Blacksburg, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 3151-3152

General CommercialAll Blacksburg districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaRear 0 ftMin frontage 30 ftMIN LOT AREA15,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT60 ftMAX IMPERVIOUS85%
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.

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Extracted standards

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

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  • Joint and cross access required for commercial properties

    Adjacent commercial properties that generate one hundred (100) trips or more per day according to the Institute of Transportation Engineer's Trip Generation Manual, shall provide a cross access drive to allow circulation between sites.

  • A maximum of two (2) curb cuts shall be allowed per street frontage.

  • The maximum dwelling unit occupancy will be a family, plus two persons unrelated to the family; or no more than four unrelated persons.

  • Outside storage screening required

    Except where specifically excepted, outside storage of materials such as but not limited to tools, supplies, materials, or equipment, shall be screened in compliance with the requirements of Article V, Division 3.

  • 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.

  • 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, with the exception of structures in a courtyard style.

  • All utility lines placed underground

    All utility lines, electric, telephone, cable television lines, etc., shall be placed underground.

From the ordinance

Minimum lot size: 15,000 square feet
Sec. 3151-3152