Ashland, Virginia · District

B-2

Highway Commercial District B-2
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Dimensional standards

B-2 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 20 ftRear 20 ftSide 0 ftMin width 150 ftMIN LOT AREA21,780 sq ftMAX HEIGHT35 ft
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

Extracted standards

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

Height

Noise

  • No permanent exterior amplification

    No permanent exterior amplification devices or sound systems shall be used.

Other

  • In no case shall fuel pump islands or canopies be provided with a setback of less than twenty (20) feet.

  • Landscape plan required

    A landscape plan shall be required and landscaping, trees, buffers and screening shall be provided in accordance with the applicable provisions of ATC article XXIII of this chapter.

  • Outdoor display requirements

    Outdoor display shall be for the sale and display of seasonal or temporary merchandise as an incidental part of retail activities regularly conducted from a permanent building, provided that such merchandise is displayed in an orderly manner within sidewalk or courtyard areas located immediately adjacent to or upon the same lot or parcel as the primary use. A clear path of no less than 5 feet shall be maintained to ensure pedestrian and/or safety personnel access along sidewalks and areas of ingress/egress from structures. Any fencing visible from the public right of way shall be wooden, vinyl, or have an appearance similar to iron ornamental fencing, but may be fabricated from non-iron materials and no chain link fencing shall be installed from view of the public right-of-way.

  • Outdoor storage screening

    Outdoor storage of materials shall not be located in any front yard and must be fully screened from view of public right-of-way or adjacent residentially zoned property. Screening materials to be used shall be wood, vinyl, vegetation or other types of materials defined as screening in the Development Guidelines Handbook. No chain link fencing shall be installed from view of the public right-of-way or from adjacent residential property.

  • The rear setback shall be twenty (20) feet except when abutting a residential district in which case it shall be fifty (50) feet with a vegetative buffer per standards established in Section 21-236.

  • Repair and servicing within enclosed building

    Repair and servicing of all equipment, vehicles, or other items shall take place within an enclosed building or structure.

  • except that when abutting a residential district in which case it shall be fifty (50) feet with a vegetative buffer per standards established in Section 21-236.

  • Site plan required

    A site plan shall be required as set forth in ATC article XVII of this chapter.

Parking

  • Parking lot connectivity

    Parking areas shall be designed to connect to similar adjoining parcel(s) via a stub-out to the property line(s) with the objective of providing internal vehicular and pedestrian access between neighboring commercial parcels. The Zoning Administrator may waive the connection requirement upon finding that such connection is found to be impractical due to the existence of security concerns of business operation, or sensitive environmental features such as wetlands, floodplain, or forested area, that would be encumbered by the required connection of parking areas.

From the ordinance

The minimum lot area shall be one-half acre... minimum lot width shall be one hundred fifty (150) feet... front setback twenty (20) feet... side yard zero (0) feet... rear setback twenty (20) feet... height thirty-five (35) feet...
Article XI, Sec 21-101 to 21-110