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PMRPlanned Mixed Residential (PMR)

Prince William County, VA · Prince William County Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 32)

Planned Mixed Residential (PMR). The PMR District is intended to implement the general purpose, intent, goals, objectives, policies, and action strategies of the Comprehensive Plan by promoting residential development consistent with the suburban residential low, suburban residential medium, suburban residential high, and community employment center land use classifications of the Comprehensive Plan in planned developments. The PMR District is designed to permit and encourage the establishment of communities of varied housing types in planned developments of ten or more contiguous acres, incorporating appropriate public, community and supportive commercial and employment services. This district is intended to provide flexibility, and the opportunity for specialized application of planning principles. Description abridged from Sec. 32-306.01 of the Prince William County Zoning Ordinance -- sentences carrying figures are omitted here so this text can never contradict the standards table, which carries a citation on each value. Read that section for the district's own words in full.

Development standards in PMR

Maximum heightSet by 1. The housing unit types provided in this section shall be permitted in the residential areas of any PMR, except as restricted by section 32-306.10 or by provision of any proffer or master zoning plan restriction. — see 32-306.12
Maximum lot coverageSet by 1. The housing unit types provided in this section shall be permitted in the residential areas of any PMR, except as restricted by section 32-306.10 or by provision of any proffer or master zoning plan restriction. — see 32-306.12
Minimum lot sizeSet by 1. The housing unit types provided in this section shall be permitted in the residential areas of any PMR, except as restricted by section 32-306.10 or by provision of any proffer or master zoning plan restriction. — see 32-306.12
Maximum height, Maximum lot coverage and Minimum lot size are banded in the ordinance — it depends on what you build or on the lot itself, so no single figure is true for the whole zone. The cited table is the authority; read the tier that matches your intended structure.
Read from Prince William County Code Chapter 32 (Zoning), effective through 2025-09-09. We last checked with the publisher on 2026-09-24 and found nothing newer -- a check on that date, not a promise about today.
How complete is this market? Across 147,740 parcels we answer 90.0% of the 6 questions this site is built to answer, each with a source you can check. The rest are shown as “not recorded” rather than filled in — we would rather be short than wrong. A further 3,451 properties inside the county line are zoned by an incorporated town with its own ordinance, not by the county, so this county ordinance does not govern them and they are not counted above or below — which is why we publish this market as Prince William County (excl. incorporated towns). Look one of those up and we will tell you which town governs it.

Permitted uses in PMR

"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.

This is the zone. What about the parcel?

Zone rules are the starting point — the answer for a specific property also depends on lot size, overlays, existing improvements and site conditions. Run a free address lookup to see what applies to one property.

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Other Prince William County zones

A-1 A-2 B-1 B-2 B-3 M-1 M-2 M/T O(L) PBD PMD R-1 R-16 R-2 R-4 R-6 R-8 R-MH RPC SR-1 SR-5 TWN