Frederick County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
§ 165-204.32
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- RA (Rural Areas) Zoning DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.
Uses
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- B2 General Business standards apply
B2 General Business Zoning District standards apply, including building height, building and parking setbacks, buffering, screening, and landscaping standards.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. fuel sales prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Country general stores may not include accessory fuel sales.
- Building permit required
All new buildings require building permits reviewed and approved by Building Inspections.
- Expansion requires new CUP
Any expansion of an approved country general store requires approval of a new conditional use permit (CUP).
- Maximum gross retail floor area3,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A country general store may not exceed 3,500 square feet of gross retail floor area.
- Site plan required
A site plan shall be submitted to and approved by Frederick County prior to the establishment of the use.
From the ordinance
Country general stores located in the RA Rural Areas Zoning District shall meet the following requirements: