zoneoptics
Blacksburg, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 5534

All Blacksburg districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin frontage 75 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.

Lot

Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
75 ft

Extracted standards

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

Signage

  • Maximum directional signs per lot3 signs

    A maximum of 3 signs plus three directional signs per lot is permitted in the General Commercial Zoning District.

  • Maximum freestanding monument signs per lot1 signs

    a maximum of one sign may be a freestanding monument sign, provided the lot contains a minimum of 75 feet of frontage on a public street.

  • Maximum shopping center identification sign area50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

    In shopping center developments, one freestanding identification sign shall be allowed announcing the name of the shopping center and listing the tenants. The size of this sign shall be limited to 50 square feet.

  • Maximum signs per lot3 signs

    A maximum of 3 signs plus three directional signs per lot is permitted in the General Commercial Zoning District.

  • Minimum lot frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. for freestanding monument sign75 ft

    provided the lot contains a minimum of 75 feet of frontage on a public street.

From the ordinance

A maximum of 3 signs plus three directional signs per lot is permitted in the General Commercial Zoning District.
Sec. 5534