Bedford, Virginia · General provision

Section 609

Industrial ParkAll Bedford districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 6 ftRear 14 ftMin width 100 ftMIN LOT AREA25,000 sq ftMAX LOT COVERAGE50%
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.

Height

  • FAA approval for structures over 200 feet200 ft

    For structures exceeding 200 feet in height, prior written approval from the Federal Aviation Administration is also necessary.

Lot

  • Corner lot minimum width125 ft

    The minimum lot width at the setback line shall be 100 feet for lots with frontage on one public street and 125 feet for corner lots fronting on two or more public streets.

Other

  • Automobile service station operational conditions

    All operations shall be conducted within a building which shall not have an opening within 100 feet of a residential district other than a stationary window; no storage or placing of any parts or waste material outside such building; all vehicles located outside the building must be in operating conditions at all times; all drives, parking, and service areas shall be paved; all service and operation areas, other than customer parking, shall be screened from view from any abutting street; any towing may only be ancillary to the garage.

  • Balconies, stoops, stairs, open porches or decks, bay windows, and awnings are permitted to encroach into the front yard setback area no more than six feet.

  • The aforementioned as well as attached garages and carports, into the rear yard setback area no more than 14 feet.

  • Warehousing, mini-storage, or warehouse units conditions

    The front setback shall be 25 feet with required landscaping; side and rear setbacks shall be 20 feet; brick shall be required on all sides of units that will be visible from the public right-of-way of streets.

Setback

From the ordinance

The minimum lot area shall be 25,000 square feet. The maximum percentage of any lot that may be covered by the footprint of a building shall be 50 percent.
Section 609