Bluefield, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 74-611 to 74-615

Dimensional standards

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.

Setbacks

Front: 30 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum lot coverage: 50%

Uses

Permitted by right4

Conditional / special use1

itinerant sales or business

Extracted standards

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

Design

Design guidelines for large retail establishments
The design guidelines for large retail establishments as outlined in article VII, division 8, of this chapter.

Other

Landscaping of unused areas
Any part of the project not used for buildings or other structures, parking, loading and access ways shall be landscaped with grass, trees, shrubs or pedestrian walkways.
Paving of streets, parking areas, and walks
The streets, parking areas and walks shall be paved with hard surface materials meeting specifications approved by the town.

From the ordinance

The primary intent of the SC-OP district is to establish commercial areas in a small scale... Minimum standards: The aggregate of all buildings proposed shall not exceed 50 percent of the entire lot area of the project. No building shall be set back less than 30 feet from any public street bounding the project area. There shall be one parking space for each 200 square feet of total floor space.
Sec. 74-611 to 74-615

Parking requirements

{
  "all": "1 per 200 sq ft of total floor space"
}

Use details

{
  "dropped_conditions": {
    "conditional_uses": [
      "such other uses specifically approved by town council"
    ]
  }
}