Hanover County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 26-136 to 26-150

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin frontage 100 ftMAX HEIGHT42 ft / 3 storiesMIN OPEN SPACE20%
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

Permitted by right11

Conditional / special use14

  • Any B-2 or B-3 use not already specifically allowed in this district.
  • Any project wherein the total floor area for limited industrial uses exceeds fifty (50) percent of the project's gross floor area.
  • Auditorium or lecture hall.
  • Fitness center.
  • Golf course (not miniature golf).
  • Heliport or helistop.
  • Limited industrial uses which exceed the floor area limitations set forth in section 26-141, below.
  • Public or governmental buildings and uses, including libraries, fire stations (volunteer or otherwise), parks, parkways, and playgrounds.
  • Public utilities or public service buildings; generating, purification, or treatment plants; pumping or regulator stations, substations; and power transmission lines not otherwise allowed as a permitted use.
  • Recreation facility, indoor.
  • Recreation facility, outdoor.
  • Research and development in the physical, engineering and life sciences (including testing of combustion engines as accessory to principal use).
  • Sports and recreational instruction (indoor).
  • Telecommunications towers and related facilities that exceed one hundred forty (140) feet in height and temporary telecommunications towers and related facilities of any height, in accordance with the standards of sections 26-282 through 26-292.

Accessory6

  • For those B-1 Neighborhood Business District uses permitted above, any permitted accessory use that is permitted under the B-1 Neighborhood Business District regulations is allowed.
  • The location of office or construction trailers for a period not to exceed one (1) year.
  • Parking garages, accessory to permitted uses.
  • Tier 1 battery energy storage systems.
  • Solar energy facility, accessory, ground-mounted, in accordance with the standards of section 26-292.6.
  • Solar energy facility, accessory, roof-mounted, in accordance with the standards of section 26-292.6.

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

Other

  • All uses within completely enclosed building

    All uses shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.

  • Limited industrial floor area limit50 percent

    Limited industrial uses shall be limited to fifty (50) percent of the gross floor area of the district.

  • To be eligible for development under the provisions of this article, a tract of land must comprise a minimum of ten (10) acres.

  • Parking lot landscaping threshold10 spaces

    Any parking lot containing more than ten (10) spaces shall be landscaped according to the requirements specified in section 26-192.

  • Project perimeter buffer width50 ft

    A continuous buffer no less than fifty (50) feet in width shall be established along the boundary of the office/service district, where the boundary is contiguous with a residential district. In all other cases, a buffer no less than twenty-five (25) feet in width shall be established and maintained.

  • Street buffer width20 ft

    There shall be a continuous buffer no less than twenty (20) feet in width along each side of every public road within the office/service district.

  • Tree removal caliper threshold15 inches

    No healthy tree with a caliper of fifteen (15) inches or greater, measured six (6) inches from the ground, shall be removed from the site unless such trees are replaced.

  • Underground utility lines

    All utility lines, such as electric, telephone, cable television, or other similar lines, shall be placed underground.

From the ordinance

Any development within the office/service district shall be served by public water and sewer.
Section 26-136 to 26-150

Use details

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  "dropped_conditions": {
    "accessory_uses": [
      "Residence, when located within a permitted principal structure, for a person employed on the premises as a resident manager, caretaker, or security guard. There shall be only one (1) such residence per structure.",
      "Promotional events, in accordance with the following: a. A permit is issued by the Director. All requests for promotional event permits shall be submitted at least five (5) business days before the promotional event. The application for a promotional event permit shall describe the activities planned and shall contain a sketch plan showing the location of existing structures, parking areas, vehicle entrances and exits, and pedestrian walkways, and the proposed location of the promotional event activities. b. A promotional event permit may be issued for a period not to exceed three (3) consecutive days. c. Promotional events involving the outdoor display of goods and merchandise shall be conducted within an area immediately adjacent to the place where such items are customarily sold. d. No required off-street parking space, area used for vehicular ingress or egress, access drive or loading area shall be utilized for such display or activity. e. A promotional event permit shall not authorize yard sales, flea markets, or other display or sale of used merchandise other than that normally sold by the business holding the promotional event. f. Promotional events may only occur during the normal business hours of operation on the property. g. If a private sidewalk or pedestrian way in front of the building is used for the display of merchandise or for any activity related to the promotional event, a minimum width of four feet must remain unobstructed for pedestrian use. All other promotional events shall be considered \"promotional activities.\"",
      "Telecommunications arrays, located on an existing structure, provided the following requirements are met: a. The existing structure shall be in compliance with all currently applicable regulations. b. The height of the existing structure shall not be increased by more than ten (10) percent or ten (10) feet, whichever is less; provided, for properties located within the Hanover County Airspace Map area, no such increase may be permitted if the increase in height creates a hazard for the Hanover County Airport for existing, future or planned airspaces. In determining whether a proposed structure or addition to an existing structure creates such a hazard, the Director may consult with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Virginia Department of Aviation. c. The arrays shall not cause any interference with, or adverse impact on, the county's communications system. d. Any equipment cabinets or structures placed on the ground to serve the array(s) shall be screened in accordance with section 26-263, unless visually obstructed by existing vegetation or other structures on site. e. The arrays shall not be permitted if lighting, beacons, or other safety devices are required by the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Aviation Administration, or any other governing agency."
    ],
    "permitted_uses": [
      "The manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of the following: (1) Cosmetics. (2) Electrical appliances and machinery and hardware products. (3) Electronic and computer products. (4) Medical equipment and supplies. (5) Musical instruments. (6) Perfumes. (7) Pharmaceuticals and medicines. (8) Soaps (compounding only). (9) Tools and dies. (10) Toys, games and dolls.",
      "The permanent placement or removal of clean earth fill, including all related excavation and filling activities, provided: (1) If the placement or removal is done in connection with the development of a property and the clean earth fill is being relocated on the same property, such placement or removal shall be permitted when it is done in furtherance of an approved site plan or construction plan. (2) If the placement or removal is done in connection with the development of another property and the clean earth fill is either being transported to or from the property, such placement or removal shall be permitted when the source and destination of the clean earth fill are properly permitted with the applicable state and local regulatory authorities. (3) If the placement of fill is not being done in furtherance of an approved site plan or construction plan and the average depth of clean earth fill being added is greater than one (1) foot, the property owner shall record a plat, approved by the director of public works, showing the locations where the fill has been placed. This plat shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county, within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of the placement or filling activities on the property.",
      "Telecommunications towers and related facilities, in accordance with the standards of sections 26-282 through 26-292: (1) On properties that are located within the \"FAA Part 77 Area\" as depicted on the public works facilities plan in the county comprehensive plan, that do not exceed fifty (50) feet in height; (2) Otherwise, that do not exceed one hundred (100) feet in height."
    ]
  }
}