Zoning Overlays & Bonuses in Frederick County, VA (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Frederick County, Virginia.
Verified from official government sources
Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Frederick County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Density Bonus Law
In Frederick County outside Winchester, Stephens City and Middletown, the only local density bonus is earned through the Transfer of Development Rights program. A landowner who buys TDR density rights from a qualified rural sending property can convert them into bonus residential density on an eligible receiving property, above the district's base density.
Zoning Density Bonus via TDR in Frederick County
Some RestrictionsFrederick County Code § 165-1002.03
The number of residential development rights that a sending property is eligible to send to a receiving property and/or transferee shall be determined by applying the sending property base density established in Subsection C, below, to the area of the sending property after deducting all the following: ... A sending property transferee may extinguish TDR density rights, sever and hold TDR densi...
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