zoneoptics
Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 25-429 through 25-430.4

All Botetourt County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 2 ft
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.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
2 ft

Servicing

Applies near
Gateway Crossing
Geographic extent
Gateway Crossing Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it.

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Bicycle capacity as % of 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 as established in section 25-473.

  • Bicycle parking required when 10+ vehicle spaces10 spaces

    Whenever a use requires ten (10) or more parking spaces, permanent anchored bicycle racks shall be provided within two hundred (200) feet of the primary public entrance.

  • Drive-through prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. between building and right-of-way

    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.

  • Landscaping requirements

    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 street1 entrances

    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.

  • Maximum imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. surface

    There shall be no maximum impervious surface requirements in the Gateway Crossing Overlay District.

  • Minimum bicycle racks1 racks

    When required, a minimum of one (1) bicycle rack with capacity for two (2) bicycles shall be provided.

  • Minimum sidewalk width5 ft

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

  • Sidewalk required for new development

    Sidewalks shall be installed along a property's frontage on any public street or road for all new development to achieve connectivity to adjoining sites.

  • Sidewalk required for renovation if addition exceeds 15% GFA15 pct

    For renovations and/or expansions of existing structures, sidewalks are required only if there is an addition exceeding fifteen (15) percent of the Gross Floor Area (GFA) of the existing structure.

  • Administrative waiver for sidewalk

    Where the construction of a required sidewalk is not feasible due to topography, an administrative waiver may be granted under the sole discretion of the Zoning Administrator.

  • Stacking space dimensions

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

  • Other uses stacking spaces3 spaces

    All other uses: Three (3) stacking spaces

  • Restaurant stacking spaces6 spaces

    Restaurant: Six (6) stacking spaces measured from the order board, or from the pickup window if no order board exists.

Parking

Signage

  • Sign square footage maximum

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

From the ordinance

Sidewalks shall be installed along a property's frontage on any public street or road for all new development to achieve connectivity to adjoining sites. Required sidewalks shall be a minimum of five (5) feet in width.
Sec. 25-429 through 25-430.4

Parking requirements

{
  "default": "base requirements reduced by 10%",
  "restaurant": "1 space per 100 sq ft GFA"
}