Woodstock, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 90-359 through 90-359.12
Community InstitutionAll Woodstock districts0
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Overlays R-1, R-2, and MC-1 districts on properties of minimum 20 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. grouped as a campus.
Uses
Permitted by right10
- Civic, educational, athletic, charitable, scientific, healthcare, religious, philanthropic, and agricultural uses.
- Horse racing events in accordance with Code of Virginia § 59.1-364, as amended.
- Halls or theaters or existing grandstands for music, drama, lectures, or other professional or amateur presentation of the arts.
- Disaster or emergency response staging areas (see section 359.8).
- Accessory buildings and uses, including parking, clearly incidental to the allowed uses.
- Eating and drinking establishments, mercantile establishments, and personal service establishments which are a part of and supportive of an otherwise permitted use in the community institutional overlay district.
- Temporary establishment of sales lots for construction and farm equipment and similar machinery, limited to a maximum of four days in length, excluding setup and breakdown within a reasonable time.
- Auctions, limited to a maximum of four consecutive days in length.
- Camping, see definition 90-1 camping (a).
- Any use identified in the base zoning classification.
Conditional / special use3
- Arenas, auditoriums, or stadiums.
- Camping, see definition 90-1 camping (b).
- Campgrounds associated with an event on property not to exceed ten calendar days.
Accessory1
- Accessory buildings and uses, including parking, clearly incidental to the allowed uses.
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Glare control for illuminated signs
Newly installed illuminated signs, shall be equipped with gooseneck reflectors or other devices arranged so as to concentrate the illumination down upon the area of the sign and to prevent glare.
- Maximum distance to fire hydrant1,000 ft
No structure shall be erected in this district more than 1,000 feet from a functional, maintained fire hydrant.
Signage
- Maximum monument sign area48 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No monument sign shall exceed an area of 48 square feet.
- Maximum monument sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.12 ft
No monument sign shall exceed a height of 12 feet.
- Maximum temporary sign area50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Temporary signs not over 50 square feet are permitted.
From the ordinance
Overlay district for community institutional uses on campuses of at least 20 acres. Permitted uses include civic, educational, agricultural, etc. Special permit for arenas, stadiums. Fire hydrant within 1000 ft. Signage limits.
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"permitted_uses": [
"Once per year county fair events. The annual event may last up to 21 days in length and must occur on consecutive calendar days."
]
}
}