Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Permitted in industrial, business, office and institutional zoning districts only
Uses
Permitted by right1
Conditional / special use1
Prohibited7
- shipping container storage on residential property
- shipping container as residence
- shipping container storage in PUD or TCOD except industrial with CUP
- shipping container storage not related to active transport
- shipping container blocking fire hydrants or parking
- shipping container storing solid waste without approval
- shipping container stacking without CUP
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for principal buildings in industrial districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.
Must comply with development criteria relating to setbacks for principal buildings in the industrial zoning district and landscape buffer yards required under section 19-600 et seq.
- Site plan exemption for temporary storage4 months
Shipping containers placed or stored for no longer than four months in a calendar year are exempt from site plan approval.
- Stacking conditions
Stacking only in industrial districts with CUP. Only block storage permitted, number of containers stacked vertically must be equaled or exceeded by side-by-side. Must comply with Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code.
From the ordinance
Shipping containers are permitted in industrial, business, office and institutional zoning districts only, subject to conditions. Stacking requires CUP in industrial districts. Prohibited on residential property.