Loudoun County, VA · Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance
Transition Compact Neighborhood (TCN) is a Residential Zoning District of the Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance. Its permitted uses are set by the ordinance's own Principal Use Table and its dimensional standards by its Chapter 2 district table; both are cited on every line below. Figures are deliberately left out of this description so that it can never contradict a standard that carries a citation -- read the standards, not this paragraph, for numbers.
Development standards in TCN
Maximum height
40 ft
2.03.03
Read from Loudoun County Zoning Ordinance, effective through 2025-03-18.
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Permitted uses in TCN
AllowedDwelling, Single-Family Detached Permitted by right. Table 3.02.03-1, the Transition, Rural, and JLMA Zoning Districts Use Table (Sec. 3.02.03), row 5, column TCN. Use-specific standards: Sec. 4.02.07.
AllowedDwelling, Single-Family Attached Permitted by right. Table 3.02.03-1, the Transition, Rural, and JLMA Zoning Districts Use Table (Sec. 3.02.03), row 4, column TCN. Use-specific standards: Sec. 4.02.07.
Not AllowedDwelling, Multifamily This use is not listed for this district in the Use Table. A blank cell in a Use Table means the use is not permitted in the zoning district (Sec. 3.01, Table 3.01-2). Table 3.02.03-1, the Transition, Rural, and JLMA Zoning Districts Use Table (Sec. 3.02.03), row 3, column TCN.
ConditionalShort-Term Rental, Commercial Whole House Allowed only as a Special Exception approved by the Board of Supervisors (procedures at Sec. 10.11.01). Table 3.02.03-1, the Transition, Rural, and JLMA Zoning Districts Use Table (Sec. 3.02.03), row 21, column TCN. Use-specific standards: Sec. 4.03.05.
Not AllowedHotel/Motel This use is not listed for this district in the Use Table. A blank cell in a Use Table means the use is not permitted in the zoning district (Sec. 3.01, Table 3.01-2). Table 3.02.03-1, the Transition, Rural, and JLMA Zoning Districts Use Table (Sec. 3.02.03), row 18, column TCN.
ConditionalRetail, General Allowed only as a Special Exception approved by the Board of Supervisors (procedures at Sec. 10.11.01). Table 3.02.03-1, the Transition, Rural, and JLMA Zoning Districts Use Table (Sec. 3.02.03), row 54, column TCN. For this use the Use Table cross-references Sec. 4.04.12, whose own heading is Drive-Through Facilities.
ConditionalOffice, Professional Allowed only as a Special Exception approved by the Board of Supervisors (procedures at Sec. 10.11.01). Table 3.02.03-1, the Transition, Rural, and JLMA Zoning Districts Use Table (Sec. 3.02.03), row 39, column TCN. Use-specific standards: Sec. 4.04.17.
AllowedRestaurant Permitted by right. Table 3.02.03-1, the Transition, Rural, and JLMA Zoning Districts Use Table (Sec. 3.02.03), row 37, column TCN. Use-specific standards: Sec. 4.04.10.
Not AllowedData Center This use is not listed for this district in the Use Table. A blank cell in a Use Table means the use is not permitted in the zoning district (Sec. 3.01, Table 3.01-2). Table 3.02.03-1, the Transition, Rural, and JLMA Zoning Districts Use Table (Sec. 3.02.03), row 101, column TCN.
Not AllowedAgriculture This use is not listed for this district in the Use Table. A blank cell in a Use Table means the use is not permitted in the zoning district (Sec. 3.01, Table 3.01-2). Table 3.02.03-1, the Transition, Rural, and JLMA Zoning Districts Use Table (Sec. 3.02.03), row 141, column TCN.
"Conditional" means the use generally requires a public hearing or special-exception approval — a very different timeline and risk profile from a by-right permit.
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