Winchester, Virginia · General provision

Article 13, Sec. 13-2

Planned CommercialAll Winchester districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA2 acMAX HEIGHT35 ftMIN OPEN SPACE25%
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Uses

Extracted standards

4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Design

  • Screening of surrounding residential districts

    Landscaping or other devices shall be used to screen surrounding residential districts from undesirable views into the PC District and to screen the PC Districts from undesirable external exposures.

Other

  • Structures, not exceeding 8,000 gross square feet of floor area, nor containing drive-thru facilities other than one ATM for banks and financial institutions

  • Principal vehicular access from major/minor arterials

    Principal vehicular access for the general public shall be only from major arterials or minor arterials.

Setback

From the ordinance

The maximum height of any building or structure in a PC District shall be 35 feet.
Article 13, Sec. 13-2