Article 10, Sec. 22-10-2
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right33
- Amusements, public
- Cultural services
- Public uses
- Bakeries
- Bed and breakfasts
- Brewpub
- Butcher shops
- Child day centers
- Daycare centers
- Financial institutions
- Funeral homes
- Garden center
- Gas stations
- Greenhouses, commercial
- Grocery stores
- Medical clinics
- Offices
- Parking facilities
- Personal service establishments
- Pharmacies
- Restaurants, fast food
- Restaurants, general
- Restaurants, small
- Retail stores, general
- Retail stores, neighborhood convenience
- Retail stores, specialty
- Studios, fine arts
- Taxidermists
- Vending carts
- Accessory uses
- Mobile food unit
- Small scale solar generation facility
- Utilities, minor
Conditional / special use27
- Educational facilities
- Religious assembly
- Sheltered care facilities
- Amusements, commercial
- Auction houses
- Automobile repair service establishments
- Car washes
- Communications service
- Dance halls
- Guidance services
- Hotels
- Kennels, commercial
- Landscaping materials supply
- Laundromats
- Laundries
- Lodges
- Microbreweries
- Personal improvement services
- Professional schools
- Self-storage facilities
- Veterinary offices
- Outdoor gatherings
- Minor scale solar generation facility
- Telecommunication facilities
- Utilities, major
- Utility scale solar generation facility
- Dormitories
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. with increased setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.45 ft
Any building otherwise permitted may be erected to a height of forty-five feet (45') feet from grade and a public or semi-public building such as a school, place of worship, or library may be erected to a height of sixty feet (60') from grade; provided, in any such case, that required setback and side and rear yards each shall be increased one foot (1') for each foot in height over thirty-five feet (35').
Other
Uses and structures which are customarily accessory and clearly incidental shall be permitted, provided establishment of the same shall not be permitted until construction has commenced on the principal building or the principal use has been established.
- Parking and accessory useAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residential or agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.25 ft
All parking lots and accessory uses shall be located not less than twenty-five feet (25') from any residential or agricultural district.
- Parking lot setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public right-of-way25 ft
All parking lots shall be located not less than twenty-five feet (25') from any public right-of-way.
- Area requirement for individual sewerage disposal
None, except for permitted uses utilizing individual sewerage disposal system. The required area for any such use shall be approved by the administrator who may consult with the health official.
- Sidewalk requirement
Sidewalks that comply with the most recent VDOT specifications shall be required on both sides of all roadways, public and private.
- Site development plan requirement
All buildings, structures and uses in the B-C District shall be subject to the provisions of Article 23: Site Development Plans of this Code.
- Minimum yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when adjoining residential or agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.50 ft
The minimum yard requirements for permitted uses adjoining or adjacent to a residential or agricultural district shall be fifty feet (50').
Parking
Off-street parking shall conform with Article 26: Off-Street Parking and Loading Spaces of this chapter.
Signage
- Sign regulations
Sign regulations shall conform to Article 15 of this chapter.
From the ordinance
In Business District B-C, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one (1) or more of the following retail sales and/or service uses.