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Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 25-427, 25-428

Interstate BusinessAll Botetourt County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 25 ftMAX HEIGHT60 ftMAX DENSITY26 du/ac
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.

Density

Maximum density
26 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
60 ft

Servicing

Applies near
I-81
Geographic extent
Portion of the Gateway Crossing Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. east of I-81 as depicted on the official zoning map.

Uses

Permitted by right10

Conditional / special use4

Prohibited3

  • trailer, recreational vehicles, modular homes and mobile home sales, and rental, including towing service and auto salvage or junk operations
  • plumbing supplies storage
  • minor manufacture of musical instruments, toys, novelties and rubber and metal stamps

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Pedestrian entryway required

    For any new principal building with an exterior façade facing a public right-of-way, there shall be a pedestrian entryway opening installed onto at least one adjoining public right-of-way.

  • Minimum front building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.25 ft

    If either of the following standards are met, the minimum front building setback shall be twenty-five (25) feet; if neither of these standards are met, the minimum building setback shall be eighty (80) feet, plus the distance covered by impervious surfaces.

  • Alternative front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.80 ft

    If neither of these standards are met, the minimum building setback shall be eighty (80) feet, plus the distance covered by impervious surfaces.

  • Minimum sidewalk width5 ft

    Required sidewalks shall be a minimum of five (5) feet in width.

  • Transparent windows/doors on street-facing facades20 pct

    The façade shall contain transparent windows or door openings covering a minimum of twenty (20) percent to a maximum of seventy (70) percent of the wall area on all floors.

From the ordinance

Uses permitted by-right: ... Maximum height of buildings and structures: Gateway Crossing Interstate Business Subdistrict. Up to sixty (60) feet.
Sec. 25-427, 25-428