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Fluvanna County Unincorporated, VA Zoning Ordinance#

ARTICLE 10 — BUSINESS, CONVENIENCE, DISTRICT B-C#

Sec. 22-10-1. Statement of intent.#

This district is for those areas of the County, adjacent to residential and/or agricultural areas, where it is in the public interest to establish retail and service businesses of a type which are ordinarily and necessarily convenient to and designed primarily to serve adjacent residential uses and which are not characterized either by trucking other than stocking and delivery of light retail goods, or by any nuisance factors other than those occasioned by incidental light and noise of congregation of people and passenger vehicles. This includes such uses as retail convenience stores, banks, business and professional offices and service stations.

Sec. 22-10-2. Use regulations.#

In Business District B-C, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one (1) or more of the following retail sales and/or service uses.

Sec. 22-10-3. Uses permitted by right.#

The following uses shall be permitted by right:

Civic Uses

Amusements, public
Cultural services
Public uses

Commercial Uses

Bakeries
Bed and breakfasts
Brewpub
Butcher shops
Child day centers
Daycare centers
Financial institutions
Funeral homes
Garden center
Gas stations
Greenhouses, commercial
Grocery stores
Medical clinics
Offices
Parking facilities
Personal service establishments
Pharmacies
Restaurants, fast food
Restaurants, general
Restaurants, small
Retail stores, general
Retail stores, neighborhood convenience
Retail stores, specialty
Studios, fine arts
Taxidermists
Vending carts

Miscellaneous Uses

Accessory uses
Mobile food unit
Small scale solar generation facility
Utilities, minor

(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. 22-10-4. Uses permitted by special use permit only.#

The following uses shall be permitted by special use permit only:

Civic Uses

Educational facilities
Religious assembly
Sheltered care facilities

Commercial Uses

Amusements, commercial
Auction houses
Automobile repair service establishments
Car washes
Communications service
Dance halls
Guidance services
Hotels
Kennels, commercial
Landscaping materials supply
Laundromats
Laundries
Lodges
Microbreweries
Personal improvement services
Professional schools
Self-storage facilities
Veterinary offices

Miscellaneous Uses

Outdoor gatherings
Minor scale solar generation facility
Telecommunication facilities
Utilities, major
Utility scale solar generation facility

Residential Uses

Dormitories

(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. 22-10-5. Requirements for permitted uses.#

All buildings, structures and uses in the B-C District shall be subject to the provisions of Article 23: Site Development Plans of this Code.§

(Ord. 12-16-15)

Sec. 22-10-6. 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. 22-10-7. 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. 22-10-8. 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. 22-10-9. Height regulations.#

Buildings may be erected up to thirty-five feet (35') in height from grade, except that:

(A) Any building otherwise permitted may be erected to a height of forty-five feet (45') feet from grade and a public or semi-public building such as a school, place of worship, or library may be erected to a height of sixty feet (60') from grade; provided, in any such case, that required setback and side and rear yards each shall be increased one foot (1') for each foot in height over thirty-five feet (35').§

(B) Spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennas, and radio aerials are exempt. Parapet walls may be up to four feet (4') above the height of the building on which the walls rest.

Sec. 22-10-10. Off-street parking.#

Off-street parking shall conform with Article 26: Off-Street Parking and Loading Spaces of this chapter.§

Sec. 22-10-11. Sign regulations.#

Sign regulations shall conform to Article 15 of this chapter.§

Sec. 22-10-12. Special provisions for accessory uses and structures.#

Uses and structures which are customarily accessory and clearly incidental shall be permitted, provided establishment of the same shall not be permitted until construction has commenced on the principal building or the principal use has been established.§

Sec. 22-10-13. Sidewalks.#

Sidewalks that comply with the most recent VDOT specifications shall be required on both sides of all roadways, public and private.§