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Fluvanna County Unincorporated, VA Zoning Ordinance#
ARTICLE 1 — IN GENERAL#
ARTICLE 2 — DISTRICTS#
ARTICLE 3 — SOLAR, GENERAL, DISTRICT S-1#
ARTICLE 4 — AGRICULTURAL, GENERAL, DISTRICT A-1#
ARTICLE 5 — RESIDENTIAL, LIMITED, DISTRICT R-1#
ARTICLE 6 — RESIDENTIAL, GENERAL, DISTRICT R-2#
ARTICLE 7 — RESIDENTIAL, PLANNED COMMUNITY, DISTRICT R-3#
ARTICLE 8 — RESIDENTIAL, LIMITED, DISTRICT R-4#
ARTICLE 9 — BUSINESS, GENERAL, DISTRICT B-1#
Sec. 22-9-1. — Statement of intent.#B-1
Generally this district covers those areas of the County as defined by the Comprehensive Plan that are intended for the conduct of general business to which the public requires direct and frequent access, but which is not characterized either by constant heavy trucking other than stocking and delivery of light retail goods, or by any nuisance factors other than occasioned by incidental light and noise of congregation of people and passenger vehicles.
Sec. 22-9-2. — Use regulations.#
In Business, General, District B-1, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one (1) or more of the following uses, together with ordinary and necessary accessory uses, and no others.
(Ord. 12-16-15)
Sec. 22-9-2.1. — Uses permitted by right.#
The following uses shall be permitted by right:
Civic Uses
- Amusements, public
- Cultural services
- Public recreation assembly
- Public uses
- Religious assembly
- Sheltered care facilities
Commercial Uses
- Assisted living facilities
- Auction houses
- Automobile repair service establishments
- Automobile sales
- Bakeries
- Bed and breakfasts
- Boarding houses
- Brewpub
- Butcher shops
- Car washes
- Cemeteries, commercial
- Child day centers
- Communications service
- Corporate offices
- Daycare centers
- Emergency centers
- Event facilities
- Financial institutions
- Flea markets
- Funeral homes
- Garden center
- Gas stations
- Greenhouses, commercial
- Grocery stores
- Guidance services
- Hospitals
- Hotels
- Indoor entertainment
- Indoor recreation facilities
- Laundries
- Machinery sales and service
- Marinas, commercial
- Microbreweries
- Medical clinics
- Nursing homes
- Offices
- Parking facilities
- Personal improvement services
- Personal service establishments
- Pharmacies
- Professional schools
- Recreational vehicle sales
- Restaurants, fast food
- Restaurants, general
- Restaurants, small
- Retail stores, general
- Retail stores, large-scale
- Retail stores, neighborhood convenience
- Retail stores, specialty
- Self-storage facilities
- Shooting ranges, indoor
- Studios, fine arts
- Taxidermists
- Vending carts
- Veterinary offices
Miscellaneous Uses
- Accessory uses
- Mobile food unit
- Small scale solar generation facility
- Utilities, minor
(Ord. 3-15-06; Ord. 11-20-07; Ord. 9-17-08; Ord. 10-21-09; Ord. 11-3-10; Ord. 11-20-12; Ord. of 09-15-2021 (1); Ord. of 08-17-2022 (1); Ord. No. 24-08, § 1, 3-19-2025; Ord. of 09-17-2025(3), § 1)
Sec. 22-9-2.2. — Uses permitted by special use permit only.#
The following uses shall be permitted by special use permit only:
Civic Uses
- Educational facilities
- Public assembly
Commercial Uses
- Amusements, commercial
- Dance halls
- Entertainment establishments, adult
- Halfway houses
- Kennels, commercial
- Landscaping materials supply
- Laundromats
- Lodges
- Manufactured home sales
- Outdoor entertainment
- Outdoor recreation facilities
- Retail stores, adult
- Transportation terminals
- Vehicle impound facilities
Industrial Uses
- Contractor's storage yards
- Lumberyards
- Machine shops
- Railroad facilities
- Research laboratories
Miscellaneous Uses
- Outdoor gatherings
- Minor scale solar generation facility
- Telecommunication facilities
- Utilities, major
- Utility scale solar generation facility
Residential Uses
- Dormitories
(Ord. 3-15-06; Ord. 11-20-07; Ord. 9-17-08; Ord. 10-21-09; Ord. 11-3-10; Ord. 11-20-12; Ord. of 09-15-2021 (1); Ord. of 08-17-2022 (1); Ord. of 03-20-2024 (2))
Sec. 22-9-3. — Requirements for permitted uses.#
All buildings, structures and uses in the B-1 District shall be subject to the provisions of Article 23: Site Development Plans of this Code.§
(Ord. 12-16-15)
Sec. 22-9-4. — Area regulations.#
None, except for permitted uses utilizing individual sewerage disposal system. The required area for any such use shall be approved by the Administrator who may consult with the health official.
Sec. 22-9-5. — Setback regulations.#
(A) Buildings shall be located not less than fifty feet (50') from any public right-of-way. This shall be known as the "setback line." All parking lots shall be located not less than twenty-five feet (25') from any public right-of-way.§
(B) A variation to the setback regulations may be granted by the Planning Commission for projects in a designated growth area that meet new urban/neo-traditional planning principles, and further the objectives and goals set forth in the Comprehensive Plan. Appeals must be received in writing within thirty (30) days of the variation decision, and will then be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors for a final determination.
(Ord. 5-4-11)
Sec. 22-9-6. — Yard regulations.#
The minimum yard requirements for permitted uses adjoining or adjacent to a residential or agricultural district shall be fifty feet (50').§ All parking lots and accessory uses shall be located not less than twenty-five feet (25') from any residential or agricultural district.§
Sec. 22-9-7. — Height regulations.#
Buildings may be erected up to forty-five feet (45') in height from grade, except that:
(A) A public or semi-public building such as a school, place of worship, library, hotel and general hospital may be erected to a height of sixty feet (60') from grade provided that required front, side and rear yard each shall be increased one foot (1') for each foot in height over forty-five feet (45').§
(B) Spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennae and radio aerials sixty feet (60') limit.§ Parapet walls may be up to four feet (4') above the height of the building on which the walls rest.§
Sec. 22-9-8. — Off-street parking.#
Off-street parking shall conform with Article 26: Off-Street Parking and Loading Spaces of this chapter.§
Sec. 22-9-9. — Sign regulations.#
Sign regulations shall conform to Article 15 of this chapter.§
Sec. 22-9-10. — Sidewalks.#
Sidewalks that comply with the most recent VDOT specifications shall be required on both sides of all roadways, public and private.§
(Ord. 5-4-11)