Sec 70-451 to 70-456
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right12
Conditional / special use4
Accessory1
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. width adjacent to side street for corner lots35 ft
For corner lots, the minimum yard width adjacent to the side street shall be 35 feet.
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. width for double-frontage lots35 ft
For double-frontage lots, the minimum rear yard width shall be 35 feet.
- Maximum fraction of lot covered by imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. surfaces0.67 fraction
No more than two-thirds of any lot shall be covered with impervious surfaces such as buildings and parking lots.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from VDOT secondary road, private street, or subdivision street35 ft
The setback from any VDOT secondary road, private street, or subdivision street shall be 35 feet from the right-of-way.
Signage
- Sign area per linear foot of building frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. on improved lots2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. per linear ft
The total area of permanent signs on any improved lot shall not exceed two square feet of sign for each linear foot of building frontage.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of on-site pylon signs18 ft
The height of on-site pylon signs shall not exceed 18 feet.
- Total area of off-site advertising signs32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The total area of off-site advertising signs on any lot shall not exceed 32 square feet.
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of off-site advertising signs8 ft
The height of off-site advertising signs shall not exceed eight feet.
- Sign area on unimproved lots32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The total area of permanent signs on any unimproved lot shall not exceed 32 square feet.
From the ordinance
In the limited commercial district, land may be used for the following uses and any customarily incidental accessory use, provided that no merchandise, materials, tractor-trailers, or equipment are stored outdoors: Office not exceeding 4,000 square feet of gross floor area, Place of worship, Public use, Retail store not exceeding 4,000 square feet, Signs, Up to four dwelling units attached, Temporary uses, Outdoor power equipment repair, Cultural use, Commercial indoor recreational use, Institutional use, Microbrewery/Microdistillery.