Sec. 35.2-86.1 to 35.2-86.5
Dimensional standards
Lot
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies in I-1, I-2 by rightBy rightPermitted outright: if the plans meet the written rules, permission cannot be withheld.; B-5 by CUP
Uses
Permitted by right5
- manufacturing, assembly, distribution, repair, and servicing of various products
- office buildings with a minimum of 7,200 square feet each
- research, development, testing, medical, and dental laboratories
- telephone exchanges
- accessory uses including banks, transit stations, convenience stores, daycare, restaurants, etc.
Conditional / special use6
- cluster commercial development
- hotels and motels
- radio and television broadcasting stations
- trade expositions
- trade or business school
- transmitting and receiving facilities for cellular communications
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum percentage of gross floor area for convenience/service uses20 pct
Convenience and service establishments shall not exceed 20 percent of the gross floor area of all buildings in the development.
- Dumpsters must be screened and not in front or exterior side yards
Dumpsters shall not be located in front or exterior side yards and shall be screened from view with opaque fences, walls, or evergreen plantings.
- Ground-mounted HVAC equipment must be screened from street
HVAC equipment mounted on the ground shall be screened so that it is not visible from the street.
- Maximum number of curb cuts per parking lot2 curb cuts
The number of curb cuts onto interior roadways that serve as entrances to parking lots shall be limited to no more than two per parking lot.
- Minimum development area5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Generally, the minimum area required to qualify for a flexible space development shall be five contiguous acres of land.
- Minimum gross floor area for office buildings7,200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Office buildings with a minimum of 7,200 square feet each of gross floor area.
- Rooftop mechanical equipment must be screened from street
Rooftop mechanical equipment shall be located or screened so that it is not visible from the street.
- Separate entrances for trucks and automobiles required unless waived
Separate entrances to and separate roadways within the flexible space development shall be provided for trucks and automobiles, unless, in the opinion of the City Engineer, the number and size of trucks expected to serve the uses in the development can be accommodated safely on the road network used by automobiles.
- Truck loading areas must be screened or located away from public view
Truck loading areas or docks shall be located on the side of the building away from public view or screened with landscaping, opaque fences, walls, or doors.
- Utilities must be underground
Utilities shall be located underground.
Parking
- Employee parking must be at side or rear of buildings
All other parking (i.e., employees, service personnel) shall be located at the side or the rear of the buildings.
- Parking shall be shared among occupants to the maximum extent feasible
Parking shall be shared among occupants to the maximum extent feasible.
Setback
- No paving or parking within this distance of residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.25 ft
No paving or parking facilities shall be located with 25 feet of any residential district.
From the ordinance
Flexible space developments are permitted by right in I-1, restricted industrial districts, and I-2, light industrial districts. Permitted in B-5 by CUP. Minimum lot area 20,000 square feet.