Sec. 86-422, 86-423, 86-424, 86-425, 86-426, 86-427
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- A section of the Town of Altavista beginning at the intersection of Pittsylvania Avenue and Fifth Street, following the northeast side of Pittsylvania Avenue, crossing Main Street and Seventh Street, then along Seventh Street, Campbell Avenue, a 20-foot alley, parallel to Seventh Street, crossing Eighth Street, along Norfolk Southern Railroad right-of-way, Bedford Avenue, Main Street (U.S. Route 29 Business), and back to the point of beginning.
Uses
Permitted by right13
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- No direct illumination beyond property line
Exterior lighting shall be controlled so that no direct illumination will occur beyond any property line.
Other
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. materials visible from right-of-way
No portion of a building constructed to unadorned cinderblock or corrugated and/or sheet metal, with the exception of roofs, shall be visible from any adjoining public right-of-way.
- Residential units not on front ground floor
Any residential units (or apartments accessory to the business use) shall not occupy the front, ground floor (storefront) space of any building within the district.
- Maximum FARFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot. for existing buildings over 10,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.2 ratio
If an existing building exceeds 10,000 in gross floor area, all permitted uses contained in that building shall not exceed a floor area ratio (FAR) of 2.0.
- Maximum ground floor area for residential use49 pct
No more than 49 percent of the ground floor area of a building within the district may be of residential use.
- Maximum square footage of any individual permitted use10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Any individual permitted use in the DRO shall not exceed 10,000 square feet in lot coverage.
- Preferred building materials
Buildings shall be designed to utilize to the greatest extent feasible such building materials which are compatible with the character of the district, such as stone, brick, stucco, and wood.
From the ordinance
Overlay district boundaries; exterior lighting controlled; architectural materials; max use 10,000 sq ft; residential ground floor restrictions; permitted uses list.