Dimensional standards
Density
Servicing
- Applies near
- Radford Riverfront
- Geographic extent
- Lands included in the Radford Riverfront Plan
Uses
Conditional / special use3
- recreational support facilities
- facilities supporting boating, hiking, biking, driving for pleasure
- itinerant vendors
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum residential density14 units per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
An approved site plan may propose clustering of uses, as long as the maximum residential density does not exceed 14 units per acre.
Other
- Considerations for approval
Before approving the site plan, the planning commission and others reviewing the site plan shall find that the proposed site plan meets with the intent of the district, is in scale with existing and planned developments, will enhance the city's Riverway area, supports tourism, and that the provisions of the FP (floodplain districts) are being met.
- Site plan required
In addition to the uses permitted in the underlying Zoning Districts, the following uses and structures may be permitted in the Riverfront Corridor Overlay District, with an approved site plan.
From the ordinance
The intent of the Riverfront Corridor Overlay District is to protect those areas of the city where human activities, left unrestricted, have a high potential for adversely impacting the environment... The district includes lands which are included in the Radford Riverfront Plan.
Parking requirements
"Parking requirements shall be calculated based upon a calculation of requirements for the mix of uses proposed in the site plan with appropriate allowances made for sharing of parking facilities based upon operational requirements."