Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right4
Conditional / special use2
Extracted standards
18 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Design guidelines
Planned Development Districts shall be characterized by superior architectural treatment and site planning pursuant to any guidelines referenced in the approved proffers, if applicable.
- Substantial conformance with CDP
Development of any PD-CC-SC zoned property shall be in substantial compliance with the layout depicted on the approved Concept Development Plan.
Lighting
- Lighting standard
On-site lighting shall be subject to the standards in Sec. 12.11 Outdoor Lighting.
Other
- Building orientation
Commercial buildings shall be so grouped in relation to parking areas that after customers arriving by automobile enter the center, establishments can be visited with a minimum of internal automotive movement. Facilities and access routes for shopping center deliveries, servicing and maintenance shall, so far as reasonably practicable, be separated from customer access routes and parking areas.
- Convenience store maximum gross floor area1,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The size of the convenience store shall be limited to a single building with a gross floor area of no more than 1,500 square feet.
- Outdoor storage prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Outdoor storage and display of goods sold on premises is not permitted.
- Parking ratio for fueling station5 spaces per 1,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Parking shall be provided at a ratio of five (5) spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
- Fueling station signage limits
Canopy Signage: One (1) sign no larger than 50 square feet... Wall Signage: One (1) sign, with its size defined by a ratio of one (1) square foot per linear foot of building... Monument Sign: One (1) sign no larger than 40 square feet, with a maximum height of six (6) feet. Gas Pump Signs: ... no such sign shall be located on or above any canopy... Signage for each gas pump shall not exceed eight (8) square feet.
- Maximum fueling stations8 stations
Up to eight (8) fueling stations are permitted by-right. Up to a maximum of twelve (12) fueling stations may be permitted by special exception.
- Landscaping visual quality
Landscaping must increase the visual quality of building design, open spaces, vehicular and pedestrian areas and screen areas of low visual interest (such as storage and delivery areas) from public view.
- Maximum FARFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot. per lot2 ratio
Individual lots in the commercial center shall be limited to a maximum FAR of 2.0.
- Open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. percentage of buildable area20 pct
At least twenty percent (20%) of the buildable area identified on the Concept Development Plan shall be established for public and common open space.
- Pedestrian circulation plan
A planned commercial center shall provide a pedestrian circulation plan identifying improvements that accomplish the following: Minimizes conflict between pedestrians and moving vehicles; Channelizes pedestrian flows to easily identifiable crossing areas; Connects internal pedestrian walkways to existing or proposed pedestrian facilities.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from collector roads
From Collector Roads: Buildings and appurtenances, 75 feet; Parking, storage, loading facilities, and refuse collection, 100 feet.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from other nonresidential districts100 ft
Other Nonresidential Districts: Buildings and appurtenances, parking, storage, loading facilities, and refuse collection, 100 feet.
From Route 267: Buildings and appurtenances, 150 feet; Parking, storage, loading facilities, and refuse collection, 100 feet.
- Vehicular access
Vehicular access shall be provided via coordinated access points meeting VDOT standards from collector roads, and coordinated inter-parcel access.
Signage
- Signage standard
Signage shall be subject to Article 15 of this ordinance, unless superseded by SIDP-2015-0002, incorporated by reference herein.
From the ordinance
Building height in a planned commercial center shall not exceed fifty (50) feet, unless specifically notated on the approved Concept Development Plan, or as further restricted by height limitations in Sec. 7.7 Airport Overlay District.