Fredericksburg, Virginia · General provision

Section 72-42.6F

Uses

Extracted standards

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

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  • No additional signage shall be permitted in association with outdoor display areas.

  • Clearance from entrance doors

    The area of outdoor display or sales shall not encompass the width of the entrance doors to the establishment as projected straight out from the facility.

  • Outdoor sales shall not include hazardous and flammable materials, such as gasoline, oil, antifreeze, kerosene, poisons, pesticides, and similar items.

  • Improved surface required

    The outdoor display area shall take place on an improved surface such as the sidewalk or pavement.

  • Large items must comply with principal use standards

    Outdoor display of large items (e.g., heavy equipment, vehicles, manufactured homes, prefabricated structures, etc.) shall comply with the standards applied to these activities when they occur as principal uses (see § 72-41, Use-specific standards).

  • Location relative to storefront

    All outdoor display of goods shall be located immediately adjacent to the storefront, or building sides, and not in drive aisles, loading zones, fire lanes, or parking lots.

  • The height of the outdoor display shall not exceed nine feet, except in the case of live or recently cut trees or similar vegetation.

  • Maximum display length as percentage of storefront50 pct

    Outdoor display areas shall be limited to no more than one-half of the length of the store front or building side.

  • Containers must be movable indoors

    Containers or racks used for display shall be capable of being moved indoors.

  • Pedestrian clearance along parking lot side5 ft

    At least five feet along the parking lot side of the display shall be maintained free of obstruction to allow for pedestrian and handicap movement.

  • Maximum display for shopping center tenants50 pct

    In the case of a shopping center, the 'storefront' shall include the entire frontage of the shopping center facade, meaning that the total amount of display for all the in-line tenants combined shall not exceed 50% of the aggregate store front length of the shopping center.

  • Site plan required

    Outdoor display/sales areas shall be depicted upon a site plan (see § 72-26, Site plan).

  • No goods shall be attached to a building's wall surface.

From the ordinance

Outdoor display or sales may be allowed as an accessory use for all retail sales and service uses and wholesale sales uses.
Section 72-42.6F