Buena Vista, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 617.00, 617.05-1, 617.05-2, 615.04-5
PublicAll Buena Vista districts0
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Uses
Permitted by right35
- Retail stores and shops directly affiliated with an institution
- Publishing, printing and lithographing, for institutional private uses such as student newspapers, institutional promotions, institutional printing etc.
- Assembly halls
- Business, private, public and vocational schools and classrooms, academic facilities, administrative offices and associated support structures
- Churches and other places of worship, and church school buildings
- Clubs and lodges, fraternities, and meeting places of other organizations
- Dining halls, restaurants, cafes, and other eating establishments directly affiliated with an institution
- Hospitals
- Laboratories and research facilities
- Libraries
- Museums
- Police, fire and rescue squad stations
- Post offices
- Public and institutional buildings and properties of a cultural, administrative, or service type
- Public service and storage buildings
- Public utilities
- Repair facilities for institutional equipment and property only
- Indoor theaters
- Small-scale production establishments directly affiliated with an institution
- Radio and television broadcasting studios
- Parks and playgrounds
- Childcare centers and family day care homes
- Dormitories
- Two-family homes
- Multifamily homes/apartments
- Single-family dwellings
- Townhouses
- Greenhouses
- Parking garages and parking lots
- Off-street parking as required by this ordinance
- Agriculture
- Athletic playing fields, golf courses, driving ranges, and similar outdoor recreation uses which are primarily for daytime use and which do not have artificial lighting directed onto the area of play or recreation
- Indoor athletic facilities, to include gyms, indoor pools, dance studios, and similar uses
- Indoor firing ranges, subject to any other applicable regulations
- Bus and taxi stands
Conditional / special use6
- Bakeries
- Business and professional offices not affiliated with an institution, including, but not limited to, medical offices, tax preparation, real estate, engineers, architects
- Campgrounds or recreational vehicle parks
- Restaurants, cafes, and other eating establishments not affiliated with an institution
- Laundries, dry cleaning shops, and clothes dyeing establishments
- Athletic playing fields, golf courses, driving ranges, outdoor theaters, or similar outdoor recreation or performance uses which have artificial lighting directed onto the area of play or recreation
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Special heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. restriction for specific area
In the institutional district new buildings located to the east of Beech Avenue to the West side of Chestnut Avenue and to the North Side of Park and 25th Streets to the south side of 28th Street buildings may be not greater in height than six stories if the base of the building is located at the foot of the ridge and the height of the building does not exceed 1,000 feet above mean sea level (48 feet above the base elevation of Main Hall) without a conditional use permit granted by the city council.
Lighting
- Outdoor lighting requirements24 ft
Outdoor lighting shall be designed to limit light trespass or light pollution to the greatest extent feasible. Fixtures shall be full cutoff type or otherwise limit the amount of light escaping upward. Photosensor or motion sensor lighting should be used where possible. Light poles shall not exceed 24 feet in height.
Other
- No yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. requirement
No yard requirement.
From the ordinance
Buildings may occupy no more than 80 percent of the lot area, unless a conditional use permit for additional area is granted. Buildings may be no more than three stories tall, up to a maximum height of 40 feet, unless a conditional use permit for additional height is granted.
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"accessory_uses": [
"Home occupations provided the requirements of article 7, section 705 are met",
"Temporary office or storage building for use during construction, which shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of the construction work"
],
"permitted_uses": [
"Family care homes, foster homes or group homes serving the mentally retarded, developmentally disabled or others, rest homes, homes for adults, or nursing homes, provided that licensing requirements are met"
],
"conditional_uses": [
"Commercial radio, television, and communication towers along with related buildings and equipment provided the requirements of article 13 are met",
"Existing structures to include towers, power towers, water tanks, telephone poles, commercial buildings and rooftops, may be used to affix commercial radio, television, and communication antennas provided the requirements of article 13 are met"
]
}
}