Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 25-425(1), 25-427(1), 25-428(1)(a), 25-428(3)(a)1, 25-429, 25-430, 25-430.1, 25-430.2, 25-430.3

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 25 ftMAX HEIGHT45 ftMAX DENSITY26 du/ac
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Uses

Conditional / special use2

Extracted standards

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

Height

Other

  • Bicycle capacity as percentage of required vehicle parking5 pct

    The total required bicycle capacity of all racks shall equal at least five (5) percent of all required off-street vehicle parking

  • Bicycle rack distance from primary entrance200 ft

    permanent anchored bicycle racks shall be provided within two hundred (200) feet of the primary public entrance.

  • Drive-through facilities are prohibited between the building and the public right-of-way, except where a drive-through facility is on a lot adjacent to four (4) public rights-of-way.

  • Planted evergreen shrubs shall have a minimum height of twenty-four (24) inches at the time of planting

  • have a minimum mature height of thirty-six (36) inches

  • Landscaping, buffering, and screening requirements apply

    The requirements of article IV, division 4, landscaping, buffering, and screening, shall apply to all developments in the Gateway Crossing Overlay District.

  • Maximum entrances per street for lots fronting state road1 count

    all lots fronting on a state road in the Gateway Crossing Overlay District shall have no more than one (1) entrance per street or road.

  • Minimum sidewalk width5 ft

    Sidewalks shall be a minimum of five (5) feet in width.

  • No square footage maximum per lot for signs

    there shall be no square footage maximums per lot as stated in subsection 25-462(a)

  • Stacking space minimum dimensions10 ft width by 20 ft length

    Each stacking space shall have minimum dimensions of ten (10) feet in width by twenty (20) feet in length.

  • Transparent windows/doors as percentage of wall area20 pct

    the façade shall contain transparent windows or door openings covering a minimum of twenty (20) percent to a maximum of seventy (70) percent of the wall area

Parking

Setback

From the ordinance

Uses permitted by-right: Commercial uses as allowed in B-1 not exceeding 2,000 sq ft; Dwelling, single family detached; ...
Sec. 25-425(1), 25-427(1), 25-428(1)(a), 25-428(3)(a)1, 25-429, 25-430, 25-430.1, 25-430.2, 25-430.3

Parking requirements

{
  "general": "10% reduction allowed",
  "on-street": "counts toward requirement",
  "restaurant": "1 per 100 sq ft GFA"
}