Blacksburg, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 4501.5(a)

Extracted standards

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

Design

  • Street orientation

    The street elevation of the principal structure shall have at least one (1) street-oriented entrance, and contain the principal windows of the adult store.

Other

  • Minimum distance from sensitive uses500 ft

    An adult store shall be located at least five hundred (500) feet from any Religious Assembly; Educational Facility, Primary/Secondary; Public Parks and Recreational Areas; Public Recreation Assembly; Day Care Center; Public Assembly; Cultural Services; Homes for Adults; Life Care Facility; or Residential Zoning District or any other adult store; and at least one thousand (1,000) feet from any Adult Entertainment Establishment in existence on the date on which the adult store obtains its zoning permit.

Parking

  • Parking location

    Parking shall be located behind the front line of the principal building. Town Council may grant a special exception to this requirement as authorized by Section 1112.

Signage

  • Window display prohibition

    No adult store shall display adult media, depictions of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, sexually oriented goods or depictions of sexually oriented goods, in its window, in a manner visible (by normal unaided vision) from the street, highway, public sidewalk, or the property of others. Window areas shall remain transparent and shall not be made opaque.

From the ordinance

An adult store shall be located at least five hundred (500) feet from any Religious Assembly; Educational Facility, Primary/Secondary; Public Parks and Recreational Areas; Public Recreation Assembly; Day Care Center; Public Assembly; Cultural Services; Homes for Adults; Life Care Facility; or Residential Zoning District or any other adult store; and at least one thousand (1,000) feet from any Adult Entertainment Establishment in existence on the date on which the adult store obtains its zoning permit.
Sec. 4501.5(a)