Botetourt County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
10 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
1Commercial
3Industrial
3Industrial District M-1
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 80 ft
- Permitted uses
- 24
M-2 Industrial District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Permitted uses
- 17
Industrial District M-3
- Front setback
- 30 ft
Residential
3Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Max height
- 12 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Residential District
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Residential District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 1
General provisions
349 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Freestanding monument. Signs shall not exceed ten (10) feet in height and a minimum setback of fifteen (15) feet. Maximum aggregate size of a freestanding monument sign shall be one (1) square foot per five (5) linear feet of street frontage, up to a maximum size of sixty (60) square feet.
Signs shall have a maximum height of seven (7) feet with a maximum aggregate of one (1) square foot per five (5) linear feet of street frontage, up to a maximum size of forty (40) square feet. There shall be no more than thirty (30) inches clearance from the bottom of the sign to the ground below. A freestanding monument sign and a freestanding ground sign at the same location are not permitted.
Freestanding ground sign. Signs shall have a maximum height of seven (7) feet with a maximum aggregate of one (1) square foot per five (5) linear feet of street frontage, up to a maximum size of forty (40) square feet. There shall be no more than thirty (30) inches clearance from the bottom of the sign to the ground below. A freestanding monument sign and a freestanding ground sign at the same location are not permitted.
A home occupation or home business shall be permitted one (1) sign not to exceed two (2) square feet. Height of sign shall not exceed six (6) feet and the minimum setback shall be five (5) feet.
Home occupation. A home occupation or home business shall be permitted one (1) sign not to exceed two (2) square feet. Height of sign shall not exceed six (6) feet and the minimum setback shall be five (5) feet.
A kiosk maximum height shall be ten (10) feet; maximum size sixty (60) square feet inclusive of all sign faces of the kiosk. Kiosk lighting may only be by external illumination. Kiosk signs must have a three hundred-foot separation from other kiosk signs and may only be utilized in developments when ten (10) or more businesses are located in the development.
Kiosk. A kiosk maximum height shall be ten (10) feet; maximum size sixty (60) square feet inclusive of all sign faces of the kiosk. Kiosk lighting may only be by external illumination. Kiosk signs must have a three hundred-foot separation from other kiosk signs and may only be utilized in developments when ten (10) or more businesses are located in the development.
Continuously lit neon sign located within the window storefront not to exceed a maximum of one (1) in number and not to exceed a maximum aggregate of five (5) square feet.
Neon. Continuously lit neon sign located within the window storefront not to exceed a maximum of one (1) in number and not to exceed a maximum aggregate of five (5) square feet.
if a lot is located within one thousand (1,000) linear feet of the centerline of a grade-separated intersection of a four-lane, divided, limited access highway, one (1) freestanding pole sign shall be permitted with a minimum height of fifty (50) feet and a maximum of eighty (80) feet, and the area of such sign may be increased to two hundred (200) square feet under the following condition: No other on-premises freestanding signs shall be located upon the property, except one (1) freestanding monument not exceeding thirty-two (32) square feet in area.
Freestanding pole/pole mounted. Notwithstanding other provisions contained in this section, if a lot is located within one thousand (1,000) linear feet of the centerline of a grade-separated intersection of a four-lane, divided, limited access highway, one (1) freestanding pole sign shall be permitted with a minimum height of fifty (50) feet and a maximum of eighty (80) feet, and the area of such sign may be increased to two hundred (200) square feet under the following condition: No other on-premises freestanding signs shall be located upon the property, except one (1) freestanding monument not exceeding thirty-two (32) square feet in area.
For properties within the SC, PUD, TND, RAM, POP or PIP districts: One hundred sixty (160) square feet...
For properties within the SC, PUD, TND, RAM, POP or PIP districts: One hundred sixty (160) square feet...
For properties within the SC, PUD, TND, RAM, POP or PIP districts: One hundred sixty (160) square feet...
For properties within the SC, PUD, TND, RAM, POP or PIP districts: One hundred sixty (160) square feet...
For properties within the SC, PUD, TND, RAM, POP or PIP districts: One hundred sixty (160) square feet...
For properties within the SC, PUD, TND, RAM, POP or PIP districts: One hundred sixty (160) square feet...
No more than one (1) permanent freestanding sign shall be erected on any one (1) lot or premises with the possible exception of development within the SC, PUD, TND, RAM, POP or PIP use districts, and unless otherwise permitted in the ordinance.
No sign shall be placed within a required side yard, common open space or within ten (10) feet of an adjacent property line or public right-of-way unless a different requirement is specified in other sections of this chapter.
One (1) bulletin board, not exceeding twenty (20) square feet in area, is permitted when erected or displayed on the property of the permitted use. However, permitted uses with more than one (1) road frontage may erect or display one (1) additional bulletin board on each road frontage with a maximum area of forty (40) square feet permitted on the property. Height shall not exceed ten (10) feet and a minimum setback of fifteen (15) feet.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.