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 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.

Uses

Conditional / special use1

Prohibited5

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.

  • Gateway Crossing Interstate Business Subdistrict. Up to sixty (60) feet.

  • 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-2 Zoning Use District. Conference center. Theatre, indoor. Restaurants, including full-service, limited-service, and/or drive-in establishments. Hospitals. Farmers market. Greenways and trails. Brewpub. Microbrewery. Dwelling, mixed use.
Sec. 25-427, 25-428, 25-429, 25-430, 25-430.1, 25-430.2, 25-430.3