Culpeper County Unincorporated, VA Zoning Ordinance#

ARTICLE 1 - DISTRICTS#

ARTICLE 2 - DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENTS#

ARTICLE 3 - AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT A-1#

ARTICLE 4 - RURAL AREA DISTRICT RA#

ARTICLE 4A - RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT RR#

ARTICLE 5 - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R-1#

ARTICLE 5A - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R-2#

ARTICLE 5B - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R-3#

ARTICLE 5C - RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R-4#

ARTICLE 5D - RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME PARKS DISTRICT RMH#

ARTICLE 6 - RESERVED#

ARTICLE 6A - RESERVED#

ARTICLE 6.1 - RESERVED#

ARTICLE 6.1A - CONVENIENCE CENTER DISTRICT C-C#

ARTICLE 6.1B - VILLAGE CENTER COMMERCIAL DISTRICT VC#

ARTICLE 6.1C - COMMERCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT CS#

6.1C-1. Statement of intent.#

This district provides for community and business services that need accessibility to serve the community and the region. Such services include all levels of retail service, professional offices, hotels, etc. These are intense commercial uses requiring adequate access, buffering and careful land planning and coordination.

6.1C-2. Use regulations.#

The following regulations shall apply in all CS Districts:

6.1C-2-1. Principal uses and structures:#

• 6.1C-2-1.1 Principal and conditional uses in the VC District, except Public Utilities/Utilities.
• 6.1C-2-1.2 Art supplies.
• 6.1C-2-1.3 Auction house.
• 6.1C-2-1.4 Auto, trailer sales and service.
• 6.1C-2-1.5 Boat sales, service.
• 6.1C-2-1.6 Building materials (screened storage only).
• 6.1C-2-1.7 Business/trade schools.
• 6.1C-2-1.8 Car wash.
• 6.1C-2-1.9 Department stores.
• 6.1C-2-1.10 Discount stores.
• 6.1C-2-1.11 Feed stores.
• 6.1C-2-1.12 Frozen food locker.
• 6.1C-2-1.13 Furniture and appliance stores.
• 6.1C-2-1.14 Garden and landscape center.
• 6.1C-2-1.15 General contractor (screened equipment storage).
• 6.1C-2-1.16 Hardware store.
• 6.1C-2-1.17 Home improvement stores.
• 6.1C-2-1.18 Machinery and tool sales, service, rental.
• 6.1C-2-1.19 Medical or dental clinics and laboratories.
• 6.1C-2-1.20 Motel, hotel.
• 6.1C-2-1.21 Nurseries.
• 6.1C-2-1.22 Passenger terminals.
• 6.1C-2-1.23 Pawn shops.
• 6.1C-2-1.24 Plumbing and electrical supplies (screened storage only).
• 6.1C-2-1.25 Printing and publishing.
• 6.1C-2-1.26 Public utilities including water and sewer facilities, substations and other similar facilities.
• 6.1C-2-1.27 Sign printing.
• 6.1C-2-1.28 Taxidermist.
• 6.1C-2-1.29 Upholstery.

6.1C-2-2. Conditional uses:#

The following uses may also be permitted subject to securing a special use permit as provided for in Article 17:

• 6.1C-2-2.1 Golf driving range.

• 6.1C-2-2.2 Health care institution.

• 6.1C-2-2.3 Hospital.

• 6.1C-2-2.4 Wholesale and storage, if wholly contained within structures.

• 6.1C-2-5. Outdoor storage yards must be screened and landscaped.§

• 6.1C-2-6. Public Utilities/Utilities.

(Ord. of 5-7-2024, Att.)

6.1C-3. Minimum lot area.#

None.

6.1C-4. Lot coverage.#

Sixty percent (60%) maximum.

6.1C-5. Lot width.#

None.

6.1C-6. Setback.#

Setback shall be fifty (50) feet from right-of-way on primary road; forty (40) feet from right-of-way on secondary road.

6.1C-7. Side yard.#

None, except that any building wall with openings shall be at least fifteen (15) feet from any property line with an additional five (5) feet for each building story over the first floor.§

6.1C-8. Rear yard.#

Rear yards shall be equal to the height of the building (peak of roof or top of parapet), but not to exceed (30) feet.§

6.1C-9. Building height.#

Building height shall be forty-five (45) feet maximum [four (4) stories].

6.1C-10. Residential district uses.#

Where residential uses are permitted though the inclusion of R zoning district uses in the CS district, lot area, width, setback and yard requirements, and water and sewer requirements where applicable, of the appropriate R district shall be enforced.

(Ord. of 1-4-2011)

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ARTICLE 6.1D - RESERVED#

ARTICLE 6.1E - RESERVED#

ARTICLE 7 - RESERVED#

ARTICLE 7.1 - RESERVED#

ARTICLE 7.1A - LIGHT INDUSTRY-INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT LI#

ARTICLE 7.1B - INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT HI#

ARTICLE 8 - RESERVED#

ARTICLE 8A - FLOODPLAIN OVERLAY DISTRICT FP#

ARTICLE 8B - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PUD#

ARTICLE 8C - WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WMD#

ARTICLE 8D - AIRPORT SAFETY#

ARTICLE 8E - AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICTS#

ARTICLE 8F - PLANNED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PBD#

ARTICLE 9 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS#

ARTICLE 10 - ACCESS, CIRCULATION, PARKING AND LOADING#

ARTICLE 11 - SIGNS#

ARTICLE 12 - NONCONFORMING BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND USES#

ARTICLE 13 - ADMINISTRATION#

ARTICLE 14 - INTERPRETATION#

ARTICLE 15 - BUILDING PERMITS#

ARTICLE 16 - CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY#

ARTICLE 17 - USE PERMITS#

ARTICLE 18 - BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS; VARIANCES AND APPEALS#

ARTICLE 19 - SUBSTANDARD SUBDIVISIONS#

ARTICLE 20 - SITE PLANS#

ARTICLE 21 - TRUNK THOROUGHFARE SETBACKS AND FUTURE STREET LINES#

ARTICLE 22 - AMENDMENTS#

ARTICLE 23 - VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES#

ARTICLE 24 - CONSTITUTIONALITY#

ARTICLE 25 - REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS#

ARTICLE 26 - EFFECTIVE DATE#

ARTICLE 27 - EXISTING STRUCTURES USE PERMIT#

ARTICLE 28 - MOBILE HOME USE PERMIT#

ARTICLE 29 - CONDITIONAL ZONING#

ARTICLE 30 - ENTRANCE CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT—EC#

ARTICLE 30A - ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD#

ARTICLE 31 - AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE USE PERMIT#

ARTICLE 32 - OUTDOOR LIGHTING STANDARDS#

ARTICLE 33 - LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING#

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Footnotes:#

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Editor's note— Ord. of 1-4-2011, amended App. A, Art. 6.1C in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former App. A, Art. 6.1C, §§ 6.1C-1—6.1C-9, pertained to the same subject matter, and derived from Ord. of 11-6-1991.