Alleghany County Unincorporated, Virginia · District

M-1

Industrial District M-1

Dimensional standards

M-1 lot requirementsSTREETSTREETFront 40 ftSide 60 ftStreet side 60 ftMAX HEIGHT80 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE70%
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

Conditional / special use8

Extracted standards

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

Height

Other

  • or 65 feet or more from the centerline of any street or road right-of-way less than 50 feet in width

  • no building shall be located or structurally altered nearer to the street or road on which it faces than 40 feet or more from any street or road right-of-way, which is over 50 feet or greater in width

  • Landscaping clearance from driveway30 ft

    to within 30 feet of the corner where a driveway intersects with a street

  • Landscaping clearance from intersection50 ft

    to within 50 feet from the corner of any two intersecting streets

  • Landscaping required for uncovered area

    Any area not covered by buildings, pavement or designed for parking shall be landscaped and maintained.

  • Landscaping is required within an established or required front setback area. The plans and execution must take into consideration traffic hazards. Landscaping may be permitted up to a height of three feet and to within 50 feet from the corner of any two intersecting streets or to within 30 feet of the corner where a driveway intersects with a street.

  • Landscaping may be permitted up to a height of three feet

  • Minimum distance between structures10 ft

    Where more than one main structure or use is permitted on the same lot, there shall be a minimum of ten feet separation between building or use and shall meet the required minimum setback.

  • Screening required near residential districts6 ft

    Where acceptable uses are within 300 feet of an R-1 or R-2 residential district or within 300 feet of an existing residence in any other district, they shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building or within an area appropriately screened on the side facing the district, by a solid masonry wall, a uniformly painted solid wood fence or an evergreen hedge six feet in height.

From the ordinance

The M-1 industrial district is composed of industrial uses which must be served by public water and sewerage or a suitable, approved, private water and sewer system.
Article X, Sec. 66-306 through 66-314