Botetourt County Unincorporated

Signs identifying shopping centers with multiple tenants shall be limited to one (1) freestanding sign, either single or double faced, per street frontage, each not to exceed fifty (50) square feet.

Electronic message board signs may be permitted, by special exception permit within all use districts subject to the procedural and substantive requirements of the zoning ordinance for a special exception.

Projecting wall mounted sign: one square foot per linear foot of storefront, up to twelve square feet. Maximum one sign per every eighteen feet of storefront. Wall signs permitted for one square foot per linear foot of building frontage, up to a maximum aggregate of one hundred square feet.

All required off-street parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same lot as the structure or use to which they are accessory, or on a lot contiguous thereto which has the same zoning classification and is under the same ownership... Parking spaces in lots of ten (10) or more spaces shall be delineated by painted lines... No parking, fence or wall shall be less than eight (8) feet from an abutting lot or right-of-way.

All required off-street parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same lot as the structure or use to which they are accessory, or on a lot contiguous thereto which has the same zoning classification and is under the same ownership, except that the zoning administrator may authorize an alternative location provided that the required parking spaces are located within five hundred (500) feet walking distance of a building entrance to the use that such space serves, and that ownership arrangements are made so as to assure the permanent availability of such spaces to the satisfaction of the administrator.

All required off-street parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same lot as the structure or use to which they are accessory, or on a lot contiguous thereto which has the same zoning classification and is under the same ownership, except that the zoning administrator may authorize an alternative location provided that the required parking spaces are located within five hundred (500) feet walking distance of a building entrance to the use that such space serves, and that ownership arrangements are made so as to assure the permanent availability of such spaces to the satisfaction of the administrator.

All required off-street parking spaces shall be located on the same lot or within 500 feet walking distance. Parking spaces min 9x18 ft. Aisle widths vary. In R-1, R-2, R-3, PUD, TND, recreational vehicles must be parked behind front line.

In all R-1, R-2, R-3, PUD and TND districts, all boats, boat trailers, camping trailers, utility trailers, camping cars, vacation trailers, recreational vehicles and all vehicles, other than automobiles, which are used exclusively for commercial purposes, shall be parked behind the front line of the main building or principal structure, or in a completely enclosed garage or carport; and no tractor truck or semitrailer shall be parked in any of these districts.

In all R-1, R-2, R-3, PUD and TND districts, all boats, boat trailers, camping trailers, utility trailers, camping cars, vacation trailers, recreational vehicles and all vehicles, other than automobiles, which are used exclusively for commercial purposes, shall be parked behind the front line of the main building or principal structure, or in a completely enclosed garage or carport; and no tractor truck or semitrailer shall be parked in any of these districts.

For development projects for which a site plan is required... the minimum tree canopy shall be provided as follows: Ten (10) percent tree canopy for sites zoned for, or to be used for commercial or industrial uses. Fifteen (15) percent tree canopy for sites zoned for, or to be used for residential uses.

Tree canopy: 10% for commercial/industrial, 15% for residential. Buffers and screens required for business/industrial abutting residential. Parking lot landscaping: one canopy tree per 10 spaces.

The installation of all landscaping shall follow the procedures established by the American Association of Nurserymen. At the time of planting all deciduous trees shall have a minimum caliper of one (1) inch dbh. Evergreen trees shall be a minimum height of six (6) feet. Evergreen shrubs shall have a minimum height of thirty (30) inches. Deciduous shrubs shall have a minimum height of eighteen (18) inches.

At the time of planting all deciduous trees shall have a minimum caliper of one (1) inch dbh. Evergreen trees shall be a minimum height of six (6) feet. Evergreen shrubs shall have a minimum height of thirty (30) inches. Deciduous shrubs shall have a minimum height of eighteen (18) inches. Only healthy vegetation shall be used and any vegetation that dies after planting shall be replaced by the owner of the property at the time the planting is determined to have died.

Along the property line that separates the lot from the residential use or district, evergreen trees of not less than six (6) feet in height when planted shall be planted in two (2) parallel rows with the trees planted in a staggered fashion ten (10) feet apart and individual trees planted no farther than ten (10) feet apart. Solid, opaque fencing of five (5) to six (6) feet in height may be permitted in combination with dense evergreen planting to provide the equivalent result.

For any development of a lot for a business or an industrial use, buffering and/or screening shall be required on such lot adjacent and parallel to the entire lot line or public right-of-way so as to separate all uses, structures and activities on the lot from contiguous lots or roadways. Such buffering and/or screening shall be in accord with the following requirements: 1. On a lot with business or industrial uses that abut a residentially zoned lot or a lot with a residential use, the following requirements shall apply. Along the property line that separates the lot from the residential use or district, evergreen trees of not less than six (6) feet in height when planted shall be planted in two (2) parallel rows with the trees planted in a staggered fashion ten (10) feet apart and individual trees planted no farther than ten (10) feet apart. Solid, opaque fencing of five (5) to six (6) feet in height may be permitted in combination with dense evergreen planting to provide the equivalent result. When fencing is used in combination with evergreen screening such screening shall match related materials used elsewhere on the site such as building facades and/or other structures and shall require the approval of the zoning administrator, who shall be guided by section 25-2 of this chapter in order to achieve the purposes of this division and to create an attractive, harmonious community.

Any parking lot, excepting single bay parking lots of twenty (20) spaces or less, shall be provided with landscaped open space along the perimeter of the parking area or areas, in the minimum rate of one (1) canopy tree per ten (10) spaces which shall be located such that no parking space is more than eighty (80) feet from a portion of the landscaped open space or parking island, and no more than eighty (80) feet from a canopy tree.

Any parking lot, excepting single bay parking lots of twenty (20) spaces or less, shall be provided with landscaped open space along the perimeter of the parking area or areas, in the minimum rate of one (1) canopy tree per ten (10) spaces which shall be located such that no parking space is more than eighty (80) feet from a portion of the landscaped open space or parking island, and no more than eighty (80) feet from a canopy tree. Landscaped areas between parking areas and buildings shall not be considered as interior landscaping.

All such areas shall be screened from view from the public right-of-way and from adjacent properties through the use of evergreen plant materials and solid fences or screen walls a minimum of six (6) feet in height and compatible with the design and materials of on-site buildings and structures. The outward side of such screen walls or fences shall be softened with climbing vines, shrubs, or other plant materials. Plantings shall be a minimum mature height of six (6) feet at time of installation and totally cover at least fifty (50) percent of all outward facing fence or wall surfaces (exclusive of gates and other openings).

Ten (10) percent tree canopy for sites zoned for, or to be used for commercial or industrial uses. Fifteen (15) percent tree canopy for sites zoned for, or to be used for residential uses.

For development projects for which a site plan is required in accord with article V, division 5, a final site plan shall include a plan for the planting and/or replacement of trees on the site such that at maturity of ten (10) years, the minimum tree canopy shall be provided as follows: (1) Ten (10) percent tree canopy for sites zoned for, or to be used for commercial or industrial uses. (2) Fifteen (15) percent tree canopy for sites zoned for, or to be used for residential uses.