Blacksburg, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 3303-3305

Dimensional standards

Extracted standards

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

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  • Cross access for adjacent commercial uses generating 100+ trips

    Adjacent commercial uses 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(s) to allow circulation within the Mixed Use Development and between the Mixed Use Development and adjacent nonresidential or Mixed Use Development sites.

  • Major entrance required on street or major access

    Each principal structure shall have at least one street or major access oriented entrance which serves as a major entrance for the structure.

  • Maximum contiguous wall length without windows30 ft

    Each facade, other than that area regulated by subsections below, shall have no more than thirty (30) feet of contiguous horizontal wall length devoid of transparent windows on any floor, unless that length of wall includes architectural features such as piers, columns, defined bays, or other planer change of the building.

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

  • 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.

  • Maximum distance to recreational area1,000 ft

    Such recreational area shall be provided within one thousand (1,000) feet of the residences served.

  • A minimum of ten (10) percent of the MXD Development gross land area shall be reserved as open space.

  • Minimum recreational activity area percentage of residential gross floor area5 pct

    This recreational activity area shall be a minimum of five (5) percent of the residential gross floor area in the MXD Development.

  • Outdoor display restrictions

    Outdoor display of merchandise for sale shall be accessory and limited to products that are customarily associated with the operation of the principal business located on the premises and conducted by employees of such principal business. The outdoor display area shall not be located in areas intended for traffic and pedestrian circulation or parking as identified on the approved site development plan.

  • Pedestrian amenities required

    Each new structure and every expansion to an existing building shall provide pedestrian amenities located to serve the subject structure, as specified herein.

  • Residential floor area percentage range10 pct

    The gross residential floor area in any MXD Development shall be no less than a minimum of ten (10) percent and no greater than a maximum of seventy-five (75) percent of gross floor area within the MXD Development.

  • Rooftop equipment screening required

    All roof-top equipment shall be screened in building materials that match the structure or which are visually compatible with the structure.

  • Any MXD Development with gross floor area in excess of seventy-five thousand (75,000) square feet shall provide a transit shelter immediately served by either a publicly dedicated bus pull-in lane in the adjacent right-of-way or an internal road with a turn-around area meeting the minimum dimensional requirements of section 5-309 of the Subdivision Ordinance.

  • Underground utility lines required

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

From the ordinance

A minimum of ten (10) percent of the MXD Development gross land area shall be reserved as open space. ... The gross residential floor area in any MXD Development shall be no less than a minimum of ten (10) percent and no greater than a maximum of seventy-five (75) percent of gross floor area within the MXD Development.
Sec. 3303-3305