Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
- Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
- prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right45
- Home Occupation
- Multifamily Dwelling
- Administrative Services
- Community Recreation
- Cultural Services
- Day Care Center
- Home for Adults
- Life Care Facility
- Nursing Home
- Open Space
- Post Office
- Public Parks and Recreational Areas
- Public Recreation Assembly
- Religious Assembly
- Safety Services
- Shelter
- Utility Services, Minor
- Financial Institutions (without drive-through)
- General Office
- Medical Office
- General Office for Educational Facilities, College/University
- Brewpub
- Clinic
- Commercial Indoor Entertainment
- Commercial Indoor Amusement
- Communication Services
- Consumer Repair Services
- Funeral Home
- Neighborhood Convenience Store
- Parking Facility
- Pawn Shop
- Personal Improvement Services
- Personal Services
- Public Farmers Market
- Restaurant, Fast Food
- Restaurant, General
- Restaurant, Small
- Retail Sales
- Small-Scale Brewery, Cidery, or Seltzery
- Small-Scale Distillery
- Small-Scale Winery or Meadery
- Specialty Shop
- Studio, Fine Arts
- Veterinary Hospital/Clinic
- Accessory Structures
Conditional / special use21
- Club
- Educational Facilities, Primary/Secondary
- Public Assembly
- Utility Services, Major
- Automobile Repair
- Bed and Breakfast
- Commercial Indoor Sports and Recreation
- Dance Hall
- Expansion of Small-scale Brewery, Cidery, Seltzery, Winery, Meadery or Distillery
- Gasoline Station
- Grocery Store
- Hotel/Motel
- Itinerant Vendor
- Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Center
- Financial Institution (with drive-through)
- General Office (ground floor)
- Medical Office (ground floor)
- Laboratory
- Research and Development
- Broadcasting and Communication Facility
- Townhouse or Multi-family dwelling on ground floor
Accessory1
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum residential density48 bedrooms/acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Maximum residential density: Forty-eight (48) bedrooms per acre.
Density bonus
- Density bonusDensity bonusExtra units allowed above the base cap in exchange for something — usually affordable homes. for historicHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. rehabilitation
A density bonus, as authorized by Virginia Code §15.2-2286(A)(10)(a), is allowed when the project includes the retention and rehabilitation of a contributing structure in the Historic District.
Height
- Additional heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. up to 100 feet via conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permit100 ft
Additional height up to a maximum of one hundred (100) feet may be requested through the Conditional Use permit process.
Other
- Maximum curb cuts per street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.2 curb cuts
A maximum of two (2) curb cuts shall be allowed per street frontage.
- Maximum dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. occupancy
The maximum dwelling unit occupancy shall be a family, plus two (2) persons unrelated to the family; or no more than four (4) unrelated persons.
- Minimum sidewalk width10 ft
Sidewalk width from back of curb to the building at ground level shall be at least ten (10) feet for Main Street frontage and eight (8) feet for all other street frontage in the district.
- Roof-top equipment enclosed
All roof-top equipment shall be enclosed in building materials that match the structure or which are visually compatible with the structure.
- Sidewalk display clearance5 ft
at least five (5) feet of clearance is maintained at the store front entrance
- Sidewalk display maximum extension3 ft
the display is located against the building wall and does not extend more than three (3) feet into the sidewalk
- Sidewalk display maximum length percentage75 pct
the display area does not exceed seventy-five (75) percent of the length of the storefront.
- Street-oriented entrance required
The street elevation of principal structures shall have at least one (1) street-oriented entrance, and contain the principal windows of the structure.
- All utility lines placed underground
All utility lines, electric, telephone, cable television lines, etc., shall be placed underground.
From the ordinance
Maximum structure height: Sixty (60) feet.