Sec. 25-427, 25-430.2
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 15%
Servicing
- Applies near
- Gateway Crossing Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it.
- Geographic extent
- All lands within the Gateway Crossing Gateway Subdistrict as shown on the official zoning map of Botetourt County
Uses
Conditional / special use7
- Drive-through facilities
- Outdoor dining
- Outdoor display and sales areas
- Gas stations
- Car washes
- Self-storage facilities
- Any other use that the board of supervisors determines to be compatible with the purpose and intent of the overlay district
Prohibited10
- Adult entertainment establishments
- Pawnshops
- Tattoo parlors
- Check-cashing establishments
- Payday loan establishments
- Flea markets
- Outdoor storage yards
- Junk yards or salvage yards
- Sexually oriented businesses
- Any use that is determined by the zoning administrator to be incompatible with the purpose and intent of the overlay district
Extracted standards
14 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Light spillover control
Exterior lighting shall be designed to provide adequate illumination for safety and security while minimizing light spillover onto adjacent properties and the night sky.
Other
- Buffer yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. width adjacent to residential20 ft
A buffer yard a minimum of twenty (20) feet in width shall be provided along the property line shared with a residential use.
- Building orientation to street
Buildings shall be oriented to the street with primary entrances facing the public street. Parking areas shall be located to the side or rear of buildings where feasible.
- Minimum access point spacing200 ft
A minimum spacing of two hundred (200) feet shall be maintained between access points along the same side of a public street, unless a lesser distance is approved by the zoning administrator based on site-specific conditions.
- Minimum sidewalk width5 ft
Sidewalks shall be a minimum of five (5) feet in width and shall be constructed of concrete or other approved material.
- Planting strip width5 ft
Sidewalks shall be separated from the curb by a landscaped planting strip a minimum of five (5) feet in width, where feasible.
- Screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for outdoor storage, refuse, loading, mechanical6 ft
Screening shall be provided by a decorative fence or wall, or a dense planting of evergreen shrubs, a minimum of six (6) feet in height.
- Shade tree spacing along street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.40 ft
A minimum of one (1) shade tree shall be provided for each forty (40) feet of street frontage, or fraction thereof.
- Shade tree per parking spaces10 spaces
Parking areas shall be landscaped with a minimum of one (1) shade tree for each ten (10) parking spaces, or fraction thereof.
- Underground utilities
All utility lines shall be placed underground where feasible.
Signage
- Monument sign maximum area50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Monument signs shall have a maximum height of eight (8) feet and a maximum area of fifty (50) square feet per face.
- Monument sign maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft
Monument signs shall have a maximum height of eight (8) feet and a maximum area of fifty (50) square feet per face.
- Pole sign maximum area100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Pole signs shall have a maximum height of twenty-five (25) feet and a maximum area of one hundred (100) square feet per face.
- Pole sign maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.25 ft
Pole signs shall have a maximum height of twenty-five (25) feet and a maximum area of one hundred (100) square feet per face.
From the ordinance
A minimum landscaped area of fifteen (15) percent of the site area shall be provided in the Core and Gateway Subdistricts.