Blacksburg, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 3231 - Creek Valley district established
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Tom's Creek, Stroubles Creek, Slate Branch
- Applies within
- 50 ft
- Geographic extent
- Creek Valley DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.: Tom's Creek and its 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions., Stroubles Creek and its floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. west of West Campus Drive, Slate Branch and its floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. west of U.S. 460 Bypass; all areas of 25% or greater slopes adjacent to floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. or within 50 feet of creek channel; all contiguous wetlands; and land within 50 feet of creek centerline.
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in Creek Valley OverlayOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it.
Agriculture; however, no accessory structures may be located within the Creek Valley Overlay... no accessory structures may be located within the Creek Valley District.
- No gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. or ground disturbing activities without written authorization
No grading or other ground disturbing activities shall be permitted in the Creek Valley Overlay District, unless authorized, in writing, by the Zoning Administrator.
From the ordinance
The following creek valley areas of the Town of Blacksburg are hereby established as the Creek Valley District... (1) Tom's Creek and the Tom's Creek 100-year floodplain... (2) All areas of twenty-five (25) percent or greater slopes... (4) All the land within a corridor defined by a boundary line which is fifty (50) feet from the center line of the creek...