Bedford, Virginia · District

B-2

General Business District B-2
CommercialGeneral BusinessAll Bedford districts0

Dimensional standards

B-2 lot requirementsSTREETSTREETFront 25 ftRear 25 ftSide 25 ftStreet side 25 ftMin width 100 ftMIN LOT AREA25,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT50 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE40%MAX DENSITY16 du/ac
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

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

Lighting

  • no light within 500 feet of a residential district and visible from that district shall exceed 150 footlamberts in brightness.

  • Maximum illumination at other lot line1 fc

    nor 1.0 footcandles at any other lot line

  • Maximum illumination at residential lot line0.1 fc

    Light emitted from any use shall not exceed an illumination level of 0.1 footcandles at any lot line adjoining a residential district

Other

  • Boarding restriction

    no boarding of animals shall be permitted other than that necessitated by illness of the animal

  • Brick requirement for warehousing

    Brick shall be required on all sides of units that will be visible from the public right-of-way of streets.

  • Common walls exemption

    Minimum yard setbacks for two-family dwellings, condominiums, townhouses, duplexes, and apartments shall not apply to common walls.

  • Curb breaks limit2 count

    the curb breaks be limited to two in accordance with VDOT minimum standards of entrance.

  • Enclosed building requirement

    All business servicing, storage or processing shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building except where the nature of the activity makes it impossible.

  • Enclosure requirement

    All operations shall be conducted within a building which shall not have an opening within 100 feet of a residential district other than a stationary window

  • Exercise area fencing

    all exercise areas be completely fenced in and screened from casual view

  • Balconies, stoops, stairs, open porches or decks, bay windows, and awnings are permitted to encroach into the front yard setback area no more than six feet

  • The front setback shall be 25 feet with required landscaping

  • Indoor activity requirement

    except for exercising, all activities shall be conducted completely within a building.

  • Maximum manufacturing floor area percentage70 pct

    For retail and service uses, manufacturing, processing or treatment of materials, goods, or products shall occupy less than 70 percent of the floor area.

  • Noise limit at other lot line75 dBA-110

    nor a level of 75 dBA-110 at any other lot line

  • Noise limit at residential lot line65 dBA-L2

    noise shall not exceed a level of 65 dBA-L2 at any lot line adjoining a residential district

  • Paved storage area requirement

    a paved area sufficient to contain a number of vehicles equal to those required in section 806 shall be on the same lot for the storage of vehicles awaiting entrance to the washing process

  • Paving requirement

    All drives, parking, and service areas shall be paved in addition to the other site requirements of section 804

  • the aforementioned as well as attached garages and carports, into the rear yard setback area no more than 14 feet.

  • Screening requirement

    All service and operation areas, other than customer parking, shall be screened from view from any abutting street in accordance with the standards set forth in section 705.03 c, such screening shall be required at all side and rear yards, and all other landscaping requirements of section 705.03 shall apply, notwithstanding the provisions of section 705.01

  • Side and rear setbacks shall be 20 feet

  • Storage restriction

    There shall be no storage or placing of any parts or waste material outside such building

  • Towing ancillary

    Any towing may only be ancillary to the garage.

  • Uncovered parking lots and spaces, sidewalks and walkways, etc., shall have no minimum yard setback.

  • Vehicle operating condition

    All vehicles located outside the building must be in operating conditions at all times

From the ordinance

The minimum lot area shall be 25,000 square feet. The minimum lot width at the setback line shall be 100 feet for lots with frontage on one public street and 125 feet for corner lots fronting on two or more public streets. The maximum percentage of any lot that may be covered by the footprint of a building shall be 40 percent. The maximum height of any building shall be 50 feet.
Sec. 606