Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Tom's Creek, Stroubles Creek, Slate Branch
- Applies within
- 50 ft
- Geographic extent
- Tom's Creek and the Tom's Creek 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions., Stroubles Creek and the Stroubles Creek floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. west of West Campus Drive, and Slate Branch and the Slate Branch floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. west of U.S. 460 Bypass; all areas of 25% or greater slopes adjacent to the floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions., or if no floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions., 25%+ slopes that begin within 50 feet of the creek channel; all wetlands contiguous; all land within 50 feet from center line of creek.
Uses
Permitted by right5
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Grading
- No gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. without authorization
No grading or other ground disturbing activities shall be permitted in the Creek Valley Overlay District, unless authorized, in writing, by the Zoning Administrator.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No accessory structures may be located within the Creek Valley Overlay
- Transfer of residential development potential
Development density otherwise allowed on land within the Creek Valley District and outside the 100-year floodplain may be transferred to portions outside the district.
- Water dependent or passive recreation only
Only water dependent or passive recreation uses are permitted.
From the ordinance
The following creek valley areas of the Town of Blacksburg are hereby established as the Creek Valley District.