Bluefield
Zoning districts
14 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
4Business District 1
- Max height
- 1 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
B-2 Business District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 11
B-3 Business District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 18
Shopping Center District
- Front setback
- 60 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
Industrial
2Open space
1Residential
5Residential Limited District
- Min lot
- 12,000 sq ft (0.28 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
Residential Estates District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
Residential Limited District
- Min lot
- 7,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
Medium to High Density Residential District
- Min lot
- 7,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 40 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
Residential Limited with Manufactured Homes District
- Min lot
- 7,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 12
General provisions
109 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
It is the purpose of the provisions of this article to provide a more flexible and adaptable zoning method to cope with situations found in such zones through conditional zoning...
The purpose of this article is to regulate the size, location, height, and construction of all signs placed for public observance and to protect property values.
General sign standards for the town.
This article shall apply to all lands within the jurisdiction of the town and identified as being in the 100-year floodplain by the Federal Insurance Administration or being floodprone as stipulated in this article.
In all residential districts, there shall be provided, either in a private garage or on the lot, space for the parking of two automobiles for each dwelling unit...
The parking spaces required by this chapter shall be provided on the same lot as the use or where the exclusive use of such is provided on another lot not more than 500 feet radially from the subject lot within the same or less restrictive zoning district.
Loading spaces shall be provided on the same lot for every building in a commercial, business and shopping center district.
Home occupations shall be permitted in districts R-1A, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and B-1, provided the home occupation is clearly and obviously subordinate to the main use or dwelling unit for residential purposes.
Land may be used or occupied and buildings structurally altered or erected may be used or changed in use only after a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the county building inspector's office.
Land may be used or occupied and buildings structurally altered or erected may be used or changed in use only after a certificate of occupancy has been issued by the county building inspector's office.
A bed and breakfast inn may be established in areas zoned R-1 and R-2, provided that a special use permit is obtained from the town council, upon recommendation from the planning commission, and subject to the provisions of this division.
No adult oriented business shall be permitted within 1,000 feet of any other adult oriented business in any zoning district. No adult oriented business use shall be permitted within 1,500 feet of any residential district, church, playground, playfield, public library, or day care facility. ... Adult oriented business shall only be permitted in the B-2, SC-OP, and SC-1.
Adult oriented business shall only be permitted in the B-2, SC-OP, and SC-1 districts. The guidelines as described in the Municipal and Development Guidance Manual are applicable for big-box retail uses larger than 60,000 square feet in size and all developments within the SC-1 and SC-OP districts.
Mobile food establishments shall only be permitted to operate in nonresidential zoning districts. With the written approval of the town manager and zoning administrator, a mobile food establishment may be permitted to operate in a residential zoning district so long as such operation is connected to a public activity or private event.
Mobile food establishments shall only be permitted to operate in nonresidential zoning districts. With the written approval of the town manager and zoning administrator, a mobile food establishment may be permitted to operate in a residential zoning district so long as such operation is connected to a public activity or private event.
Such short-term rentals in compliance with this division shall be a permitted use in any zoning district that permits single-family dwellings... There shall be a working, two-pound minimum, ABC rated fire extinguisher...
The following regulations shall apply to all short-term rentals of single-family dwellings, mobile homes or portions of owner occupied single-family dwellings for any period less than 30 days. Such short-term rentals in compliance with this division shall be a permitted use in any zoning district that permits single-family dwellings, or mobile homes where applicable.
In all residential districts, there shall be provided... space for the parking of two automobiles for each dwelling unit...
Except as provided in this article, no sign shall be erected, used, altered, or reconstructed within the corporate limits of the town until a zoning permit has been issued by the zoning administrator. All signs are considered accessory uses and accessory structures. Unless specifically exempted or permitted, all signs shall be located on the same lot with the principal use to which they pertain.
no sign shall be erected, used, altered, or reconstructed within the corporate limits of the town until a zoning permit has been issued by the zoning administrator. All signs are considered accessory uses and accessory structures.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.