Sec 70-481 to 70-486
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right16
- automobile sales
- commercial assembly plant
- office
- place of worship
- cultural use
- commercial indoor/outdoor recreational use
- institutional use
- public use
- restaurant
- retail store
- signs
- up to four dwelling units attached
- temporary uses
- vocational training facility
- outdoor power equipment repair
- microbrewery/microdistillery
Conditional / special use11
Accessory1
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum side 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 side 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.
- Minimum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. adjacent to commercial or industrial districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.20 ft
The minimum rear yard width adjacent to a commercial or industrial district shall be 20 feet.
- Screening required adjacent to residential/agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them.
The side or rear yard shall be suitably fenced and/or landscaped to screen the agricultural or residential use from any adverse impact.
- 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.
- Minimum side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. adjacent to commercial or industrial districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.10 ft
The minimum side yard width adjacent to a commercial or industrial district shall be ten feet.
- Minimum side or rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. adjacent to residential or agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.50 ft
The minimum side or rear yard width adjacent to a residential or agricultural district shall be 50 feet.
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 foot 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 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 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 signs8 ft
The height of off-site 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 general commercial district, land may be used for the following uses and any accessory use: Automobile sales, service, storage or rental, Commercial assembly plant, Office / Office building, Place of worship, Cultural use, Commercial indoor or non-vehicular outdoor recreational use, Institutional use, Public use, Restaurant, Retail store, Signs, Up to four dwelling units attached, Temporary uses, Vocational training facility, Outdoor power equipment repair, Microbrewery / Microdistillery.