Big Stone Gap, Virginia · General provision
Section 2 - RR Rural Residential District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right18
Conditional / special use29
- special agriculture
- cemetery
- crematorium
- convalescent home
- nursing home
- home for aged
- dog kennel
- family care home
- foster home
- group home
- hospital
- clinic
- nursery school
- kindergarten
- child care center
- day nursery
- day care center
- private school
- college
- university
- public building
- school
- fire station
- park
- parkway
- playground
- radio tower
- recreational facility
- any special exception from R-C
Accessory9
Prohibited2
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. if street less than 50 ft wide60 ft
If street is less than fifty (50) feet in width front yard shall be at least sixty (60) feet measured from centerline.
Signage
- Maximum farm or estate identification sign area20 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A sign, limited in area to twenty (20) square feet, for identification of a farm or estate or a subdivision or its occupants, for advertisement of farm products raised on the premises, for a church bulletin board or identification of permitted public and semi-public uses, recreational uses, or clubs.
- Maximum temporary construction sign area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A temporary sign limited in area to thirty-two (32) square feet erected in connection with new construction work and displayed on the premises only during such time as the actual construction work is in progress.
From the ordinance
The purpose of this district is to provide for more spacious single-family residential areas and for areas not yet urban where agricultural uses are appropriate.