Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 25-427, 25-428, 25-429, 25-430, 25-430.1, 25-430.2, 25-430.3

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 25 ftMAX HEIGHT45 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.

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Density

Design

  • Pedestrian entryway required

    For any new principal building with an exterior façade facing a public right-of-way, and constructed after the effective date of this Ordinance, there shall be a pedestrian entryway opening installed onto at least one (1) adjoining public right-of-way.

  • Transparent window/door percentage20 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 of the building.

Other

  • Bicycle capacity as percentage of parking5 pct

    The total required bicycle capacity of all racks shall equal at least five (5) percent of all required off-street vehicle parking.

  • Bicycle rack requirement

    Whenever a use requires ten (10) or more parking spaces, permanent anchored bicycle racks shall be provided within two hundred (200) feet of the primary public entrance.

  • Drive-through facilities are prohibited between the building and the public right-of-way, except where a drive-through facility is on a lot adjacent to four (4) public rights-of-way.

  • 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.

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

  • Landscaping requirements

    The requirements of article IV, division 4, landscaping, buffering, and screening, shall apply to all developments in the Gateway Crossing Overlay District.

  • Maximum entrances per street1 count

    all lots fronting on a state road in the Gateway Crossing Overlay District shall have no more than one (1) entrance per street or road.

  • Maximum height of buildings and structures. Gateway Crossing Residential Subdistrict and Gateway Crossing Community Business Subdistricts. Forty-five (45) feet, up to sixty (60) feet by SEP.

  • Minimum sidewalk width5 ft

    Sidewalks shall be required along both sides of all public streets within the Gateway Crossing Overlay District. Sidewalks shall be a minimum of five (5) feet in width.

  • Stacking space dimensions10 ft width by 20 ft length

    Each stacking space shall have minimum dimensions of ten (10) feet in width by twenty (20) feet in length.

Parking

Signage

  • No square footage maximum per lot

    there shall be no square footage maximums per lot as stated in subsection 25-462(a).

From the ordinance

Uses permitted by-right: Commercial uses, as allowed by right in the Business B-1 Zoning Use District, not exceeding a gross floor area of two thousand (2,000) square feet. Dwelling, single family detached. Dwelling, duplex. Dwelling zero lot line. Dwelling, single family attached, up to six (6) dwelling units per net acre. Dwelling, multi-family, up to eight (8) dwellings units per acre. Dwelling, mixed use. Civic uses. Farmers market. Greenways and trails. Brewpub. Commuter parks and ride lots. Home occupation, subject to the standards of section 25-435.
Sec. 25-427, 25-428, 25-429, 25-430, 25-430.1, 25-430.2, 25-430.3