Ashland, Virginia · General provision

Sec 21-173 through Sec 21-176

Planned Shopping CenterAll Ashland districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA5 acMAX HEIGHT45 ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Uses

Extracted standards

7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Design

  • Commercial uses oriented toward major/minor arterials or collector streets

    Commercial and service uses and structures and their parking areas shall be oriented toward major arterials, minor arterials or collector streets and away from adjacent minor streets in residential neighborhoods

Other

  • Landscape plan required

    A landscape plan shall be required and landscaping, trees, buffers and screening shall be provided in accordance with the applicable provisions of ATC article XXIII of this chapter.

  • Maximum duration of temporary use permit4 months

    However, no permit shall exceed four (4) months in any twelve-month period.

  • When a PSC District adjoins another zoning district, the front, side or rear yard setbacks only on the perimeter of the PSC District shall conform to the abutting zoning districts as provided in this chapter.

  • Principal vehicular access only from major or minor arterials

    Principal vehicular access for the general public shall be only from major arterials or minor arterials.

Signage

From the ordinance

Structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for the following uses permitted with a shopping center of two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet or less... The minimum permitted size for any PSC District shall be five (5) contiguous acres. The minimum landscaped open space in any PSC District shall not be less than two (2) percent of the gross area of the lot. No building or structure in a PSC District shall exceed a height of forty-five (45) feet.
Sec 21-173 through Sec 21-176