Section XIII
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Primarily located at the edges of the uptown business districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. and in select areas along major streets and entrance corridors.
Uses
Permitted by right46
- Accessory uses and structures
- Alcoholic beverage retail sales
- Artisan craft production
- Artist studio
- Assisted living facilities
- Bakery or specialty food store
- Banks and financial services
- Bed and breakfast inn
- Catering establishment
- Churches and places of worship
- Coffee shop
- Commercial indoor entertainment
- Commercial indoor sports and recreation
- Commercial pool, tennis, or recreation facility
- Community gardens
- Conference center or performance venue
- Convenience store
- Day care, for children or adults
- Drug store or pharmacy
- Dry cleaning or laundromat
- Funeral home or mortuary
- Gasoline sales
- Grocery store
- Gym or health club
- Home occupations
- Library
- Medical or dental office or laboratory
- Micro-brewery or tap room
- Movie theater
- Museum or historic site
- Nursing home
- Personal services establishment
- Pet grooming and boarding
- Plant nursery or landscape sales
- Private club, lodge, or fraternal organization
- Professional office space
- Public parks, playgrounds, and open space
- Radio or television station
- Restaurant
- Restaurant, fast food
- Retail sales establishment
- Tailoring, alterations or shoe repair
- Urgent care center
- Veterinary clinic
- Vocational or trade school
- Data center or call center
Conditional / special use24
- Automobile parking (as a stand-alone use)
- Automobile repair and service
- Automobile sales, including display lot
- Cemetery or mausoleum
- Multifamily dwelling
- Golf course
- Hospital
- Hotel or motel
- Live-work residence
- Outside storage
- Pawn shop
- Public buildings, infrastructure, and other facilities
- Rail or bus transit terminal
- Repair services establishment
- Research and development
- Residential uses in accord with Table 13.1
- Schools, colleges and academic institutions
- Telecommunications equipment and towers
- Temporary marketing offices for new residential development
- Warehouse or self-storage facility
- Wholesale food and beverage production
- Hydroponic agriculture
- Apartment over commercial
- Proprietor's apartment
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Extracted standards
19 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Environmental
- Environmental performance standards
All uses shall conform to federal, state and city environmental regulations and performance standards and design criteria as related to air pollution, fire and explosion hazards, radiation hazards, electromagnetic radiation, liquid/gas/solid wastes, noise, vibration, illumination and glare, water quality.
Other
- Landscaped buffer yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. required
Where a lot is contiguous to property located in a residential district, a landscaped buffer yard shall be provided
- HistoricHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. Preservation Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. compliance
For properties located within the Historic Preservation Overlay District (HP-O), refer to the HP-O District and Martinsville Historic District Design Guidelines for additional design standards and criteria.
- Maximum accessory dwelling unitAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. floor area1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The ground floor area of a freestanding accessory residential unit shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) square feet of lot coverage or forty (40) percent of the lot coverage of the primary residential unit, whichever is less.
- Maximum accessory dwelling unitAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. as percentage of primary coverage40 pct
The ground floor area of a freestanding accessory residential unit shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) square feet of lot coverage or forty (40) percent of the lot coverage of the primary residential unit, whichever is less.
- Maximum curb cuts2 count
A freestanding use shall have no more than two (2) curb cuts for commercial entrances on any single right-of-way
- Maximum establishment size10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Permitted uses shall be those in the following land use categories which do not exceed ten thousand (10,000) gross square feet per individual establishment
- Maximum outdoor storage area15 pct
The outdoor area devoted to storage, loading and display of goods shall be limited to a maximum of fifteen (15) percent of the total lot area
- Minimum curb cutGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. spacing100 ft
such curb cuts shall have a minimum distance of one hundred (100) feet between them
- Minimum distance from churches, schools, playgrounds1,000 ft
Establishment must be located at least one thousand (1,000) feet from churches, schools, playgrounds.
- Minimum distance from similar establishment1,000 ft
Establishment shall not be located within one thousand (1,000) feet of a similar establishment.
- Operating hours
Establishment cannot open for business prior to 10:00 a.m. and must close by 9:00 p.m.
- Public water and sewer required
The C-N District shall require public water and sewer service, public streets, curb and gutter, and sidewalks as minimum subdivision improvements. No lots shall be permitted with private domestic wells or septic systems.
- Refuse screening
All refuse stored on-site shall be contained in completely enclosed and screened facilities.
- Site plan approval required
All uses shall be subject to site plan approval.
- Stormwater management compliance
All site development activities shall comply with the state stormwater management regulations in effect at the time of site plan application.
Overlay
- Traditional Neighborhood Development OverlayOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. option
For properties located within a designated urban development area and TND-O District, the applicant, at its option, may elect to pursue site plan and building approvals under the provisions and requirements of the TND-O District.
Parking
- Accessory dwelling unitAccessory dwelling unit (ADU)A second, smaller home on a lot that already has one — a garage flat, basement flat or backyard cottage. parking2 vehicles
Parking for the accessory residential unit shall be in addition to the parking requirement for the primary residential unit, provided that parking shall be restricted to two (2) additional vehicles on a lot.
- Parking prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
No parking shall be located within the front yard setback for non-residential uses, provided that the zoning administrator may modify this requirement where justified by the applicant and subject to approval of acceptable on-site parking configuration on the pre-application plan and site plan.
From the ordinance
Permitted uses shall be those in the following land use categories which do not exceed ten thousand (10,000) gross square feet per individual establishment and a maximum project size limited to a floor area ratio (FAR) of 0.5.
Parking requirements
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"Any use, establishment or activity which in the opinion of the city council would be injurious, offensive, or noxious by reason of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, vibration, glare, noise or other cause which may be deemed as hazardous to the health, welfare and safety of the public"
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