance, with every figure quoting its source. Check a specific address to see how these rules apply to a real lot.
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R-48 dimensional standards.
These are the letter-of-the-law limits for the base R-48 district. Overlays (historic, neighborhood plan, and similar) can tighten them; a specific address check resolves the overlays that actually apply.
Sources
Every figure above is quoted verbatim from the current ordinance. We never substitute a typical-for-zone default: a field absent from the record shows nothing, not a guess.
- DIVISION 9. R-48 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT · Richmond, VA code of ordinances (read 2026-10-02)
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