Sec. 6-1003
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- US Highway Route 58 Business, US Highway Route 258, US Highway Route 460, Virginia Highway Route 10 Business, Route 10 Bypass, Virginia Highway Route 32, Virginia Highway Route 260
- Applies within
- 500 ft
- Geographic extent
- All lands within 500 feet of each side of US Highway Route 58 Business (between Suffolk and Franklin), US Highway Route 258 (outside NDSO), US Highway Route 460, Virginia Highway Route 10 Business and Route 10 Bypass (outside NDSO), Virginia Highway Route 32 (outside NDSO), and Virginia Highway Route 260.
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Minimum decorative fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. when parking exceeds 25% in front3 ft
when more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the required parking is to be located in front of the primary structure; a decorative fence no less than three (3) feet in height shall be constructed between the parking and the public right-of-way.
Chain link fences shall be prohibited.
Other
- Clear-cutting setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from arterial rights-of-way (except RAC)50 ft
clear-cutting in any district other than lands zoned RAC, shall not occur within at least fifty (50) feet from any of the arterial rights-of-way as designated in section 6-1003.
- Loading areas must be visually screened
Loading areas shall be permitted only in the side or rear yards and shall be visually screened from public rights-of-way, and adjacent property using the screening zone standards found in article VIII.
- One-time exemption for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building (max square footage)500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A one-time exemption may be granted by the zoning administrator for a single accessory building of no greater than five hundred (500) square feet.
- Maximum direct access points to arterial highway1 count
Access from any parcel or lot having frontage along an arterial highway within the district and in existence prior to November 5, 1992, shall be permitted one (1) direct access point to said highway
- Maximum direct access points for multiple lots under singular ownership1 count
If two (2) or more adjacent parcels are placed under one (1) common ownership and/or control, such assembly shall be permitted only one (1) direct access to the arterial highway within the district
- One-time exemption for principal building expansion (max square footage)2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A one-time exemption may be granted by the zoning administrator for the expansion of an existing developed property to enlarge the total square footage of the principal building by not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total floor area; however, in no case shall such an expansion exceed twenty-five hundred (2,500) square feet.
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. spaces requiring paving5 spaces
Vehicular movement and parking areas requiring five (5) spaces or more shall be paved with concrete, asphalt, or other similar material.
- Minimum visual buffer along corridor right-of-way50 ft
A continuous minimum visual buffer of fifty (50) feet shall be provided between the right-of-way line of the subject arterial highway and all proposed structures, vehicular movement and parking areas.
- Minimum window and door area as percentage of facade16 pct
Not less than sixteen percent (16%) of the total area of any facade visible from a public way (excluding work areas) shall consist of windows and doors.
- Outdoor storage and display areas must be visually screened
all outdoor storage and display areas shall be visually screened from public rights-of-way, internal roadways, and adjacent property using the screening zone standards found in article VIII.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. exterior siding materials
Vinyl siding, flat or corrugated metal and concrete block shall not be used for exterior siding material on any building, except that vinyl siding may be used as trim material.
- Traffic impact analysis threshold (average daily trips)200 ADT
A traffic impact analysis shall be submitted to, and approved by the zoning administrator under the following circumstances: 1. Any proposed development which will generate two hundred (200) average daily trips (ADT) or more
- Trash receptacles must be screened
Large trash receptacles, dumpsters and recycling bins, must be completely screened from view of the street and any adjoining lot using the screening zone standards found in article VIII.
Parking
- Maximum percentage of required parking in front of primary structure25 pct
No greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of the required parking shall be located in front of the primary structure.
From the ordinance
The highway corridor overlay district shall include all lands within five-hundred (500) feet of each side of the following arterial rights-of-way, except within the Newport development service overlay (NDSO) district, which is regulated by section 6-2000.